Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors are increasingly being used by fund managers and organisations to select and maximise the performance of their investments.
The Sustainable Investment Awards 2019 seek to recognise and highlight the work of asset managers and key players incorporating ESG across all asset classes from, fixed income, listed and private equity, debt funds, multi asset funds and infrastructure funds.
In order to further highlight the growth of ESG in the smaller fixed income market we have given ESG Fixed income their own category.
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Affirmative Investment Management (AIM) is a specialist, employee-owned firm, managing fixed income portfolios that generate environmental and social impact.
Amsterdam-based GRESB – which describes itself as the leading environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmark for real estate and infrastructure investments…
S&P Dow Jones Indices (DJI) launched a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) index, the S&P 500 ESG Index, based on its most widely used benchmark, the…
According to UBS Global Wealth Management, private investors are increasingly looking to invest their entire portfolio sustainably.
A series of mandate wins capped a strong year for Impax Asset Management.
The #Togetherband initiative aims to use creativity and culture to raise public awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and inspire action to achieve…
The environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting package from BMO Global Asset Management (GAM) includes: an annual report reviewing the firm’s responsible…
Asset manager Robeco aims to "remain at the cutting edge" of environmental, social and governance (ESG) financing as it develops into the mainstream, said Peter…
Getting Physical: Scenario analysis for assessing climate-related risks reveals the climate-related risks that pose a threat to the economies of many US…
The Triodos Microfinance Fund, which was named Best Impact Fund, invests in financial institutions in developing countries and emerging economies with the aim of…
The Triodos Renewables Europe Fund, awarded the title of Best Infrastructure Fund, aims to achieve "a radical transformation of [the] existing energy system by replacing…
The Carbon Earnings at Risk (CEaR) analytics product was piloted by S&P subsidiary Trucost in 2018 and launched early this year. It is used to stress-test a company's…
BlackRock's ESG Emerging Markets Debt (EMD) Funds are a new product range designed to provide investors with access to all segments of emerging market debt, while…
Sackers’ guide for pension schemes on implementing environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investment strategy was praised by awards judges as…
Fitch Ratings launched its integrated scoring system, which shows how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors impact individual credit rating decisions,…
The award for Best Private Equity ESG Fund went to the Triodos Organic Growth Fund, which aims to accelerate the transition to 'ecologically and socially resilient…
A major boost to ESG investing in recent years has been its growing adoption by the $100 trillion bond market.
ESG research and ratings provider Sustainalytics scooped two of the Sustainable Investment Awards outright and shared a third with GRESB.
The $840 million Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund invests in companies that are developing "innovative solutions to resource challenges".
Investec Asset Management (IAM) has developed a process which can be applied to dedicated ESG funds or broader mandates to actively reduce carbon emissions while…
When it launched an impact fund dedicated to biodiversity conservation, Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM) said it was necessary to create a "new paradigm" for investing…
Helping to drive a number of transformative initiatives saw sustainable finance veteran Rory Sullivan named as Personality of the Year.
M&G's Impact Financing Fund was billed when it launched last year as the first fund to invest predominately in private and illiquid debt to achieve a positive social…
MAN Group, a FTSE-listed investment manager, stresses the use of the latest technology across its business to help it deliver strong returns on the $112 billion…
The Veterans CARE (Coordinated Approach to Recovery and Employment) initiative is a 'pay for success' project that aims to help 480 US army veterans to find a stable,…
Insight Investment has “pioneered new environmental, social and governance approaches to fixed income” over the past year, including two new ESG risk models.
The 2018 Impact Reports from Triodos Bank's asset management arm Triodos Investment Management (IM) won the award for Best ESG Reporting by an Asset or Fund Manager:…