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IMPACT Awards 2020

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Asset manager of the year (large): Finance in Motion

Asset manager of the year (large): Finance in Motion

Finance in Motion combines a blended finance approach and a diversified investor base with a long-term approach as it invests in emerging markets.

Asset manager of the year (mid-size): Calvert Impact Capital

Asset manager of the year (mid-size): Calvert Impact Capital

US-based non-profit investment firm Calvert Impact Capital (CIC) has experienced 12 months of rapid growth, epitomised by the $500 million of its Community Investment…

Asset manager of the year (small): SAIL Ventures

Asset manager of the year (small): SAIL Ventures

Soy and cattle farming are perhaps not immediately called to mind when investors consider where to invest for positive environmental and social impact. However,…

Award for impact measurement/impact reporting: Schroders - SustainEx

Award for impact measurement/impact reporting: Schroders - SustainEx

Schroders' SustainEx tool aims to calculate the financial impact on companies of their social credit or debit for the costs and benefits their actions are incurring…

Award for impact research: Harvard Business School

Award for impact research: Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School (HBS) has been recognised for expanding upon a history of research and engagement with the fields of impact investing and social enterprise…

Consultant/advisor of the year and NGO/charity/nonprofit of the year: Climate Policy Initiative

Consultant/advisor of the year and NGO/charity/nonprofit of the year: Climate Policy Initiative

The not-for-profit analysis and advisory Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) had a memorable 2019, as the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance that it leads celebrated…

Faith-based organisation of the year: Praxis Mutual Funds

Faith-based organisation of the year: Praxis Mutual Funds

US-based Praxis Mutual Funds' approach to achieving positive societal impact places a heavy emphasis on making its voice heard as a shareholder.

Family office of the year: Wermuth Asset Management

Family office of the year: Wermuth Asset Management

German family office and investment advisory firm Wermuth Asset Management had a landmark year, which saw it launch a climate endowment designed to drive a "green…

Fund of the year - Fixed income: Wellington's Global Impact Bond fund

Fund of the year - Fixed income: Wellington's Global Impact Bond fund

Wellington Management launched its first global, multi-sector fixed income impact fund in May 2019.

Fund of the year - Listed equity: Impax Environmental Markets

Fund of the year - Listed equity: Impax Environmental Markets

A strong 2019 for the sustainability focused investment trust Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), saw its market capitalisation grow 49% to £680 million ($888.6 million),…

Fund of the year - Multi-asset/other: Althelia Biodiversity Fund Brazil

Fund of the year - Multi-asset/other: Althelia Biodiversity Fund Brazil

Mirova Natural Capital confirmed the first close of the Althelia Biodiversity Fund Brazil just months after Norway followed Germany in suspending donations to the…

Fund of the year - Private debt: Finance in Motion's eco.business fund

Fund of the year - Private debt: Finance in Motion's eco.business fund

In early 2020, the eco.business Fund expanded into sub-Saharan Africa, with the launch of a new sub-fund that seeks to transpose the blended finance vehicle's best…

Fund of the year - Private equity: The Rise Fund

Fund of the year - Private equity: The Rise Fund

For over 25-years, US-based private equity firm TPG says it has been investing in disruptive companies that seek to transform the global economy. With The Rise Fund,…

Impact initiative of the year - Africa: Nedbank Renewable Energy Bonds

Impact initiative of the year - Africa: Nedbank Renewable Energy Bonds

South Africa-headquartered Nedbank's Renewable Energy Bonds boasted an emissions-avoided impact indicator and links with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Impact initiative of the year - Asia: Climate Impact Asia Fund

Impact initiative of the year - Asia: Climate Impact Asia Fund

The Asia-Pacific region is responsible for almost half of global carbon dioxide emissions and is highly exposed to climate risks. Drastic action and innovative approaches…

Impact initiative of the year - Europe: Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform

Impact initiative of the year - Europe: Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform

Dutch asset managers APG and PGGM formally launched the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) earlier this year, in what has been hailed…

Impact initiative of the year - Global: NECi

Impact initiative of the year - Global: NECi

"Lack of transparency is a major problem with leading ESG rating providers," was one of the Impact Awards judges' comments that led to the Net Environmental Contribution…

Impact initiative of the year - Latin America and Caribbean: SITAWI's Impact Crowdlending

Impact initiative of the year - Latin America and Caribbean: SITAWI's Impact Crowdlending

SITAWI'S Empréstimo Coletivo (collective loan) is a crowd-lending platform that aims to stimulate private capital investments in organisations aligned to the UN's…

Impact initiative of the year - North America: Oxia Initiative's CARBOSCOPE

Impact initiative of the year - North America: Oxia Initiative's CARBOSCOPE

Canadian fintech firm Oxia Initiative designs tools and methodologies that allow the transparent measurement of environmental impacts.

