Best-in-class investments in ethical finance in Europe 2017

The statistic shows the value of socially responsible investments (SRIs) in selected European countries, which use best-in-class strategy to establish new investment targets, in 2017. With approximately 322 billion euros worth of investments, France was the largest market for financial decisions that favored companies, which were leaders in meeting environmental, social and governance criteria in that year.

Best-in-class investments on the socially responsible investment market (SRI) in Europe in 2017, by country (in million euros)

Characteristic	Investments in million euros
France	321,984
Italy	58,137
Netherlands	56,645
Switzerland	38,866
Sweden	25,419
Germany	22,068
United Kingdom	20,536
Belgium	15,570
Austria	14,023
Spain	10,364
Denmark	100
Poland	0

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November 2018

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2017

Special properties

SRI funds

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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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