CEP Study Guide 2026
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📋 CEP Exam Format at a Glance
📚 CEP Topics to Study (37)
✍️ Sample CEP Questions & Answers
1. Which foundational principle is MOST important for success in Certified Environmental, Social, and Governance Planner?
Success requires continuous learning, ethical practice, and focus on quality outcomes.
2. What does 'shareholder primacy' theory hold as the primary duty of corporate governance?
Shareholder primacy theory, associated with Milton Friedman, holds that management's primary duty is to maximize returns for shareholders.
3. Which ESG-related regulation requires EU financial market participants to classify investment products into Article 6, 8, or 9 categories based on their sustainability characteristics?
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) classifies financial products: Article 6 (no sustainability claim), Article 8 (promotes environmental/social characteristics), and Article 9 (sustainable investment objective).
4. What is corporate governance?
Corporate governance is the system of rules, practices, and processes by which a company is directed and controlled. It involves balancing the interests of a company's many stakeholders, such as shareholders, management, customers, and the community. This framework ensures accountability, transparency, and fairness in a company's operations, guiding how decisions are made and implemented to achieve organizational objectives.
5. In scenario analysis for climate-related environmental risk, a '1.5°C pathway' scenario is used to assess:
A 1.5°C pathway scenario examines the transition risks (policy, technology, market) and opportunities that would arise from the aggressive decarbonization needed to limit warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
6. Under the EPA's Risk-Based Corrective Action (RBCA) framework, cleanup standards are determined by:
RBCA ties cleanup standards to site-specific risk calculations that account for actual or reasonably anticipated land use and exposure conditions.