MARKETS14 May 2026· 9 min
ESG & Sustainable Finance: How Green Criteria Are Reshaping Investment Strategies
With over $35 trillion in ESG assets under management globally, sustainable finance is no longer a niche trend—it's the new architecture of capital allocation. Here's what investors and strategists need to know.
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[2]MSCI — ESG and Financial Performance: Aggregating Evidence from 1,000+ Studies (2022)
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[10]TNFD — Nature-related Financial Disclosures Framework v1.0 (2023)
[11]UN PRI — Annual Report 2023