MARKETS8 August 2026· 9 min
ESG & Sustainable Finance: How Green Criteria Are Reshaping Investment Strategies in 2024
With over $30 trillion in ESG-linked assets under management globally, sustainable finance has shifted from niche to mainstream. Discover how ESG criteria are fundamentally rewriting the rules of capital allocation.
SOURCES
[1]Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) — Global Sustainable Investment Review 2023
[2]Bloomberg Intelligence — ESG Assets Forecast 2023–2030
[3]BloombergNEF — Energy Transition Investment Trends 2024
[4]NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business — ESG and Financial Performance Meta-Analysis 2021
[5]U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — DWS Group Settlement, 2023
[6]International Capital Market Association (ICMA) — Green Bond Principles 2023
[7]Review of Finance — 'Aggregate Confusion: The Divergence of ESG Ratings', Berg et al., 2022
[8]Willis Towers Watson — ESG in Executive Compensation Survey 2023
[9]Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing — Sustainable Signals 2023
[10]University of Pennsylvania Wharton — Texas Anti-ESG Legislation Cost Analysis 2022
[11]European Commission — Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) Official Documentation