List of Programs & Materials

Course Objective: This material provides an understanding of the Natural Capital Protocol - a decision-making framework that helps organizations to identify, measure and value their impacts and dependencies on natural capital.

Learners can expect to gain:

1. An understanding of natural capital and how it relates to business impacts and dependencies
2. Insight into how ecosystem services and natural assets influence organizational performance
3. Knowledge of applying the Natural Capital Protocol across various sectors, including forest products, apparel, food and beverage, and finance

Why This Matters: As organizations increasingly recognize their reliance on natural systems, incorporating natural capital into decision-making helps improve long-term resilience and sustainability. The ‘capitals approach’ can be used to help organizations to deliver benefits to their employees, society, the broader economy and the natural world alongside their businesses.

Course Duration: Self-paced

Course Objective: This course provides ready-to-use presentation materials on how the voluntary GFANZ Net-zero Transition Plan (NZTP) framework can be applied by and to real-economy companies. It focuses on supporting finance professionals in their engagement with these organisations.

Learners can expect to gain:

1. An overview of the NZTP framework themes and how they relate to real-economy companies
2. Insight into how finance professionals can use the NZTP framework to engage effectively with companies across sectors
3. Guidance on the importance of transition plan disclosure and practical considerations for real-economy companies developing plans for the first time

Why This Matters: Understanding how real-economy companies develop and disclose transition plans equips financial professionals to engage more effectively and interpret disclosures accurately.

Course Duration: Self-paced

Course Objective: This course provides ready-to-use presentation materials introducing the concept of transition finance and guidance on using the ‘decarbonization contribution methodologies’, as part of the voluntary GFANZ Net-zero Transition Plan (NZTP) framework.

Learners can expect to gain:

1. Foundational understanding of transition finance and how it applies to net-zero strategies
2. An overview of GFANZ’s four key transition financing strategies
3. Guidance on when and how financial institutions might apply transition finance in practice
4. Familiarity with decarbonization contribution methodologies, including the Expected Emissions Reduction approach, which estimates the potential emissions impact of financed activities over time

Why This Matters: Robust methodologies for assessing decarbonization impact help financial institutions align capital flows with climate goals, enabling an effective net-zero transition.

Course Duration: Self-paced

Course Objective: This course provides ready-to-use presentation materials to support delivery of workshops on the ‘Engagement Strategy’ component of the voluntary GFANZ Net-zero Transition Plan (NZTP) framework.

Learners can expect to gain:

1. Knowledge of approaches to engaging with clients, portfolio companies, industry peers, and public sector actors on net-zero objectives
2. Understanding of recommended actions financial institutions can take to facilitate and accelerate transition efforts across the broader system

Why This Matters: Effective engagement helps create the conditions needed for a successful net-zero transition by bringing together stakeholders and promoting collaborative action.

Course Duration: Self-paced

Course Objective: This course provides ready-to-use presentation materials to support workshops introducing the concept of net zero, the role of GFANZ, and the voluntary Net-zero Transition Plan (NZTP) framework for financial institutions.

Learners can expect to gain:

1. An understanding of why net zero matters for the financial sector and how transition planning supports it
2. Familiarity with GFANZ and its role in aligning finance with global climate goals
3. Insight into the five NZTP themes: Foundations, Implementation Strategy, Engagement Strategy, Metrics and Targets, and Governance
4. An introduction to transition finance and the four GFANZ financing strategies

Why This Matters: Building a basic understanding of net zero and transition planning helps financial institutions respond to growing climate-related expectations and take credible action.

Course Duration: Self-paced

Course Objective: This course provides ready-to-use presentation materials to support delivery of workshops on the ‘Governance’ theme of the voluntary GFANZ Net-zero Transition Plan (NZTP) framework, focusing on the internal structures and processes that enable effective plan implementation.

Learners can expect to gain:

1. An understanding of the role of governance in supporting a Net-zero Transition Plan
2. Insight into how to adapt governance structures, roles, and responsibilities to align with net-zero objectives
3. Guidance on incorporating relevant skills, incentives, and Organizational culture shifts

Why This Matters: Strong governance structures help to create the organizational incentives needed to facilitate credible and effective net-zero transition plans.

Course Duration: Self-paced

Course Objective: This course provides ready-to-use presentation materials on the decarbonization contribution methodologies outlined in the voluntary GFANZ Net-zero Transition Plan (NZTP) framework.

