Sustainable finance – the integration of environmental, social, and governance factors into the investment decision-making process – has been a trending topic in financial markets in recent years as investors’ money flowed into bonds, stocks, and portfolios with an ESG focus. Sustainable finance bond issuance totaled $859 billion in 2021, the highest ever, according to Refinitiv data. This represents almost twice as much as in 2020, and four times more than in 2019. ESG assets under management this year total $35.3 trillion according to Global Sustainable Investment Review and such assets are expected to account for more than half of all global assets under management by 2025 (Deloitte).