Positive screening responsible investment funds 2018

This statistic illustrates the growth in the number of responsible investing (RI) funds using the positive screening strategy to select their investments on the European market between the years of 2010 and 2018. It can be seen that the number of responsible investing funds applying positive screening strategies increased during the period under observation, reaching a total of 1418 funds as of December 2018.

Number of investment funds using positive screening strategies on European responsible investing (RI) market from 2010 to 2018

Characteristic	Number of funds
2018**	1,418
2016**	894
2015*	-
2014	674
2013*	-
2012	635
2011	606
2010	575

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May 2017

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2010 to 2018

Supplementary notes

* The source provides no data for 2013 and 2015.
** Data for 2016 is a Statista calculation based on a distribution of the total number of funds by category (rounded to the nearest whole number of funds).

Responsible investment is defined by EUROSIF as "any type of investment process that combines investors’ financial objectives with their concerns about Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues".
The source adds further comments about positive screening selection strategies: "Funds which use a positive screening to select their investments: this includes either a best-in-class approach (investment in a portfolio of companies screened on their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies and performance) or an engagement approach (funds which ‘engage’ with companies in their portfolio to encourage them to improve their ESG performance)."

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