Performance expectations of ESG portfolios 2021

The expectations that ESG-integrated portfolios would outperform or perform as well as non-ESG portfolios was lower in the United States than in the other regions. The highest share or respondents who assumed ESG portfolios would perform as well or better was in Europe, where the share reached 97 percent in 2021. Most respondents expected positive outcomes - or at least loss free outcomes - in all regions during all survey periods.

Expectation that ESG portfolios will perform better or as well as non-ESG portfolios worldwide, by region 2019-2021

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Release date

October 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2019 to 2021

Number of respondents

Over 800 respondents*

Supplementary notes

*Nearly 45% of the respondents represent organizations with $1 billion or more in assets with the highest number, or 20%, coming from organizations with $1 to $10 billion in assets. Nearly one fifth, or 17%, of the respondents work at organizations with 10,000 or more employees, while a quarter, or 24%, are from much smaller firms of less than 50 employees.

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