PwC’s Global Investor Survey 2023

Investors want to know how companies are managing sustainability and emerging technologies like AI, but they lack confidence in much of the information they have about both. It’s time for companies—and their leaders—to take action.

Investors want to better understand how companies are managing crises and staying resilient, while creating and protecting long-term value in today’s fracturing world. They are looking closely at two areas—emerging technology and sustainability—to gauge whether companies can seize opportunities for reinvention and business transformation, or will instead succumb to rivals.

These are among the findings of PwC’s Global Investor Survey 2023. The survey, now in its third consecutive year, queried 345 investors and analysts across geographies, assets classes, and investment approaches for insights into the factors that most affect the companies they invest in and cover. Through the survey, and follow-up interviews with investment professionals, we explored how investors assess threats and opportunities, allocate capital and determine what is important to their decision-making. We also asked about the degree to which they trust—or mistrust—the information they have available to make decisions. (For more, see the Note on methodology at the end of this report.)

In our interviews, we heard repeatedly that investors want clearer, more consistent and more comparable information on the material issues facing companies. They want a better grasp of how companies are approaching the potential trade-offs between short-term crises and long-term business transformation. Addressing this challenge will benefit companies, too, as boards and management teams seek to better engage with their stakeholders and ensure that material risks and opportunities are embedded deeply in governance and strategy, and are transparently reported.

Read more about the key findings on: https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/c-suite-insights/global-investor-survey.html