Where could responsible investing take you?
Estimates of the size of the sustainable investment market vary from around $23 trillion to almost $31 trillion, with responsible investment considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions, whereas ethical investing being more of a values-based approach.
In Australia, investments managed in an ethical or responsible manner came in at $980 billion in 2018 – more than half of all assets professionally managed. That’s up 13 per cent on the previous 12 months thanks to positive portfolio performance and increasing demand.
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