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Global Sustain Group conducted and released recently a new ESG/SRI & Impact Investments Market Report and Benchmark Analysis, entitled "ESG Investing. From Niche to Mainstream"

LONDON, Mar. 01, 2018 - Global Sustain Group conducted and released recently a new ESG/SRI & Impact Investments Market Report and Benchmark Analysis, entitled "ESG Investing. From Niche to Mainstream".

The report provides insights of the ESG market in Europe, in USA and globally, presenting selected and approved leading asset management firms, examining their ESG strategy and investments.

The full version of the report is over 70 pages and it includes ESG/impact investments market metrics, trends, facts and figures, main ESG investment strategies, models, ESG funds’ performance ranking, benchmark analysis of some of the leading asset management firms in the sector from Europe (mainly from UK, Germany, Switzerland, France, Netherlands) and USA.

According to the report and the data provided by the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) in 2016, 22.89 trillion USD of assets were being professionally managed under responsible investment strategies, a growth rate of 25% since 2014. In 2016, around 26% of professionally managed assets had SRI/ESG strategy elements. It is estimated that in 2016, in Europe in terms of value, total assets of over 12 trillion EUR were managed with SRI/ESG strategies.

Global Sustain, a PRI member signatory and GRI data partner, conducts benchmark research and analysis reports using metrics based on international best practices. The methodology is based on a structured, detailed and in-depth analysis that allows the report to become an essential tool for decision making.