MARKETS15 April 2026· 9 min
ESG & Sustainable Finance: How Green Criteria Are Reshaping Investment Strategies
With over $35 trillion in ESG assets under management globally, sustainable finance has moved from niche to mainstream. Here's what every investor and strategist needs to know.
SOURCES
[1]Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) — Global Sustainable Investment Review 2023
[2]Morningstar — European Sustainable Funds Landscape Report, Q4 2023
[3]MSCI — ESG and Factor Investing Research, 2022
[4]Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) — Climate Scenarios for Central Banks and Supervisors, 2023
[5]Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) — Annual Impact Investor Survey 2022
[6]SEC — Climate-Related Disclosures Final Rule, March 2024
[7]MIT Sloan Management Review — 'Aggregate Confusion: The Divergence of ESG Ratings', 2022
[8]OECD — Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2023
[9]ISSB — IFRS S1 and S2 Sustainability Disclosure Standards, 2023
[10]ESMA — Guidelines on Fund Names Using ESG or Sustainability-Related Terms, May 2024
[11]Munich Re — Natural Catastrophe Statistics 2023
[12]Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative — Progress Report 2024
[13]ICMA — Social Bond Principles and Market Data 2023
[14]Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) — Framework v1.0, September 2023