For professional clients and qualified investors only SUSTAINABLE INVESTING: EUROPE IN FOCUS


Between March and June 2020, Censuswide surveyed 400 professional portfolio builders across the UK, Italy, Germany and Switzerland to uncover attitudes towards sustainable investing and the role of sustainable indexing.


Sustainable is the new standard Climate


For professional clients and qualified investors only change, wildfires, and the Covid-19


pandemic have shown an increasing impact on European investors. Climate risk is now widely embraced as an investment risk and transitioning from traditional investments to sustainable ones. This is quickly becoming imperative, especially for those investing for the long-term.


As a result, an unstoppable transition to


sustainable investing is now in progress with 78% of European and 81% of UK investors already integrating sustainability into their portfolios.


Sustainable is the new standard Climate


change, wildfires, and the Covid-19


pandemic have shown an increasing impact on European investors. Climate risk is now widely embraced as an investment risk and transitioning from traditional investments to sustainable ones. This is quickly becoming imperative, especially for those investing for the long-term.


As a result, an unstoppableWhether it's transition integrating sustainability into their portfolios


Future first We asked investors what the driving forces are behind this


urgency to transition portfolios. SUSTAINABLE INVESTING: EUROPE IN FO


Between March and June 2020, Censuswide surveyed 400 professional portfolio builders Italy, Germany and Switzerland to uncover attitudes towards sustainable investing a sustainable indexing.


Future first We asked investors what the dr behind this


urgency to trans


Source: Censuswide, iShares Sustainable Investing Research, June 2020. For illustrative purposes only. Note: Total may not add up to 100%, as respondents could pick more than one factor.


due to to ethical considerations,


sustainable investing is now in progress with 78% of European and 81% of UK investors already portfolio models.


corporate beliefs, client demand or potential return opportunities, sustainable investing is reshaping


Source: Censuswide, iShares Sustainable Investing Research, June 2020. For illustrative purposes only.


It’s time to act Many of our clients are under pressure to transition their portfolios to be more sustainable and this was confirmed in our survey with 80% of European investors


placing the incorporation


• Investors in the UK: 84% • Investors in Italy: 85 % • Investors in Germany:78% • Investors in Switzerland: 72%


of


sustainability into their portfolio construction strategies as either urgent or very urgent.


Source: Censuswide, iShares Sustainable Investing Research, June 2020. For illustrative purposes only.


Source: Censuswide, iShares Sustainable Investing Research, June 2020. For illustrative purposes only. Note: Total may not add up to 100%, as respondents could pick more than one factor.


It’s time to act Many of our clients are under pressure to transition their portfolios to be more sustainable and this was confirmed in our survey with 80% of European investors


placing the incorporation


• Investors in the UK: 84% • Investors in Italy: 85% • Investors in Germany:78% • Investors in Switzerland: 72%


of


sustainability into their portfolio construction strategies as either urgent or very urgent.


Source: Censuswide, iShares Sustainable Investi 2020. For illustrative purposes only. Note: Total may n respondents could pick more than one factor.


Sustainable investing: Europe in focus | 1 MKTGH0221E/S-1511251-1/2


Source: Censuswide, iShares Sustainable Investi 2020. For illustrative purposes only. Note: Total may n respondents could pick more than one factor.


Whether it's due to ethical


corporate beliefs, client demand or opportunities, sustainable investi portfolio models.


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