2022 Sustainable Trends Report

FORTY - ONE NORTH’S SELECT INSIGHTS: THE SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE BY ERM

The growing prominence of ESG in investor strategies, coupled with new policies such as the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, is helping cement ESG as a mainstream business concept influencing investment returns and corporate strategy. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations now permeate investment strategies worldwide. One in every three dollars of global assets under management is already invested in a fund or strategy that in some way integrates ESG considerations, with capital inflows to ESG-guided products expected to increase.