Why sustainable investing (SI) has become an imperative for professional investors

12.01.2018 14:55 - UBS Asset Management Switzerland AG, Zurich

Why sustainable investing (SI) has become an imperative for professional investors

With global sustainable investments having reached over 22 trillion US dollars in 2016, up from 14 trillion in 2012, there can be little doubt that sustainable investing (SI) is becoming a mainstream investment approach.

This growth has led to increasing pressure on professional investors to invest sustainably – what might call the sustainability imperative.

This pressure is coming from a number of different stakeholders.

In a broad survey three-quarters of professional investors (asset owners) said management of environmental, social and governance issues (the so-called ESG factors that are at the heart of much sustainable investing) are one of their top five criteria when choosing an asset manager.

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