Best-in-class ethical financial investments in Europe 2005-2017

The statistic shows the evolution of best-in-class investments in Europe between 2005 and 2017. In this period, investment in companies that are leaders in meeting environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria (also called "positive screening investment strategy") grew from approximately 58 billion euros in 2005 to over 585 billion as of 2017.

Development of best-in-class socially responsible investments (SRI) in Europe biannually from 2005 to 2017 (in million euros)

Characteristic	Investments in million euros
2005	57,816
2007	130,315
2009	132,956
2011	283,206
2013	353,555
2015	493,375
2017	585,734

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November 2018

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2005 to 2017

Special properties

SRI funds

Supplementary notes

The source adds further comments: "Due to European diversity, the wide definition of responsible investment is any type of investment process that combines investors’ financial objectives with their concerns about Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues."
"Best-in-Class (positive screening) assets typically involve selecting the top share of companies within a sector using ESG criteria. For example, a portfolio manager might restrict the investable universe to the top 50 percent based on an ESG rating screen. Other Best-in-Class methods also exist (e.g. Best-in-Universe, Best-in-Effort)

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