A fast-growing investment trend is ESG - environmental, social and governance investing.
Globally, sustainable investing assets in the five major markets (Europe, United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia/New Zealand) stood at $30.7 trillion at the start of 2018, a 34 percent increase in two years, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance.
From 2016 to 2018, the fastest growing region has been Japan, followed by Australia/New Zealand and Canada. These were also the three fastest growing regions in the previous two-year period. The largest three regions— based on the value of their sustainable investing