Eurosif's sixth study of sustainable and responsible investment in Europe shows that SRI investment strategies have grown at double digit rates between 2011 and 2013, faster than the broader European investment market.
For example, the study reveals that assets subject to
exclusion criteria, also known as negative screening, grew by 91% between 2011
and 2013, and now cover an estimated 41% of European professionally managed
assets. Voluntary exclusions related to cluster munitions and anti-personnel
landmines are the most common.
Assets subject to engagement and voting policies have grown
by 86% over the period to reach 3.3 trillion euros, versus 1.8 trillion euros
in 2011. Half of that growth comes from the U.K.,
with other key contributors being the Netherlands,
Norway and Sweden.
Impact investing is the fastest growing strategy, the study reveals, with 132% growth since
2011. Impact investing is now a 20 billion euro market. Key
markets for this strategy are the Netherlands
and Switzerland,
representing an estimated two-thirds of European assets, followed by Italy, the United
Kingdom and Germany. Microfinance represents an
estimated 50 % of European impact investing assets.
The study also sheds light on how the integration of
non-financial factors into investment decisions is implemented. All forms of
ESG integration have grown by 65% since 2011, making this one of the fastest
growing strategies.
Despite the impressive growth of the SRI market, the study
highlights a number of market failures such as the wide variations in adoption
of SRI practices across countries and the weakness of the retail SRI market.
Institutional investors continue to drive the SRI market in Europe
with an even higher market share than in 2011.
Data was collected or estimated at the end of 2013 covering
institutional and retail assets from 13
distinct European markets.
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