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Investors with $32.7tn in global assets lag on ESG

Only 29% of 500 surveyed say ESG factors are being considered for more than half their firm’s total assets under management

A large, influential group of global investors say ESG factors are not being taken into account for the bulk of the $32.7tn assets managed by their respective firms, a study shows.

Morningstar polled 500 firms from 11 countries, including insurers, multi-managers, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds, for their views on green investing in its first Voice of the Asset Owner survey.

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