Mapping the sustainable investing spectrum of capital

Examining the sustainable investing spectrum can help clarify the interplay between investors’ specific financial objectives—measured by risk and return—and their sustainability-driven objectives. As some investors, particularly in Europe and APAC, increase their focus on the sustainability characteristics of their portfolios, there are both links and implications when it comes to the order of priority between their sustainability-related and financial objectives. Many are now seeking to understand—and in some cases, actively target—a specific impact that they want their investments to have...