MARKETS3 April 2026· 9 min

ESG & Sustainable Finance: Reshaping Investment Strategies in 2024

With over $35 trillion in ESG assets under management globally, sustainable finance is no longer a niche trend but a structural force rewriting the rules of capital allocation across every asset class.

InekIA

InekIA Editorial Team

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

[2]MSCI — ESG Ratings Methodology and Performance Analysis (2023)

[3]European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) — SFDR Fund Classification Data Q1 2024

[4]NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business — ESG and Financial Performance Meta-Analysis (2022)

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

[6]International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) — IFRS S1 and S2 Standards (June 2023)

[7]Climate Action 100+ — 2023 Progress Report

[8]MIT Sloan Management Review — Aggregate Confusion: The Divergence of ESG Ratings (2022)

[9]BlackRock Investment Institute — Sustainable Investing Outlook 2023

[10]Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) — Framework V1.0 (2023)