The EFFAS Commission on Environment, Social and Governance (CESG) held its Annual Conference in hybrid form in Vienna and via webinar on 16 September 2022. Around 30 people attended the event in person which was kindly hosted by ÖVFA at the Austrian National Bank and around 100 people joined the webinar. The speakers and discussion…
On September 14, on behalf of EFFAS, Dr. Jesús López Zaballos, the EFFAS Chair, handed over a symbolic donation cheque for €40,200 to Dr. Nils Gröppel, Corporate Partnerships at UNICEF Germany. Dr. Valeria Fauner, the EFFAS Director in Training and Qualifications, joined the Chair to hand over the cheque at the EFFAS Office in Frankfurt…
The EFFAS CESG (Commission on Environment, Social and Governance) is holding its annual hybrid conference on 16 September 2022 at the Austrian National Bank in Vienna from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (CET). Global sustainability reporting standards, panels on: “The latest trends in ESG” & “Human capital at the heart of ESG and Intangibles”, the…
The SFAF organized its graduation ceremony. This event was an opportunity to celebrate the 280 CIIA, CEFA and EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst® (CESGA) graduates from the 2020 and 2021 promotions. Read more here.
The Institute of Financial Services-Malta (IFS Malta) recently held its annual graduation ceremony where it celebrated the academic achievements of over 600 students who successfully completed a course of studies in the area of financial services in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Read the complete news here.
The Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group chaired by Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has officially launched the Green and Sustainable Finance Training Information Repository. Friends of the Earth (HK), the official Asia- Pacific Partner of The European Federation of Financial Analyst Societies (EFFAS) is delighted to…
Module 10 of the EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst Programme (CESGA) is expanding. The body of the programme already extensively covers European ESG issues and information on ESG developments in the APAC region was included in the latest materials update in Module 10 with information on markets in Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. This was…
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The European Federation of Financial Analyst Societies (EFFAS) has reached an agreement with the sustainability technological platform, Clarity AI. Candidates preparing for the Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA) exam will be able to access Clarity AI’s reliable, transparent and unique data on more than 30,000 companies, 220,000 funds and almost 400 national and local governments. EFFAS will…
Fritz Mostböck manages the Erste Group Research business area. He recently fulfilled his ambition to become a Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA), one of very few in Austria today. In this interview he explains why he took part in this demanding programme, and why new knowledge is so important for Erste Group’s success.