MARKETS13 September 2026· 10 min
ESG & Sustainable Finance: How Green Criteria Are Reshaping Global Investment Strategies
With over $35 trillion in ESG assets under management globally, sustainable finance has moved from niche to mainstream. Discover how ESG criteria are fundamentally rewiring capital allocation, risk frameworks, and alpha generation.
SOURCES
[1]Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) — Global Sustainable Investment Review 2023
[2]Morningstar — Sustainable Funds Report 2023 & Q2 2024 European Fund Flows
[3]MSCI — ESG and the Cost of Capital, 2021-2023
[4]BlackRock Sustainable Investing — ESG Integration and Portfolio Resilience Report, 2022
[5]NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business — ESG and Financial Performance Meta-Analysis, 2023
[6]Climate Bonds Initiative — Green Bond Market Summary 2023
[7]IEA — World Energy Investment Outlook 2023
[8]Carbon Tracker Initiative — Stranded Assets and the Fossil Fuel Industry, 2023
[9]PwC — Asset and Wealth Management Revolution 2023
[10]European Commission — EU Taxonomy Regulation & CSRD Implementation Reports, 2024
[11]IFRS Foundation — ISSB Standards S1 and S2, June 2023