CESGA UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Answer: 17 goals: No Poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being,
quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable
and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, industry,
innovation, and infrastructure, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities
and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate
action, life below water, life on land, peace justice and strong
institutions, and partnerships for the goals
●● Investor Initiatives
Answer: Active Commitment
Raising Public Awareness
Competitive Advantage
Gathering of Information and knowledge
Prevent regulation
●● Barriers to ESG
Answer: Examples:
Perceived lack of business case ( 74.1% of reports)
,ESG data (72.3%)
Absence of clear standards and definitions (66.1%)
Lack of investor education/knowledge (45.5%)
Missing/Unclear regulation (39.3%)
●● EU Action Plan Regulatory Framework Players
Answer: High level expert group on sustainable Finance (HLEG)
Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG)
Sustainable Finance Platform
●● EU Action Plan (Ten Reforms in three areas)
Answer: Reorient capital flows toward sustainable investment, in order
to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth:
1.Establishing an EU classification system for sustainable activities
2.creating standards and labels for green financial products
3.Fostering investment in sustainable projects
4. Incorporating sustainability benchmarks
5. Developing sustainability benchmarks
Mainstreaming sustainability into risk management:
, 6.better integrating sustainability in ratings and market research
7.clarifying institutional investors and asset managers duties
8.incorporating sustainability in prudential requirements
Foster transparency and long-termism in financial and economic
activity:
9. Strengthening sustainability disclosure and accounting rule making
10. Fostering sustainable corporate governance and attenuating short-
termism in capital markets
●● EU Action plan legislative package (4 most important reforms
Answer: 1) A unified EU classification system (taxonomy)
2) investors duties and disclosures
3) low-carbon benchmarks
4) Better advice to clients on sustainability
●● Which statement is correct? Globally, the relative Google search
volume of "ESG" in the finance context experienced a:
1.- sharp decline.
2.- steady decline.
3.- fivefold increase in the last 10 years.
4.- tenfold increase in the last 5 years.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Answer: 17 goals: No Poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being,
quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable
and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, industry,
innovation, and infrastructure, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities
and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate
action, life below water, life on land, peace justice and strong
institutions, and partnerships for the goals
●● Investor Initiatives
Answer: Active Commitment
Raising Public Awareness
Competitive Advantage
Gathering of Information and knowledge
Prevent regulation
●● Barriers to ESG
Answer: Examples:
Perceived lack of business case ( 74.1% of reports)
,ESG data (72.3%)
Absence of clear standards and definitions (66.1%)
Lack of investor education/knowledge (45.5%)
Missing/Unclear regulation (39.3%)
●● EU Action Plan Regulatory Framework Players
Answer: High level expert group on sustainable Finance (HLEG)
Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG)
Sustainable Finance Platform
●● EU Action Plan (Ten Reforms in three areas)
Answer: Reorient capital flows toward sustainable investment, in order
to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth:
1.Establishing an EU classification system for sustainable activities
2.creating standards and labels for green financial products
3.Fostering investment in sustainable projects
4. Incorporating sustainability benchmarks
5. Developing sustainability benchmarks
Mainstreaming sustainability into risk management:
, 6.better integrating sustainability in ratings and market research
7.clarifying institutional investors and asset managers duties
8.incorporating sustainability in prudential requirements
Foster transparency and long-termism in financial and economic
activity:
9. Strengthening sustainability disclosure and accounting rule making
10. Fostering sustainable corporate governance and attenuating short-
termism in capital markets
●● EU Action plan legislative package (4 most important reforms
Answer: 1) A unified EU classification system (taxonomy)
2) investors duties and disclosures
3) low-carbon benchmarks
4) Better advice to clients on sustainability
●● Which statement is correct? Globally, the relative Google search
volume of "ESG" in the finance context experienced a:
1.- sharp decline.
2.- steady decline.
3.- fivefold increase in the last 10 years.
4.- tenfold increase in the last 5 years.
