MARKETS12 April 2026· 10 min

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

With over $35 trillion in ESG assets under management globally, sustainable finance is no longer a niche trend — it's the new standard. Discover how ESG criteria are transforming portfolio construction, risk assessment, and alpha generation.

InekIA Team

InekIA Editorial Team

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[1]Bloomberg Intelligence — ESG Assets May Hit $53 Trillion by 2025 (2023)

[2]Morningstar Sustainable Funds Landscape Report Q1 2024

[3]MSCI ESG Research — The ESG Premium (2023)

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

[5]Climate Bonds Initiative — Sustainable Debt Global State of the Market 2023

[6]SEC — Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures (March 2024)

[7]ISSB — IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures Standards (June 2023)

[8]NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business — ESG and Financial Performance Meta-Analysis (2020)

[9]Berg, Kölbel, Rigobon — Aggregate Confusion: The Divergence of ESG Ratings, MIT Sloan (2022)

[10]IMF Global Financial Stability Report — Climate Change and Financial Risk (2023)

[11]Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) — Corporate Dashboard (2024)

[12]European Commission — SFDR Review and Greenwashing Report (2023)