Green Tilts
Working Paper 31320
DOI 10.3386/w31320
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We estimate financial institutions' portfolio tilts related to stocks' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) characteristics. From 2012 to 2023, ESGrelated tilts consistently total about 6% of the investment industry's assets and rise from 17% to 27% of institutions' total portfolio tilts. Significant ESG tilts arise from the choice of stocks held and, especially, the weights on stocks held. The largest institutions tilt increasingly toward green stocks, while other institutions and households tilt increasingly brown. Divestment from brown stocks is typically partial rather than full, even for individual mutual funds. UNPRI signatories and European institutions tilt greener; banks tilt browner.
Non-Technical Summaries
- Financial institutions that mention environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria in their investment policies had $35 trillion...