Importance of ESG worldwide 2021

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment is going to continue being important in the future, according to more than half of investment providers surveyed in Hong Kong in 2021. In the Benelux region, on the other hand, about 20 percent of respondents shared this opinion. Meanwhile, the clients' expectations were a strong factor, driving the importance of ESG: in the UK, 56 percent of survey participants noted that clients expect ESG knowledge and 36 percent - that clients care about stance.

Investment providers' opinion on the importance of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) worldwide in 2021, by country

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Release date

November 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

July to August of 2021

Number of respondents

500 respondents

Special properties

Investment providers

Supplementary notes

The survey group comprised of 500 investment providers in the top investment markets around the world. The survey covered 15 countries from three different regions: The survey group covered a range of sectors, from investment advisory firms and retail asset managers to private banks and family offices. Half of the respondents were C-level executives, while the rest were at the managing director or senior vice president levels.

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