The RIAA’s 19th annual Responsible Investment Benchmark Report details the size, growth, depth and performance of the Australian responsible investment market over 12 months to 31 December 2019 and compares these results with the broader Australian financial market.

Key findings:

• In 2019 and for a 19th consecutive year, funds managed under responsible investment approaches grew as a proportion of total professionally managed investments in Australia.
• New data points in 2019 indicate that there is still a gap between those that claim to be practising responsible investing and those that have embedded these practices through formal policies and accountability commitments including disclosing full portfolio holdings.
• Investment manager practices are also maturing with a quarter of managers earning the accolade of practising a leading approach to responsible investing against this year’s expanded Responsible Investment Scorecard.