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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2329</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8986</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">30096</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2329-2021-29-4-613-626</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>WORLD CAPITAL MARKET</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МИРОВОЙ РЫНОК КАПИТАЛА</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">ESG investment: a new word or a new world?</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>ESG-инвестирование: новое слово или новый смысл?</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Buniakova</surname><given-names>Anastasia V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Бунякова</surname><given-names>Анастасия Владимировна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD student (field of study “World Economy”), lecturer at English Language Department</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант (направление подготовки «Мировая экономика»), преподаватель кафедры английского языка</p></bio><email>anastasia_6967@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6531-7672</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Zavyalova</surname><given-names>Elena B.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Завьялова</surname><given-names>Елена Борисовна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Economics, Head of the Economic Policy Department</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат экономических наук, заведующая кафедрой экономической политики и государственно-частного партнерства</p></bio><email>e.zavyalova@inno.mgimo.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный институт международных отношений (университет) Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-12-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>12</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>29</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 29, NO4 (2021)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 29, №4 (2021)</issue-title><fpage>613</fpage><lpage>626</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-01-26"><day>26</day><month>01</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Buniakova A.V., Zavyalova E.B.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Бунякова А.В., Завьялова Е.Б.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Buniakova A.V., Zavyalova E.B.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Бунякова А.В., Завьялова Е.Б.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/30096">https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/30096</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">Modern investors and financiers are increasingly considering a wide range of non-financial factors when making investment decisions. ESG investment (investing), which considers environmental (E), social (S) and governance (G) aspects of companies’ activities, has been gaining momentum for quite a while. At the same time there is no clear definition or understanding of the boundaries of ESG investing now. That explains the relevance of the research with its purpose to examine the essence of the “ESG investment” concept and the basic features distinguishing it from other kinds of investing. This purpose is fulfilled through the methodology of system analysis, methods of historical and comparative analysis. As a result, the authors concluded that, despite its comprehensive nature and growing relevance, ESG investing cannot be considered an umbrella term for all types of values-based investment. This is due to the concept’s semantic emphasis on the three groups of ESG factors, ESG risks and their impact on financial results. Arguably, the growing use of the similar terms “ESG investing,” “sustainable investing” and “responsible investing” reflects the interest of various stakeholders in the characteristic features of these concepts.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Современная динамика развития в области финансов и инвестирования во многом направлена на учет инвесторами широкого спектра нефинансовых факторов при принятии инвестиционных решений. В последнее время особую популярность приобретает ESG-инвестирование, принимающее в расчет экологические (E), социальные (S) и управленческие (G) аспекты деятельности компаний. При этом четкого определения или понимания границ ESG-инвестирования на данный момент не существует. Это и обусловливает актуальность исследования, целью которого является выявление сущности понятия «ESG-инвестирование» и основных особенностей, отличающих его от иных видов инвестирования. Для этого использовалась методология системного анализа, методы исторического и сравнительного анализа. В результате сделан вывод о том, что, несмотря на комплексный характер и растущую актуальность, ESG-инвестирование нельзя считать универсальным собирательным термином для всех видов инвестирования, учитывающих нефинансовые факторы. Связано это со смысловым акцентом концепции на трех группах ESG-факторов, ESG-рисках и их влиянии на финансовый результат. При этом предполагается, что рост частотности употребления схожих терминов «ESG-инвестирование», «устойчивое инвестирование» и «ответственное инвестирование» отражает интерес различных заинтересованных групп именно в характерных особенностях этих понятий.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>ESG investment</kwd><kwd>ESG criteria</kwd><kwd>ESG risks</kwd><kwd>responsible investment</kwd><kwd>socially responsible investment</kwd><kwd>impact investment</kwd><kwd>sustainable investment</kwd><kwd>sustainable finance</kwd><kwd>non-financial factors</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>ESG-инвестирование</kwd><kwd>ESG-критерии</kwd><kwd>ESG-риски</kwd><kwd>ответственное инвестирование</kwd><kwd>социально ответственное инвестирование</kwd><kwd>импакт-инвестирование</kwd><kwd>устойчивое инвестирование</kwd><kwd>устойчивые финансы</kwd><kwd>нефинансовые факторы</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Annenskaya, N. 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