Certified Practitioner in Natural Capital Management
Move beyond fundamentals into real-world application. Build hands-on capability to run valuation methods (Market Prices, CBA, CVM, ESV), work with natural capital accounting standards, and apply TNFD-aligned nature-risk workflows (LEAP) across credit, investment, and product decisions. Learn practical tools like InVEST and GIS, plus nature finance instruments and conservation mechanisms used in the market.
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About This Course
In Certified Practitioner in Natural Capital Management, you’ll build hands-on capability to value nature, work with natural capital accounting concepts, and translate nature-related impacts, dependencies, and risks into practical business and finance decisions. Designed for professionals with ~2–5 years experience in sustainability, ESG, finance, risk, or strategy, this program covers valuation methods (Market Prices, CBA, CVM, ESV), practitioner tools like InVEST and GIS, nature finance mechanisms, and frameworks including NGFS and TNFD (LEAP)—with case studies and applied learning throughout.
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What You'll Learn
Course Prerequisites
Course Curriculum
- What is Green Finance; key principles; why it matters
- Introduction to Natural Capital Management
- Key components of NCM
- Importance of NCM in financial and non-financial contexts
- Definitions and key natural capital concepts
- Biodiversity and ecosystem services (economy, financial sector, society)
- Introduction to valuation in natural capital
- Valuation methods overview
- Market Prices method: principles, applications, limitations
- Introduction to Double Materiality (Environmental & Financial Materiality)