ESG GLOBAL STUDY

Shining a light on ESG attitudes and adoption

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1,130 professional investors in 25 countries participated in our annual environmental, social and governance (ESG) global study and shared in-depth perspectives on attitudes and adoption.

Here are three of our key findings.

Global ESG adoption rate reaches 90%

⬤   ESG users

⬤   ESG non-users

This bar chart shows the global ESG adoption rates for all surveyed investment professionals from 2021 through 2023. The ESG adoption rate was 84% in 2021 and rose to 90% in 2023.

The percentage of investment professionals that use ESG inched higher to 90%, though not all countries saw an uptick. Broadly, investors view ESG as supportive of investing – and the majority say ESG analysis can help uncover attractive investment opportunities.

 

Learn more on page 8 of the report.

Investors empower themselves to manage ESG data difficulties

⬤   Surveyed investment professionals

These bars show the percentage of surveyed investment professionals in our 2023 ESG global survey that are conducting proprietary ESG analysis, which is 40%, and increasing the size and expertise of ESG teams, which is 37%.

Investors are becoming proactive. Forty percent of investment professionals are conducting proprietary ESG analysis and/or scoring, while 37% percent say they are expanding their in-house ESG team's expertise and size.

 

Learn more on page 18 of the report. 

Multi-thematic ESG could help address style bias

⬤   Agree

⬤   Neither agree nor disagree

⬤   Disagree

The top three bar graphs show the percentage of surveyed investment professionals that either agree, neither agree nor disagree, or disagree that they plan to increase allocation to style-neutral ESG strategies. 35% agree, 44% neither agree nor disagree, 21% disagree. The bottom 3 bar graphs show percentage of surveyed investment professionals that either agree, neither agree nor disagree, or disagree that multi-thematic ESG is an option for addressing style bias. 40% agree, 41% neither agree nor disagree and 19% disagree.

More than one-third of investment professionals plan to increase their allocation to style-neutral ESG equity strategies over the next 12 months.

 

Forty percent of investment professionals believe that multi-thematic ESG funds can be effective diversifiers of investment style risks.

 

Learn more on page 32 of the report. 

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