Available courses

This course is designed to support financial advisers, paraplanners as well as compliance officers/managers to meet Consumer Duty and SDR regulations by incorporating sustainability and values-based investment options into the advice process.

The course will look at the economics behind ESG, Consumer Duty (informed choice and investor understanding) SDR (disclosures, labels and non-labels), pre-meeting client information, how to discuss sustainability in a meeting, due diligence and building a compliant suitability letter.

The practical modules covering the advice process will be linked to our free-to-access Suitability Toolkit, available on the Accord Initiative web site.

This course provides an introduction to Greenwashing, understanding the FCA's Rules and Guidance and practical steps to implement anti-greenwashing checks and processes.