A Hong Kong university and a climate group have joined hands to train environmental, social and governance (ESG) practitioners so that they can integrate big data analysis in financial decision-making as corporations scramble to meet growing climate disclosure requirements.

The executive certificate in sustainable finance and ESG analytics, launched by the science unit of Hong Kong-based Lingnan University and Friends of the Earth, aims to provide a combination of sustainability content and artificial intelligence (AI) data analytics skills to bridge the green skills gap across industries, said Serena Mak, board governor and honorary secretary at Friends of the Earth (HK) in an interview.

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