Bloomberg ESG Certification Exam (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A Grade
QUESTION
Jason works on the ESG
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Capital Management. He is responsible for research
and generating ideas in accordance with portfolio ESG
mandates. Jason is
A. a Portfolio Manager.
B. a Market Data/IT Representative.
C. an ESG Analyst.
D. a Risk Officer.
Answer:
C. an ESG Analyst
Rationale: Jason is an ESG Analyst. ESG Analysts are
responsible for research and generatina ideas
in accordance with portfolio ESG mandates.
QUESTION
Andrew also works on the ESG Investment Team at Worthing Capital Management. He is responsible for managing portfolios in accordance with sustainable policies. Andrew is
A. a Portfolio Manager.
B. a Market Data/IT Representative.
C. an ESG Analyst.
D. a Risk Officer.
Answer:
A. a Portfolio Manager.
Rationale: Andrew is a portfolio manager. ESG portfolio managers or asset managers are responsible for managing portfolios in
accordance with sustainable policies.
QUESTION
Why is Bloomberg's GHG Estimate model intensity on the high side for companies like Cronos?
A. Partly due to stil-low sales and having fewer growing facilities
B. Partly due to still-high sales and having fewer growing facilities
C. Partlv due to still-low sales and having more growing facilities
D. Partly due to still-high sales and having more growing facilities
Answer:
A. Partly due to stil-low sales and having fewer growing facilities
Rationale: Bloomberg's GHG Estimate model intensity is on
the high side for companies like Cronos partly due to still-low sales and having fewer growing facilities.
QUESTION
In which year did disclosure reporting regulations
begin to shift from majority voluntary to majority
mandatory?
2017
2019
2018
2020
Answer:
In 2019. There were 27 mandatory regulations compared with 17 voluntary.
QUESTION
What makes it challenging to compare AUM from
different countries?
A. Differences in currency denominations
B. Different investing laws
C. Different ideas about how to compare AUM
D. Different rules defining sustainable funds across regions
Answer:
D. Different rules defining sustainable funds across regions
Rationale: Different rules defining sustainable funds across
regions have made it difficult to compare AUM.
QUESTION
Why would an investor remove their capital from
some or all activities related to coal, oil and gas?
A. To reduce financed emissions
B. To bankrupt fossil fuel companies
C. To change behavior of fossil fuel companies
D. To cut oil and gas share prices
Answer:
A. To reduce financed emissions
Rationale: Investors that remove their capital from some or all activities related to coal, oil and gas want to reduce financed emissions.
QUESTION
Take a moment to read some of the research and news articles that Akshay has been reading. What might he infer about ESG investing?
A. ESG investment strategies eliminate entire sectors B. ESG is value-increasing
C. The ESG movement in capital markets is showing no signs of slowing down
D. ESG is well integrated into mainstream investment management
Answer:
C. The ESG movement in capital markets is showing no signs of slowing down
Rationale: It is most likely that Akshay would think the ESG movement in capital markets is showing no signs of slowing down.
This does not mean, however, that ESG is well integrated into mainstream investment management.
According to the Global Sustainable
Investment Alliance, the global sustainability market represented around $35.3 trillion at the start of 2020, roughly 35% of the global
$103.1 trillion managed by UNPRI signatories. [Show Less]