ESG Funds Growth By the Numbers

What is happening?

Why is this important? ESG funds rose 42% from $12 trillion in 2018 to $17.1 trillion in 2020 according to data from the  US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment. 10% of world’s funds are ESG according to Reuters. More than 50% of  754 sustainable funds examined by Morningstar outperformed non-ESG investments.

Why is this important? An ongoing attack on ESG business principles by a wing of the Republican Party.

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