Learners can expect to gain:

1. Understanding of forward-looking climate metrics such as the Expected Emission Reduction, and how these can be applied to assess the potential emissions impact of financial decisions
2. Knowledge of the application of these metrics to the four GFANZ financing strategies

Why This Matters: Forward-looking metrics like Expected Emission Reductions provide financial institutions with a way to assess the potential decarbonization contribution of their financing activities. These methodologies support more transparent and informed evaluations of how investments may enable future emissions reductions.

Course Duration: Self-paced

Course Objective: This course provides presentation materials to support delivery of workshops on how financial institutions can begin developing a Net-zero Transition Plan (NZTP) using the voluntary GFANZ framework.

Learners can expect to gain:

1. An understanding of what a net-zero transition plan is and how it can support institutional alignment with 1.5°C goals
2. Familiarity with the five NZTP framework themes: Foundations, Implementation Strategy, Engagement Strategy, Metrics and Targets, and Governance
3. Insight into how to approach transition planning using a phased process of commitment, target setting, strategy, implementation, and monitoring
4. Guidance on identifying priorities, gaps, and starting points within existing operations

Why This Matters: Building a credible net-zero transition plan is complex. This course breaks down the process to help financial institutions develop effective, tailored strategies.

Course Duration: Self-paced

Course Objective: This course provides ready-to-use presentation materials to support delivery of workshops on the ‘Foundations’ theme of the voluntary GFANZ Net-zero Transition Plan (NZTP) framework, focusing on how organizations can set clear objectives and priorities for their net-zero strategies.

Learners can expect to gain:

1. An understanding of the foundational components of a Net-zero Transition Plan
2. Guidance on how to define organizational objectives with clear scope, priority areas, measurable targets and timelines

Why This Matters: Clear and well-defined objectives and priority components can serve as a high-level roadmap for internal stakeholders to coalesce on as they develop plans to execute practical net zero commitments.

Course Duration: Self-paced

Course Objective: This course provides presentation materials to support delivery of workshops on the Metrics and Targets component of the voluntary GFANZ Net-zero Transition Plan (NZTP) framework. It offers guidance for financial institutions on how to set and refine metrics and targets to monitor progress toward net-zero goals.

Learners can expect to gain:

1. An understanding of the role of metrics and targets in accelerating net-zero transition plans
2. Insight into forward- and backward-looking portfolio alignment metrics and their use in assessing emissions pathways
3. Practical knowledge of how to apply metrics across key NZTP themes including governance, engagement, implementation, and real-economy impact
4. Familiarity with types of metrics, including absolute and intensity

Why This Matters: Clear and consistent metrics are essential for measuring progress, guiding strategy, and demonstrating accountability in net-zero transition plans.

Course Duration: Self-paced

Course Objective: This course provides ready-to-use presentation materials to support delivery of workshops on the transition finance component of the voluntary GFANZ Net-zero Transition Plan (NZTP) framework.

Learners can expect to gain:

1. An understanding of when and how financial institutions can approach transition finance
2. Insight into the four key GFANZ financing strategies and their application
3. Knowledge of how these strategies finance or enable: (1) Entities and activities that develop and scale climate solutions, (2) Entities that are already aligned to a 1.5 degrees pathway, (3) Entities committed to transitioning in line with 1.5 degrees pathways, (4) The accelerated Managed Phaseout of high-emitting assets

Why This Matters: Targeted financing strategies can support an efficient net-zero transition by enabling capital to flow where it can have the greatest impact.

1. Course Duration: Self-paced

Course Objective: This course provides ready-to-use presentation materials to support delivery of workshops on the ‘Implementation Strategy’ theme of the voluntary GFANZ Net-zero Transition Plan (NZTP) framework, focusing on how financial institutions can align business activities and decision-making processes with net-zero objectives.

Learners can expect to gain:

1. An understanding of the role of implementation strategy within a Net-zero Transition Plan
2. Guidance on aligning business activities, products, services, and policies with net-zero objectives, including external-facing financial products and internal processes
3. Insight into how financial institutions can assess and adapt core business functions to support real-economy emissions reductions

Why This Matters: An effective implementation strategy ensures net-zero commitments are translated into concrete actions across a business’s activities and decision-making processes.

Course Duration: Self-paced