MARKETS19 July 2026· 10 min

ESG & Sustainable Finance: How Green Criteria Are Reshaping Investment Strategies

Global ESG assets are projected to surpass $53 trillion by 2025, representing over a third of total AUM. Discover how sustainability criteria are fundamentally rewiring capital allocation and portfolio construction.

InekIA Editorial Team

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[1]Bloomberg Intelligence — ESG AUM Forecast 2025

[2]Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) — 2022 Global Sustainable Investment Review

[3]Climate Bonds Initiative — Green Bond Market Summary 2023/2024

[4]Morningstar — Sustainable Funds US Landscape Report Q4 2023/Q1 2024

[5]UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) — Signatory Data 2024

[6]BlackRock Annual Report 2023

[7]State Street Global Advisors — Stewardship Report 2023

[8]ICMA — Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles, Market Update 2024

[9]IEA — World Energy Investment Report 2023

[10]European Commission — SFDR & EU Taxonomy Official Documentation

[11]Morningstar — SFDR Article 8 & 9 Fund Data, Q1 2024

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