Sustainability criteria pose corporate challenges

Corporates seeking to leverage sustainable investment opportunities continue to be restricted by the lack of reliable data on which to base their assessments.

The adoption of tighter definitions of sustainable funds by the Sustainable Investment Forum has led to a fall in assets under management in the US. Even so, such assets still totalled more than $8.4 trillion.

And the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance’s latest industry review refers to a 20% increase in sustainable AuM across Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand over the last two years.

The need for clearer definitions and a wider understanding of what makes a sustainable asset ‘sustainable’ is obvious.

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