Japan: availability of ESG specialists among asset managers 2021

According to a survey conducted in October 2021, around 38 percent of asset management companies in Japan employed no ESG specialists. At the same time, 32 percent of asset managers reported employing one to four ESG experts.

Number of ESG experts employed at asset management companies in Japan as of October 2021

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Release date

June 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

end of October 2021

Number of respondents

37 respondents

Special properties

among asset managers that offer ESG-related investment trusts

Supplementary notes

Including 22 Japanese asset management companies with 172 ESG-related investment funds and 15 foreign companies with 53 ESG-related investment funds.

ESG experts are defined as staff who spend 90 percent or more of their time on ESG-related tasks.

Refers to investment trusts with characteristics in the securities registration statement including the words ESG, SRI, environment, corporate governance, CSR, SDGs, resolution of social issues, impact investment, female participation, human resources, or similar words.

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