MARKETS14 August 2026· 9 min
ESG & Sustainable Finance: How Green Criteria Are Reshaping Global Investment Strategies
With over $35 trillion in ESG assets under management globally, sustainable finance is no longer a niche trend — it is rewriting the rules of capital allocation and corporate governance worldwide.
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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 Q3 2023
[4]Climate Bonds Initiative — Green Bond Market Summary 2023
[5]BloombergNEF — Energy Transition Investment Trends H1 2023
[6]International Energy Agency (IEA) — World Energy Investment 2023
[7]Bank for International Settlements (BIS) — ESG Scores and Corporate Bond Spreads, 2023
[8]SEC — The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, 2024
[9]MIT Sloan Management Review — Aggregate Confusion: The Divergence of ESG Ratings, 2022
[10]ISSB — IFRS S1 and S2 Sustainability Disclosure Standards, June 2023
[11]US SIF — Trends Report in US Sustainable Investing 2022