Sustainable Investment Awards 2026

Several advances in sustainability reporting and target-setting marked Triton Partners' work with its private equity holdings in the last year.

Ashmore Group's "highly credible impact reporting framework" for its Emerging Markets Debt Impact Fund helped it to secure the Best sustainability reporting by an asset manager, medium and small for the fixed income category.

MetLife Investment Management's reporting for the LO Funds - Global Climate Bond strategy stood out to Sustainable Investment Awards judges for the depth and granularity of the information it provided.

Demonstrating an "exceptional focus on biodiversity and ecosystem restoration", Resource Management Service (RMS) was the Sustainable Investment Awards judges' choice as Boutique investment manager of the year in the Americas.

New Forests was Sustainable Investment Awards judges' choice as winner of the Boutique investment manager of the year category for the APAC region.

In presenting the firm with Boutique investment manager of the year - EMEA, the judges said that the firm's work had been supported by research. In addition, they lauded its focus on what they called 'positive economics'.

Financial institutions face a structural crisis in sustainable investment as the reporting burden has grown

The ChinaBond Pricing Center (CBPC) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Central Depository & Clearing (CCDC) and a benchmark pricing platform of the Chinese financial market built by CCDC.

It was its "detailed" and "transparent" methodology that set Sustainable Fitch apart in this year's award for Data provider of the year - EMEA, according to the judges.

GIST Impact's data ecosystem provides comprehensive nature and biodiversity intelligence, including sensitive location analysis, natural capital impact valuation, biodiversity footprint metrics.

Brazil's impact-focused asset manager VOX Capital was the recipient of two awards this year, topping the Multi-asset manager of the year and Environmental fund of the year for the Americas categories.

The BNP Paribas Emerging Markets Environmental Solutions fund is overseen by veteran fund managers Edward Lees and Ulrik Fugmann, and investment analyst Jason Leung.

The judges praised French private equity firm and investment firm Eurazeo for its Sustainable Maritime Infrastructure (ESMI) funds, citing "very clear performance and impact-driven outcomes."

Aviva Investors' pioneering Carbon Removal Fund has been named as the judges' choice for this year's Environmental fund of the year - Global.

Community Capital Management (CCM) has secured the Americas fixed income fund of the year award for its flagship Community Impact Bond (CIB) fund.

The $1.25 billion Eastspring Investments Asia Select Bond fund secured the fixed income fund award for the Asia Pacific region for its nuanced approach to identifying credible transition stories.

Captor's Dahlia Green Bond fund has deliberately directed capital towards some of the most carbon-intensive sectors in the economy, ...

Amova AM's Global Green Bond Fund stood out for the level of scrutiny it applies to the fast-growing market for labelled bonds.

With more than $645 billion invested in sustainable strategies, PIMCO has played a significant role in the development of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bond markets.

BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group has won two sustainable investment awards for its Latin American reforestation strategy, which is nearing its $1 billion fundraising target.

Developed by CFM Argos, a joint venture between European investment manager Climate Fund Managers and the Malaysia-based investor Argos Partners, the Malaysia Climate Infrastructure Fund (MCIF) was established to address a gap in the market for climate infrastructure in Malaysia, emerging Asia and Latin America.

Described by judges as a "really innovative solution," the French insurance firm believes this investment solution leverages both its expertise in private assets and its ESG priorities.

Jason Mortimer's ability to identify risks the market fails to price, build systems to capture them and demonstrate that sustainability can strengthen investment performance has earned him the Investment leader of the year...

In assessing this award, this year's judges said that Morgan Stanley Investment Management's AlphaPort came across as a strong, comprehensive, in‑house sustainability platform with clear firm‑wide take‑up.

Picking up the awards for Infrastructure fund of the year and Renewables fund of the year is global infrastructure investor Actis for its Actis Energy 5 (AE5) Fund.

Germany's LBBW Asset Management was the judges' choice for the global Innovation of the year (funds and portfolios) award for what it described as the first systematic biodiversity factor to be implemented in a live fund.

NatCapEx is Schroders' research-based model for quantifying companies' nature impact in monetary terms.

2026 marks the sixth year in a row that Mercer has picked up the Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Award for Investment consultant of the year.

This year, Moody's Ratings won three award titles spanning analytics, transparency, and fixed income research, reflecting the breadth of its work across sustainable debt markets and climate risk analysis.

Emirates NBD was the first bank globally to publish a standalone report aligned with the IFRS S1 and S2 disclosure standards developed by the International Sustainability Standards Board.

LSEG picked up four prizes this year at Environmental Finance's Sustainable Investment Awards.

Since its creation in 2005, the French public pension fund for civil servants, ERAFP, has taken an unusually expansive approach to responsible investment, applying ESG criteria across 100%...

For more than a decade, Frédéric Samama has sought to turn climate finance from an academic concept into an investable reality.

Colesco officially launched at the end of 2023 and has since achieved B Corp certification - a reflection of its commitment to high standards of governance, transparency and social and environmental performance.

The judges praised the firm's "solid execution", describing its approach as "evolutionary rather than revolutionary".

Natural capital specialist Climate Asset Management (CAM) is redefining real assets investing by demonstrating how ESG integration can drive both resilience and risk-adjusted returns in natural capital.

Zurich Insurance has reclaimed the Re/insurer of the year title, having previously won in 2022 and 2023.

Over the past year, Clarity AI reports it has delivered innovations in extra-financial risk analytics and reporting.

Investor engagement with utilities is increasingly shifting from broad climate commitments toward scrutiny of how transition plans are implemented in practice.

China Asset Management Co (ChinaAMC), which manages approximately $440 billion in assets, has become an active proponent of ESG integration and corporate stewardship in China's asset management industry.

What began in 2015 as a collaboration between five French private equity firms has evolved into one of the most influential climate initiatives in global private markets.

Over the past year, the Mexican state-owned development bank has integrated Mexico's Sustainable Taxonomy into both its internal financing processes and its sustainable bond framework, including gender-focused criteria.

Using a blended finance model that combines catalytic philanthropy, flexible working capital and hands-on venture support, Terratai aims to make ecosystem protection commercially viable.

The entry was praised for its, "strong provision of case studies of renewable projects," in 2025 including a first-of-its-kind initiative with Microsoft and ECODES in Spain...

NextEnergy Capital took home two awards this year for Sustainable investment initiative of the year - EMEA and Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) report of the year.

The introduction of Bangladesh's first International Capital Market Association (ICMA)-aligned social bond won this year's award.

Sustainable Investment Awards judges praised ISS STOXX for its "comprehensive rating methodology".

The impact investment vehicle has deployed €11.9 million ($12.8 million) in catalytic capital to 13 early-stage start-ups in the seed to Series A stages since it was launched in 2019...

Addressing the demand for safe and secure homes for at risk women in the UK, The Women in Safe Homes fund was chosen by Sustainable Investment Awards judges as the winner of this year's Social fund of the year in the EMEA region.

Building on its 2025 successes, AllianceBernstein impressed the Sustainable Investment Awards judges in three categories this year.

The winning paper from pension scheme Nest, Harnessing Climate Data, demonstrated what the judges felt was an example of what can happen when genuine cross-sector collaboration is achieved.

Low-Hanging Plumes: An Investor's Guide to Methane was highly commended by the Sustainable Investment judges and described as a "must read for newcomers to this issue."