With chaos and tumult defining the news across the board, it’s inevitable that major changes are roiling the socially responsible investment industry, with major implications for investors and public companies alike.

In  “10 for 2018,” the independent corporate governance research firm Sustainalytics issues a number of warnings along with its usual “upside” conclusions. While the report underlines that risk can also create opportunity, the threats it identifies in the coming year are significant ones. The bottom line is, that while major advances are being made in several areas of corporate practices and strategies regarding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, investors will need to pay close attention to rapidly changing developments to ensure profits from this progress.

On the upside, Sustainalytics finds that ESG-driven investing will continue to increase in 2018. Global responsible investing now totals $23 trillion, a rise of 25 percent since 2014, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance. To add to this inflow of “sustainable” capital, the global green bond market is estimated to reach $250-300 billion in 2018, up from $155 billion in 2017.

Read the full article about ESG investment projects by John Howell at TriplePundit.