ESG Investment Profitability in Developed and Emerging Markets with Regard to the Time Horizon

Anastasia O. Volodina () and Marina B. Trachenko ()
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Anastasia O. Volodina: State University of Management, Moscow, Russian Federation
Marina B. Trachenko: State University of Management, Moscow, Russian Federation

Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal, 2023, issue 2, 59-73

Abstract: The development of the ESG (Environmental, social, and governance) concept has led to the rapid spread of financial instruments for investing in sustainable development on all continents. The purpose of the article is to study the attractiveness of sustainable investing in the developed and emerging markets of America, Europe and Asia, in particular, to conduct a comparative analysis of the returns of market indices based on ESG criteria and those of indices that do not take them into account. Particular attention is paid to the duration of the investment period: the authors studied profitability on time intervals from one to five years. The object of the study is stock indices. The subject of the study is profitability of ESG-oriented and ESG-neutral indices. A comparative analysis of 28 market indices, 15 of which were formed with ESG indicators in the period from 2013 to 2022 led to the conclusion that it is advisable to invest in ESG index funds in both developed and emerging markets, since in more than 50% of cases, the return of ESG indices is higher than that of non-ESG indices. Investments in ESG indices over a longer time horizon tend to have higher returns on invested capital than traditional investments in non-sustainable indices. Analysis of European stock market returns has shown insufficient efficiency of ESG investments and requires additional analysis of the factors that have influenced this. A promising direction for further research is also the analysis of the mutual influence of stock markets of developed and developing countries on financial ESG instruments and indices. The applied value of the study lies in the possibility of using the results of the analysis in the reorientation of Russian investors in the face of sanctions pressure on stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region.

Keywords: ESG; profitability; stock indices; exchange-traded funds; sustainable development; investment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.31107/2075-1990-2023-2-59-73

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