MARKETS18 April 2026· 10 min
ESG & Sustainable Finance: How Green Criteria Are Reshaping Investment Strategies in 2024
With $30 trillion now allocated to ESG-aligned assets globally, sustainable finance has moved from niche to mainstream. Discover how ESG criteria are fundamentally rewiring capital allocation, risk management, and corporate strategy.
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[2]Bloomberg Intelligence — ESG Assets May Hit $53 Trillion by 2025, 2021 Updated Projections
[3]Morningstar — European Sustainable Funds Landscape Q4 2023
[4]US SIF Foundation — Report on US Sustainable and Impact Investing Trends 2023
[5]Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) — 2022 Annual Impact Investor Survey
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[12]Climate Bonds Initiative — Green Bond Market Summary 2023
[13]Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) — Climate Scenarios for Central Banks, 2023
[14]TNFD — Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures Final Framework, September 2023
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[16]International Capital Market Association (ICMA) — Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles 2023