Sustainability and climate AUM growth accelerates
Chart • October 17, 2025
How fast is sustainability reshaping global investing? Equity fund assets benchmarked to MSCI Sustainability and Climate Indexes have surged past USD 1.1 trillion, growing 20% annually over the past three years. This rapid expansion shows how sustainability integration is redefining global index investing, with companies with stronger sustainability and climate alignment attracting more indexed AUM. Explore how evolving sustainability metrics are shaping index inclusion and capital flows with the MSCI Index Composition Viewer.
Total assets benchmarked to MSCI indexes comprised of (1) actively managed assets under management (AUM) as of June 30, 2025, reported on or before September 30, 2025, using data from eVestment for active institutional funds, Morningstar for active retail funds and internal MSCI data; (2) indexed non-ETF AUM as of June 30, 2025 using data directly collected by MSCI; and (3) indexed ETF AUM as of June 30, 2025. ETF AUM based on data from Refinitiv and MSCI for periods on or after April 26, 2019 and from Bloomberg and MSCI for periods prior to April 26, 2019.