Social Investing and Structured Products: Trends,
Challenges, and Opportunities

Abstract

This panel brought together experts in energy, sustainable investment, and fixed-income securities to discuss sustainable investments—especially for fixed-income investment assets following environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria and other sustainable metrics. Attractive opportunities for “proactive investments,” such as green bonds, climate bonds, and securitized solar and renewable energy assets, are available for socially conscious fixed-income investors across the fixed-income spectrum. Approximately 333 mutual funds currently apply ESG criteria to their mandates.