Impact initiative of the year - Oceania: Accounting for Nature

Impact initiative of the year - Oceania: Accounting for Nature

Australian not-for-profit Accounting for Nature has an ambitious vision for natural capital accounting standards - for every nation to be able to measure, verify…

Impact investing platform of the year: Toniic Tracer

Impact investing platform of the year: Toniic Tracer

Toniic Tracer aims to enable investors to divert more capital to create positive impact by providing a common structure for reporting investor impact outcomes and…

Impact Project Investment of the Year - Water: NIB

Impact Project Investment of the Year - Water: NIB

The Nordic Investment Bank's (NIB) loan for the collection, purification and distribution of water to treatment plant Hias IKS has scooped this year's Impact Project…

Impact project of the year - renewables: Cubico Sustainable Investments

Impact project of the year - renewables: Cubico Sustainable Investments

Mina, Nuevo León, northeastern Mexico. Here a wind farm stretches out across 6,000 hectares of open grassland, surrounded by the mountains of the Sierra Madre.

Impact project/investment of the year - Agriculture and sustainable land use; Pollution and waste management: Northern Venture Capital Trust's investment in Oddbox

Impact project/investment of the year - Agriculture and sustainable land use; Pollution and waste management: Northern Venture Capital Trust's investment in Oddbox

Northern Venture Capital Trust (NVCT)'s £3 million investment in sustainable fruit and vegetable box delivery firm Oddbox scooped the investment of the year award…

Impact project/investment of the year - Biodiversity and ecosystems: Komaza

Impact project/investment of the year - Biodiversity and ecosystems: Komaza

Komaza is a sustainable forestry business that provides an innovative and scalable alternative to traditional forestry models in Africa.

Impact project/investment of the year - Climate: Actis's Parc Eolien Taiba N'Diaye

Impact project/investment of the year - Climate: Actis's Parc Eolien Taiba N'Diaye

Inaugurated earlier this year the Parc Eolien Taiba N'Diaye (PETN) is a 158.7MW wind power project in Senegal that will offset approximately 6 million tonnes of…

Impact project/investment of the year - Education: Argentina's first social impact bond

Impact project/investment of the year - Education: Argentina's first social impact bond

The Social Impact Bond (SIB) issued by the local government of Buenos Aires in 2019 was developed to fund a pilot project to help 1,000 vulnerable young adults aged…

Impact project/investment of the year - Energy; Health: Barclays

Impact project/investment of the year - Energy; Health: Barclays

Barclays picked up the awards for impact investment of the year for both health and energy through the UK-listed bank's involvement in an innovative bond deal with…

Impact project/investment of the year - Oceans and coastal zones: Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund investment in SafetyNet Technologies

Impact project/investment of the year - Oceans and coastal zones: Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund investment in SafetyNet Technologies

After achieving its final close at $132 million in early 2020, the managers of the Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund (ASOF) rapidly moved towards securing its initial…

Impact project/investment of the year - Real estate: EIB and UCI

Impact project/investment of the year - Real estate: EIB and UCI

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Unión de Créditos Inmobiliarios (UCI) have launched a joint initiative to finance the construction of "nearly zero energy"…

Impact project/investment of the year - Social inclusion/community development: Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Impact project/investment of the year - Social inclusion/community development: Commonwealth Bank of Australia

This year Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) secured a three-year AUD400 million ($290 million) bilateral sustainability-linked debt investment with Wesfamers,…

Innovation/invention of the year: Trase Finance

Innovation/invention of the year: Trase Finance

The financing of companies involved in the production and trade of some commodities can expose investors and lenders to deforestation risks.

Investment bank of the year: ClearlySo

Investment bank of the year: ClearlySo

Unsurprisingly the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in many institutional investors deferring on making new investments. ClearlySo though has been able…

Investment team of the year - Asset manager: Mirova

Investment team of the year - Asset manager: Mirova

Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainability investing, has been awarded Investment team of the year, as its ambition has translated…

Law Firm of the Year: MinterEllison

Law Firm of the Year: MinterEllison

MinterEllison says it works to support, promote and mainstream impact investing wherever intentionality to create positive impact is at the core of a project, initiative…

Pension Fund of the Year: PFZW (PGGM)

Pension Fund of the Year: PFZW (PGGM)

Netherlands-based PFZW has been awarded pension fund of the year, in recognition of asset manager PGGM consistently placing impact at the forefront of operations.

Personality of the year: John Streur

Personality of the year: John Streur

Impact data will "replace" ESG data by the middle of the decade, believes John Streur who has been President and CEO of Washington, DC-based Calvert Research and…

Private debt provider of the year: SAIL Ventures

Private debt provider of the year: SAIL Ventures

Despite the challenging investment environment of 2020, SAIL Ventures aims to have invested up to $100 million, through its &Green Fund, into up to five portfolio…

Re/insurer of the year: QBE Insurance Group

Re/insurer of the year: QBE Insurance Group

Australian insurer QBE claims its Premiums4Good programme is a 'game-changing' impact initiative that could be replicated by other financial service organisations…

Venture capital firm of the year: Inventures Investment Partners

Venture capital firm of the year: Inventures Investment Partners

Brussels-based Inventures Investment Partners is a relatively small firm with big ambitions. It manages two venture capital funds: The €15 million ($18 million)…

Wealth manager of the year: UBS

Wealth manager of the year: UBS

The significance of UBS as a major impact investor and a thought leader in the area was clearly signalled last year when it was elected by its peers to the advisory…

Young professional of the year/rising star: Emily Weng

Young professional of the year/rising star: Emily Weng

A behind-the-scenes influence on BlackRock's research output pits Emily Weng, 25, ahead of the competition in the rising star category.

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