Increasing importance of environmental, social and governance issues
A new study, “The Investor Base of Securities Markets in the EBRD Regions,” covers US$ 250 billion of investment and over 220 of the top institutional investors in the Bank’s regions.
The study, conducted by the EBRD and IHS Markit before the coronavirus pandemic, found that 70 percent of those polled say that environmental, social and governance issues (ESG) are important to them.
Investors are looking at non-financial factors such as supply chains and climate action when they take investment decisions, the report found.
