MARKETS10 August 2026· 10 min
ESG & Sustainable Finance: How Green Criteria Are Reshaping Investment Strategies
With over $35 trillion in ESG-managed assets globally, sustainable finance is no longer a niche trend—it's rewriting the rules of capital allocation. Here's what investors and strategists need to know.
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[1]Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) — Global Sustainable Investment Review 2023
[2]Bloomberg Intelligence — ESG Assets May Hit $53 Trillion by 2025, 2023
[3]Morningstar — Global Sustainable Fund Flows Q4 2023
[4]MSCI — ESG Indexes Performance Report 2023
[5]International Energy Agency (IEA) — World Energy Investment 2023
[6]GIIN (Global Impact Investing Network) — Annual Impact Investor Survey 2023
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[9]ISSB — IFRS S1 and S2 Standards, June 2023
[10]Governance & Accountability Institute — S&P 500 ESG Reporting Rate, 2023
[11]Deutsche Asset Management & University of Hamburg — ESG and Corporate Financial Performance Meta-Analysis