In 2019, and for a 19th consecutive year, funds managed under responsible investment approaches grew as a proportion of total professionally managed investments in Australia.

Ever more investment managers are applying a range of responsible investing approaches – from ESG integration and negative screening to sustainability-themed and impact investing.

New data points in 2019 indicate that there is still a gap between those that claim to be practising responsible investing and those that have embedded these practices through formal policies and accountability commitments, including disclosing full portfolio holdings.

Investment manager practices are also maturing, with a quarter of managers earning the accolade of practising a leading approach to responsible investing against this year’s expanded Responsible Investment Scorecard.