The Seventh Global Sustainable Investment Review

COP30, Brazil – The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA)’s seventh report has found that sustainable and responsible investment is moving from a ‘niche practice to a systemic consideration’.

The biennial Global Sustainable Investment Review, published during COP30, describes how the global economic, political, and sustainability landscape has been characterised by volatility and fragmentation over the last two years. However, throughout this period of uncertainty, it points to a renewed effort to anchor finance within the transition to a net-zero economy.

Key highlights:

• Sustainable and responsible investment has moved from a ‘niche practice to a systemic consideration’, though the pace and scale of change remain insufficient to meet global challenges such as climate change.
• Positive developments including enhancements to sustainability disclosures, which began in the EU, have now spread across many GSIA regions.
• Despite challenging political and economic conditions over the last two years, there are signs that a ‘sustainable economic transition is underway’.
• But the report warns: without government interventions to transform the global economy, capital will remain incentivised to exacerbate – rather than limit and respond to – climate change.

Access the Press Release here.

Consult the full report here. The Data Annex with investment insights is available here.