Environmental protection is considered an investment theme by 90 per cent of investment management professionals; 81.5 per cent of the respondents who take green investing into account are concerned with climate change. Other environmental themes such as water management, anti-pollution measures, and improvement of processes are also frequently taken into account. In a new EDHEC-Risk Institute Publication, entitled ‘Adoption of Green Investing by Institutional Investors: A European Survey’, EDHEC-Risk review the concept of green investing and report the results of a European survey on investment management professionals. One of the key results of the survey is that green investing is a significant movement in which survey respondents are heavily involved. Nearly 90 per cent of respondents consider environmental protection an investment theme and the same percentage plans to do more green investing in the future.“The results of our survey show that the most popular green theme is climate change: 81.5 per cent of the respondents who take green investing into account are concerned with climate change. Other environmental themes such as water management, anti-pollution measures, and improvement of processes are also frequently taken into account by the majority of respondents,” EDHEC said.Read the full story, EDHEC reviews concept of green investing
