Sustainability in the Context of Investment Decisions on Financial Markets

The paper addresses sustainability concept implementation in the context of investment decisions maked on modern financial markets. The starting point of the research is theoretical analysis of sustainable investment as a scientific category. It creates required methodological prerequisites for the characteristics of the world market for sustainable investment. The research is based on a systems approach. In the framework of this approach, general scientific and special financial research methods are applied including methods of systematization, classification, and descriptive statistics. Major research results contains: a) revealing the content of the sustainable investment concept in relationship with categories of socially responsible investment (SRI), responsible investment (RI) and social or socially directed investment (SI or SDI); b) providing a systematic view on the market segment of the sustainable investment system; c) considering the global profile of sustainable investment decisions on financial markets.