ESG investments: planned increase worldwide 2023

According to a 2023 survey, 50 percent of professional investors worldwide plan to increase their allocation of socially responsible investments over the next year. Despite this planned increase, only a small fraction of professional investors expect their share of socially responsible investments to be over 50 percent of their total portfolio in the next five years. Nine percent of investors plan to decrease their allocation to ESG investments, and a further four percent of investors are not sure whether or not allocation to ESG investments will increase, decrease, or remain the same.

Share of professional investors increasing their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments worldwide in 2023

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Not sure what an ESG investment is	-
Do not invest and do not plan to invest in ESG investments	4%
Not sure	3%
Decrease	9%
Remain the same	34%
Increase	50%

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Release date

2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2023

Number of respondents

325 respondents

Special properties

Institutional investors, financial advisers, and fund managers from the U.S., Europe, and Greater China

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Do you plan to increase your allocation to ESG investments over the next year?"

ESG: Environmental, social and governance; effectively shorthand for social responsible investments.

The source does not specify the survey method or exact date of survey.

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