European sustainable funds held the more than three trillion U.S. dollars of sustainable assets as of September 2021, which is more than 10 times the value of assets of sustainable funds in the United States. Asia, excluding Japan, was the third largest region for assets of sustainable funds, reaching 50 billion U.S. dollars as of September 2021.
Asset size of sustainable funds worldwide as of September 2021, by region (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on ESG investing
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Assets of sustainable funds worldwide 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Global ESG ETF assets 2006-2022
- Premium Statistic Value of sustainable AUM and total AUM worldwide 2016-2020
- Premium Statistic Share of sustainable investments of total AUM worldwide 2016-2020
- Premium Statistic Share of ESG funds worldwide 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Market share of ESG ETFs by region, based on assets under management 2021
- Premium Statistic AUM of sustainable funds vs. other funds in the U.S. 2021
Top funds
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- Premium Statistic Leading sustainable funds in Europe Q4 2021, by net flows
- Premium Statistic Leading sustainable funds in the U.S. Q4 2021, by net flows
- Premium Statistic Leading ESG ETFs worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic ESG ETFs with the highest 3 month returns 2022
- Premium Statistic ESG ETFs with highest net inflows in the Americas as of January 2022
- Premium Statistic ESG ETFs with highest net inflows in Europe as of January 2022
- Premium Statistic Largest socially responsible ETFs in Europe as of February 2022, by fund size
- Premium Statistic Leading socially responsible ETFs in Europe as of February 2022, by 1-year return
Reporting
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- Premium Statistic Reporting frameworks referenced in stock exchange ESG guidance worldwide 2021
- Basic Statistic ESG scores of the worlds' largest companies 2021, by provider
- Premium Statistic Most used ESG indices in the Americas and Europe 2021
- Premium Statistic Investors' most used tools to measure non-financial ESG performance in 2021
Performance
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- Premium Statistic Performance difference between the S&P 500 ESG and S&P 500 indexes 2018-2022
- Premium Statistic Returns of sustainable funds vs. other funds in the U.S. 2019-2021
- Premium Statistic Performance of ESG investments versus non-ESG investments in Americas and Europe 2021
- Premium Statistic Expectation that ESG portfolios will not underperform non-ESG portfolios 2019-2020
- Premium Statistic Leading sustainable debt products actively invested in by global investors 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of investors that view ESG as integral in credit analysis worldwide 2022
Targets
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- Premium Statistic Most targeted UN SDG of ESG ETFs worldwide 2021, by assets
- Premium Statistic Most targeted UN SDG of ESG ETFs worldwide 2021, by number of ETFs
- Premium Statistic Main ESG focus among sustainable investors worldwide 2020
- Premium Statistic Most popular sustainable infrastructure among ESG investors worldwide 2020
Strategy
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- Premium Statistic Main ESG strategies of institutional investors 2021
- Premium Statistic Most common ESG ETF strategy worldwide, based on assets under management 2021
- Premium Statistic Most common method for ESG adoption among institutional investors worldwide 2019-2021
- Premium Statistic ESG strategy among corporate issuers and investors in the Americas and Europe 2021
- Premium Statistic Most common method for ESG adoption among fund selectors worldwide 2019-2021
Motivations/barriers
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- Premium Statistic Leading reasons for ESG investing worldwide 2019-2021
- Premium Statistic Main reasons why institutional investors implement ESG 2021
- Premium Statistic Main reasons keeping investors worldwide from ESG investing 2021
- Premium Statistic Main obstacles related to broader adoption of ESG investing worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Largest barriers to ESG progress worldwide 2021
Further related statistics
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- Total UCITS and AIF investment funds in the Netherlands 2015-2021
- Total UCITS and AIF investment funds in Luxembourg 2015-2021
- Net assets of investment funds in Luxembourg 2015-2021
- Total investment funds in Belgium 2015-2021, by type
- Net assets of investment funds in Belgium 2015-2021
- Net assets of investment funds in the Netherlands 2015-2021
- Proportion of investment funds assets to country GDP in Europe 2021, by country
- Number of Vanguard investment funds worldwide in July 2022, by region
- Investment funds in Belgium 2010-2021, by institution type
- Leading state-owned investment funds in public equities worldwide 2022, by AUM
- Assets managed by investment funds globally 2021, by region
- Number of investment funds in Luxembourg 2006-2021, by type of fund
- Number of active VC investment funds in Russia 2015-2021
- Total UCITS and AIF investment funds in Belgium 2014-2021
- Number of investment funds in Luxembourg 1990-2021
- Total AuM of investment funds in the Netherlands 2015-2021
- Share of household financial assets held in investment funds in U.S. 1995-2021
- Total AUM of investment funds in the Netherlands 2007-2021
- Total AUM of investment funds in Belgium 2007-2021
- GDP ratio of investment funds financial assets in Luxembourg 2010-2021
- Active vs passive investment funds in the U.S. 2011 and 2021, by type
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Reuters. (October 29, 2021). Asset size of sustainable funds worldwide as of September 2021, by region (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296334/sustainable-funds-asset-size-by-region/
Reuters. "Asset size of sustainable funds worldwide as of September 2021, by region (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. October 29, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296334/sustainable-funds-asset-size-by-region/
Reuters. (2021). Asset size of sustainable funds worldwide as of September 2021, by region (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296334/sustainable-funds-asset-size-by-region/
Reuters. "Asset Size of Sustainable Funds Worldwide as of September 2021, by Region (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296334/sustainable-funds-asset-size-by-region/
Reuters, Asset size of sustainable funds worldwide as of September 2021, by region (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296334/sustainable-funds-asset-size-by-region/ (last visited March 28, 2023)
Asset size of sustainable funds worldwide as of September 2021, by region (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Reuters, October 29, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296334/sustainable-funds-asset-size-by-region/