8th Annual Sustainable Investment Asset Owner survey 2024
Each year we conduct a survey to better understand asset owners’ attitudes, priorities and decisions around sustainable investment.
Our survey takes a pulse of the market and shines a light on some favourable trends. This year we found:
- Asset owners are indicating sustainable investment regulation is impeding sustainable investment adoption less than previously, their confidence in sustainable investment data is growing, and their priorities are shifting to different resources and passive investment strategies.
- Larger asset owners are leading the implementation of sustainable investment as a core and integrated component of their total investment strategy.
- Globally, the outlook remains positive despite ongoing macroeconomic headwinds: 74% of asset owners surveyed are implementing and evaluating sustainable investment considerations in their investment strategy.
Survey highlights
Asset owners are understandably concerned about the impact of climate risk weighing heavy on their investments
Key stats
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86%of asset owners with AUM of US$10 billion or more say they are implementing sustainable investment considerations as part of their investment strategies.
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90%of asset owners agree that sustainable investment and ESG regulations have helped meet their sustainable investment goals in 2024.
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66%of asset owners implement or are consider implementing sustainable investment considerations through passive strategies.
Previous asset owner surveys
We now have eight years of insight into the role and impact of sustainability on institutional investors and investment practices, which includes four years on the topic of smart sustainability – the coming together of two trends, smart beta and sustainability. And prior to the more recent trend of combining ESG with smart beta, we have an archive of our original smart beta survey.
