Course Description

This module features key highlights from the Sustainability Apex Programme (SAP) Masterclass 4. SAP is a joint initiative by ISCA and LawSoc, supported by EnterpriseSG. The SAP Masterclasses are intended for participants to stay updated on evolving sustainability trends and topics, and gain insights on ESG issues from service providers' perspectives. 


Synopsis:

Carbon has become a currency in the global push for sustainability, but how do carbon markets really work, and what do they mean for businesses?

In this course, unpack the essentials of carbon pricing, emissions trading systems, and carbon credits, and discover how these mechanisms drive corporate decarbonisation and climate finance. Learn about Singapore’s carbon tax framework, voluntary carbon markets, and what organisations can do to manage carbon costs strategically.

Designed for finance and business professionals, this session breaks down complex climate economics into clear, actionable insights, helping you understand how carbon markets create both compliance challenges and new opportunities for growth.


Intended For:

  • Audit Professionals / PAIP 
  • Finance Professionals  / PAIB 
  • Public Sector Finance
  • C-suite & Directors
  • Business Owners

The content is most relevant to professionals in accounting and legal companies which deliver sustainability-related professional services to customers.

Also, whether you're a risk professional, sustainability strategist, curious about ESG, this module will sharpen your advantage as a business thinker.


Competency Mapping:

  • CPE Category "Others" = 1.0 CPE Hour
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Jade Feinberg

Jade is a Director in the ESG Consulting team at KPMG Singapore, and is our Sustainable Finance expert. With over 13 years sustainability experience, Jade leverages on a broad sustainability background in sustainability and climate change strategies, renewable energy projects and carbon markets. She has worked within private and public markets alongside governments, multilateral institutions, companies and private investors throughout Africa and the ASEAN region advising on key climate instruments and mechanisms including governance aspects of GHG accounting, reporting and review, climate finance and carbon markets.Whilst at SGX, Jade was the lead representative on the World Bank Climate Warehouse consultation providing key insights from a Singapore ecosystem perspective and was the alternate for the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) to provide key insights for the development of the framework, metrics and targets as well as capacity building and alignment of the TNFD to the Singapore and broader ASEAN ecosystem strategy.

Course Rating

Speaker's Rating

1 CPE Hour

Lesson(s)

6

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