Sustainable Investment Awards 2019

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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Winners

Best Fixed Income ESG Fund – BlackRock ESG Emerging Markets Debt Funds

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…

Best Impact Fund - Triodos Microfinance Fund

The Triodos Microfinance Fund, which was named Best Impact Fund, invests in financial institutions in developing countries and emerging economies with the aim of…

Best fixed income firm initiative for ESG investment – Affirmative Investment Management (‘Spectrum’ criteria)

Affirmative Investment Management (AIM) is a specialist, employee-owned firm, managing fixed income portfolios that generate environmental and social impact.

Best impact debt fund: M&G Impact Financing Fund

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…

Best Fixed Income ESG research – BlackRock's Getting Physical

Getting Physical: Scenario analysis for assessing climate-related risks reveals the climate-related risks that pose a threat to the economies of many US…

ESG Initiative of the Year – UBS #Togetherband (Joint Winner)

The #Togetherband initiative aims to use creativity and culture to raise public awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and inspire action to achieve…

Best Infrastructure Fund - Triodos Renewables Europe Fund

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…

Most transparent credit rating agency – Fitch Ratings (ESG Relevance Scores)

Fitch Ratings launched its integrated scoring system, which shows how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors impact individual credit rating decisions,…

Boutique investment manager of the year – Impax Asset Management

A series of mandate wins capped a strong year for Impax Asset Management.

Best ESG index provider - S&P DJI

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…

Best ESG Hybrid Fund – UBS Sustainable Investing Fund

According to UBS Global Wealth Management, private investors are increasingly looking to invest their entire portfolio sustainably.

Manager of the year, Award for innovation (funds & portfolios) - Robeco

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…

Best Environmental Fund - Pax World Funds Environmental Markets Fund

The $840 million Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund invests in companies that are developing "innovative solutions to resource challenges".

Personality of the Year – Rory Sullivan

Helping to drive a number of transformative initiatives saw sustainable finance veteran Rory Sullivan named as Personality of the Year.

Best ESG data provider for investors - GRESB (Joint winner)

Amsterdam-based GRESB – which describes itself as the leading environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmark for real estate and infrastructure investments…

Best Social Fund – BNP Paribas

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,…

Investment leader of the Year – Scott Mather (Pimco)

A major boost to ESG investing in recent years has been its growing adoption by the $100 trillion bond market.

Best Initiative for ESG investment process – Investec (Integrating ‘carbon avoided’ into the investment process)

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…

Best Private Equity ESG Fund - Triodos Organic Growth Fund

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…

ESG Initiative of the Year - Man Group (Joint Winner)

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…

Fixed income manager of the year: Insight Investment

Insight Investment has “pioneered new environmental, social and governance approaches to fixed income” over the past year, including two new ESG risk models.

Best impact initiative for ESG: Axa Investment Managers

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…

Award for Innovation (Research) – Trucost's Carbon Earnings at Risk

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…

Best ESG Research; ESG Engagement Initiative of the Year; Best ESG data provider for investors (Joint winner) - Sustainalytics

ESG research and ratings provider Sustainalytics scooped two of the Sustainable Investment Awards outright and shared a third with GRESB.