Sustainability Investment Insights

Global summary Worldwide trends The Schroders Global Investor Study 2022 illustrated that people* worldwide hold the following views on investing: More people believe that they have expert/advanced financial knowledge: People believe that they have a high level of knowledge around investment, with 57% of people self purporting to have expert/advanced knowledge (which has increased 16 percentage points since 2021). Investors want decision making power: - A majority of global investors feel that, as retail shareholders, they should have power to influence corporate decision making, but many do not feel empowered to do so. The level of empowerment varies according to the type of investments that people are making. 71% of those investing in crowdfunding feel that they have the power to influence corporate decision making, as opposed to 54% of those investing in cash savings/bank accounts. Investors are still anxious: - Investors are feeling under pressure to make investment decisions that are sometimes at the cost of long-term gains. 49% of them admit that they sometimes make decisions that they later regret. 60% of investors are still feeling that the performance of their investments has a direct impact on their mental wellbeing, even if this had decreased slightly since 2021. Sustainable investing is still attractive: Sustainable funds are still seen as attractive, with 45% of global investors seeing them as attractive because of the wider environmental impact, 42% because of their own societal principles. 54% of investors have even found sustainability to be a more attractive thematic investment in the past six months. 1 *This research defines "people" as those who will be investing at least €10,000 (or the equivalent) in the next 12 months and who have made changes to their investments within the last 10 years." Source: Schroders Global Investor Study, conducted between 18th February - 7th April 2022 Schroders

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