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
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.
Investors empower themselves to manage ESG data difficulties
⬤ Surveyed investment professionals
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.
Multi-thematic ESG could help address style bias
⬤ Agree
⬤ Neither agree nor disagree
⬤ 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.
Go deeper
Explore our earlier reports to discover how ESG attitudes and adoption have evolved:
2021 I 2022 Chapter 1 I 2022 Chapter 2
Jessica Ground, Capital Group's global head of ESG, gives her take on our latest ESG Global Study
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