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Rajni Bala, Sandeep Singh, Kiran Sood and Simon Grima : Sustainable Finance and Investment
Analytics: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis Approach

Following the PRISMA guidelines (refer to Figure 1 from the attached document), a
comprehensive and structured process was undertaken to identify and select studies for
this systematic review and meta-analysis. An initial pool of 2,792 records was identified
from the database. Out of these, 525 records were automatically excluded due to ineligible
publication years. The remaining 2,267 records were screened for thematic relevance,
resulting in the exclusion of 756 studies deemed irrelevant to the scope of sustainable
finance and investment analytics. From the 1,511 reports sought for retrieval, 915 could
not be accessed due to availability issues. A total of 596 reports were subsequently
assessed for eligibility, of which 209 were excluded due to misalignment with the research
theme. Ultimately, 387 studies were included in the broader review, and from this pool,
77 high-quality and data-complete studies were selected for final in-depth analysis. This
rigorous multi-stage filtering process ensured that only thematically aligned,
methodologically sound, and academically robust studies were incorporated into the
review.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This section elaborates on the outcomes of the systematic literature review and meta-
analysis based on the 77 studies included from the Dimensions database, as shown in the
PRISMA diagram. The results provide empirical insights into the methodological
diversity, regional variance, thematic depth, and statistical evidence concerning
sustainable finance and investment analytics.

Figure 2: Number of publications between 2019-2025
Source: Dimensions Database

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