• Global: sustainable investment assets by region

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Between 2016 and 2018, the value of sustainable investment assets grew by 34 percent to a value of approximately 30.7 trillion U.S. dollars. Europe and the United States accounted for around 26 trillion of this total amount. Sustainable investing is an approach by companies with an investment portfolio that takes into consideration environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Global sustainable investment assets (GSIA) is a broad term that takes both responsible investing and socially responsible investing (SRI) into account.

Value of sustainable investment assets globally in 2014, 2016, and 2018, by region (in billion U.S. dollars)

	Europe	United States	Canada	Australia/New Zealand	Japan	Asia ex Japan*
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March 2019

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2014, 2016, and 2018

Supplementary notes

2018 assets as of December 31, 2017, except for Japan which reports as of March 31, 2018.
2016 assets as of December 31, 2015, except for Japan which reports as of March 31, 2016.
2014 data are reported as of December 31, 2013, except for Japan which is reported as of September 30, 2014.
The source adds the following information: "Asia ex Japan 2014 assets are represented in US dollars based on the exchange rates at year-end 2013. All other 2014 assets, as well as all 2016 assets, are converted to US dollars based on exchange rates at year-end 2015."
*Asia ex Japan is not included in the 2018 report.