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Research and analysis to keep sustainable investors up to-date on a broad range of topics that include trends and developments in sustainable investing and sustainable finance regulatory updates, performance results and considerations, investing through Index funde and actively managed portfolios, asset allocation updates, expenses, ESG ratings and data, company and product news, green, social and sustainable bonds, green bond funds as well as reporting and disclosure practices, to name just a few.

Research and analysis to keep sustainable investors up to-date on a broad range of topics that include trends and developments in sustainable investing and sustainable finance, regulatory updates, performance results and considerations, investing through index funds and actively managed portfolios, asset allocation updates, expenses, ESG ratings and data, company and product news, green, social and sustainable bonds, green bond funds as well as reporting and disclosure practices, to name just a few.   

A continuously updated Funds Directory is also available to investors.  This is intended to become a comprehensive listing of sustainable mutual funds, ETFs and other investment products along with a description of their sustainable investing approaches as set out in fund prospectuses and related regulatory filings.

Chart of the Week: August 24, 2026: Labeled sustainable infrastructure funds

Sustainable Bottom Line:  July’s dispersion of returns by the seven labeled sustainable infrastructure funds is explained by their very different points on an investment spectrum.

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Below 1,000: Sustainable Funds Slide Into Niche Territory

Sustainable Bottom Line:  Sustainable Bottom Line: The labeled long-term US sustainable funds count, including mutual fund share classes and ETFs combined, just dropped to under the 1,000 mark.  The number of labeled long-term sustainable funds/share classes dropped below 1,000 As of July 31, 2026, the number of labeled long-term sustainable mutual funds (counting share classes) and ETFs available to U.S.

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Chart of the Week: August 17, 2026: One benchmark, three sustainable philosophies-Bloomberg US Agg Bond Index tracking funds

Sustainable Bottom Line:  The sustainable Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index tracking fund variants offer investors slightly differentiated approaches to sustainable investing at varying expense ratios.

Chart of the Week: August 10, 2026: Top performing sustainable funds-July 2026

Sustainable Bottom Line:  While each of the top performing funds in July share a common sustainable label, they arrive at it through meaningfully different methodologies.

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Chart of the Week: August 3, 2026: Most sustainable small-cap funds experience strong rally

Sustainable Bottom Line: The same small-cap rally produced different outcomes as a value tilt contributed to the divergence in performance over the trailing twelve months.

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Integrating sustainable large blend funds into a conventional portfolio

Sustainable Bottom Line: Focused sustainable funds employing a "core/ESG light" strategy make it possible to achieve broad market exposure, low tracking error, and market-based returns.

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Chart of the Week: July 27, 2026: Largest sustainable taxable bond funds

Sustainable Bottom Line:  The 10 largest labeled sustainable taxable bond funds offer investors varying investment strategy and sustainability options that invite under the hood examinations.

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Sustainable Investing Monitor-July 2026

Sustainable Bottom Line: Assets of L-T labeled sustainable funds ended in June lower due to net outflows while sustainable indices delivered positive relative performance results.  Long-Term Net Assets of Focused Sustainable Mutual Funds and ETFs: 2025 – 6/30/2026 In June when every major asset class gave back ground or advanced only modestly, in contrast to the broad powerful gains of April and May, dedicated sustainable long-term mutual funds and ETFs gained an average of 0.52% and closed the month at $402.3 billion in net assets, for a net decline of $0.94 billion versus last month’s $403.3 billion.  This was across a universe of labeled or dedicated sustainable mutual funds and ETFs, as classified by Morningstar, consisting of 1,004 funds/share classes, including 823 mutual funds/share classes or a total of 303 individual funds (based on revised data), and 181 ETFs, for a combined total of 484 funds.

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Research

Research and analysis to keep sustainable investors up to-date on a broad range of topics that include trends and developments in sustainable investing and sustainable finance, regulatory updates, performance results and considerations, investing through index funds and actively managed portfolios, asset allocation updates, expenses, ESG ratings and data, company and product news, green, social and sustainable bonds, green bond funds as well as reporting and disclosure practices, to name just a few.

A continuously updated Funds Directory is also available to investors.  This is intended to become a comprehensive listing of sustainable mutual funds, ETFs and other investment products along with a description of their sustainable investing approaches as set out in fund prospectuses and related regulatory filings.

Getting started

Many questions have surfaced in recent years regarding sustainable and ESG investing.  Here, investors and financial intermediaries will find materials that describe the various approaches to sustainable investing and their implementation.  While sustainable investing approaches vary and they have thus far defied universally accepted definitions, many practitioners agree that they fall into the following broad categories:  Values-based investing, investing via exclusions, impact investing, thematic investments and ESG integration.  In conjunction with each of these approaches, investors may also adopt various issuer engagement procedures and proxy voting practices.  That said, sustainable investing approaches will continue to evolve.

In addition to periodic updates regarding sustainable investing and how this form of investing is evolving, investors and financial intermediaries interested in implementing a sustainable investing approach will also find source materials that cover basic investing themes as well as asset allocation tactics.

Inesting ideas

Thoughts and ideas targeting sustainable investing strategies executed through various registered and non-registered sustainable investment funds and products such as mutual funds, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs), closed-end funds, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Unit Investment Trusts (UITs). Coverage extends to investment management firms as well as fund groups. 

Independent source for sustainable investment management company research, analysis, opinions and sustainable fund disclosure assessments