نبذة مختصرة : The climate crisis is today a major challenge and actors like the UN and WWF emphasize the importance of both companies and individuals taking responsibility. The demand for sustainable investment products has increased dramatically in recent years, indicating that sustainability is a factor considered in investment decisions. At the same time, the primary purpose of investments is usually to generate returns. This raises the question of whether value creation from a sustainability perspective is a compatible or competing goal with financial value creation. The purpose of the paper is to explain whether the funds’ level of sustainability is correlated with their financial performance, measured by ESG ratings and returns. The essay examines actively managed equity funds domiciled in Sweden. The study applies a deductive research approach with a data collection consisting of data with quantitative characteristics. Using both cross- sectional and panel data, statistical tests were conducted in the statistical software SPSS to investigate the relationship between ESG and financial returns. The data was collected from the LSEG database. The study’s overall findings indicate that the ESG rating does not contribute to explaining the returns of funds. However, there are signs that higher ESG ratings, during the selected time period, have been associated with lower returns. ; Klimatkrisen är idag en stor utmaning och aktörer som FN och WWF belyser vikten av att baÌŠde företag och individer tar ansvar. EfterfraÌŠgan paÌŠ haÌŠllbara sparprodukter har ökat drastiskt under de senaste aÌŠren och visar att haÌŠllbarhet är en aspekt som vägs in vid investeringsbeslut. Samtidigt är oftast det primära syftet med investeringar att generera avkastning. Det lyfter fraÌŠgan om huruvida värdeskapande utifraÌŠn ett haÌŠllbarhetsperspektiv är ett förenligt eller konkurrerande maÌŠl med finansiellt värdeskapande. Syftet med uppsatsen är att förklara huruvida fondernas nivaÌŠ av haÌŠllbarhet har ett ...
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