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Investing in the green economy 2025: Navigating volatility and disruption

The green economy consists of companies that provide products and services with environmental benefits – from renewable energy and clean water to energy-efficient buildings and recycling services. These solutions span entire value chains and are essential for addressing climate change as well as broader environmental challenges.  

As the green economy is currently experiencing volatility, our ‘Investing in the Green Economy’ 2025 report helps investors analyse short-term turbulence and identify long-term growth drivers of the green economy and relevant investment opportunities. 

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    Investing in the green economy 2025: Navigating volatility and disruption

    The global green economy continues to expand amid market turbulence.

    Revenues from green products and services exceeds US$5 trillion for the first time.

    The green economy is valued at US$7.9 trillion as of Q1 2025.

    Despite volatile short-term performance, the green economy has outperformed the benchmark by 59% since 2008.

    Access our data-driven insights to analyse volatility and identify the long-term drivers of the green economy.

Read our sixth annual ‘Investing in the Green Economy’ report to:

  • Gain data-driven insights into the global growth trajectory and performance of the green economy 
  • Understand key geographic and sector-level trends shaping green investment opportunities
  • Access an exploration of investment opportunities arising from climate change adaption 

Why is this research important?

  • This research analyses the volatility and long-term drivers of the green economy against a backdrop of global uncertainty.
  • Identifying green value requires trusted data and insights. At LSEG, we have been developing proprietary data, analytics and indices to measure company exposure to the green economy since 2008. This report shows those solutions at work.

We used various LSEG proprietary sustainable investment data in our analysis, including Green Revenues data, climate data, fixed-income data, Lipper fund flows and holdings, commodities and FTSE Russell indices.

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