MARKETS5 October 2026· 9 min

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

ESG assets are projected to exceed $40 trillion by 2030. Discover how environmental, social and governance criteria are fundamentally rewriting the rules of capital allocation worldwide.

InekIA Editorial Team

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[1]Bloomberg Intelligence — ESG 2030 Forecast Report, 2023

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

[3]MSCI — ESG Leaders Index Performance Study, 2023

[4]Morningstar — Global Sustainable Fund Flows Report, Q4 2023

[5]PwC — Global Investor ESG Survey, 2023

[6]Climate Bonds Initiative — Green Bond Market Summary 2023

[7]Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) — 2022 Annual Impact Investor Survey

[8]NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business — ESG and Financial Performance Meta-Analysis, 2021

[9]InfluenceMap — ESG Funds and the Paris Agreement, 2023

[10]IEA — World Energy Outlook 2023

[11]MIT Sloan Management Review — Aggregate Confusion: The Divergence of ESG Ratings, 2022