Sustainable investments surge to $35 trillion, with more likely to follow
The most common strategy was ESG integration, with $24.6 trillion of AUM deployed, although negative screening and shareholder action were also popular.
Global sustainable investments have grown to $35.3 trillion in professionally managed assets and now represent 36% of all such assets across the US, Canada, Japan, Australasia and Europe, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Review 2020, published on Monday (July 19).
The number marks a 15% growth over two years, with Canada experiencing the largest increase in absolute terms (48% growth), followed by the US at 42%, and Japan at 34%.
Simon O'Connor,
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