CSP© Accreditation - Curriculum
Designed to provide global assurance of skills and ethics
The StePs Certified Stewardship Professional (CSP©) accreditation is designed to provide global assurance of skills and ethics.
The program is based on five pillars of knowledge related to stewardship as conducted by specialists and/or portfolio managers.
To achieve the CSP©, professionals would take a specified number of hours of approved coursework produced by partner organizations, academic institutions, or StePs itself, and pass examinations overseen by independent experts.
The CSP© Pillars
What is stewardship? Why is it important?
A primer to corporate governance (relevant economic theories, separation of ownership and control, monitoring issue etc.)
Investment management (investment management models, levels of stewardship etc)
Protagonists
A primer to corporate governance (relevant economic theories, separation of ownership and control, monitoring issue etc.)
Investment management (investment management models, levels of stewardship etc)
Protagonists
Dialogue & private engagement
Collaboration
Escalation
Public campaigns
Negotiation skills
Collaboration
Escalation
Public campaigns
Negotiation skills
Terminologies
ESG and capital markets
Application of ESG
ESG analysis and research
ESG and capital markets
Application of ESG
ESG analysis and research
Corporate governance reporting
Stewardship reporting standards: country-specific/regional/international
Financial reporting
Non-financial reporting
Management report
Stewardship reporting standards: country-specific/regional/international
Financial reporting
Non-financial reporting
Management report
Country
Specific
Total duration: 10 hours
Within this module students will have
to choose between four different markets.
Within this module students will have
to choose between four different markets.
ESG and Stewardship in African Markets