Sustainability as an Information Challenge in Asset Management

Sustainability is existential, for all of us as part of the natural world. To preserve this world, changes in our economy and our way of life are inevitable. This poses transformational challenges, that are different in every industry. In asset management, sustainability is first and foremost an information challenge. In the financial industry, where data and information are the key raw materials, we face particular challenges in this area. The aim of this paper is to show how asset managers can improve their management to meet these challenges. To this end, the paper analyses quantitative, qualitative, project-oriented and rule-based asset management practices. The specific conditions for developing sustainability perspectives and integrating them into the everyday asset management practice are outlined and compared.