A record number of entries into this year's Investment Week Sustainable Investment Awards highlights the growing number of investment opportunities on offer, as more investors seek to incorporate sustainable criteria into asset allocation plans.
Commenting on this year’s finalists, chair of the judging panel Deborah Benn says: “Apart from the number and quality of entries, the performance of sustainable investment funds catches the eye, plus there is a noticeable growth in partnership between traditional fund managers and social sector institutions. It certainly indicates a more joined up approach to how consumers can invest and get involved in the sector.”
Now in their sixth year, the awards have broadened out from their original climate change focus to represent what is an expanding and increasingly popular sector of the investment industry, incorporating ethical, responsible and social impact investing. The Investment Week Sustainable Investment Awards celebrate the fund managers, companies and institutions that are at the forefront of investing in these sectors.
See the full list of finalists below. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in central London on 26th November 2014. For further information on the awards and conference which will take place prior to the ceremony click here.
Sustainable Investment Awards 2014 finalists
Best Ethical Investment Fund
- The Alliance Trust Sustainable Future Managed Fund
- Kames Ethical Equity Fund Rathbone Ethical Bond Fund
- Henderson Global Care Growth F&C Responsible UK Income Fund (Previously known as F&C Stewardship Income Fund)
Best Clean Energy Fund
- RobecoSAM Sustainable Energy Fund
- Pictet Clean Energy
- Guinness Alternative Energy Fund
Best Water Food, Agriculture & Forestry Fund
- Pictet-Agriculture Pictet-Timber Pictet-Water
- RobecoSAM Sustainable Agribusiness Fund
- RobecoSAM Sustainable Water Fund
- F&C Water and Agriculture Equity Long/Short Fund
- Tareno Waterfund
Best Environmental Fund
- Pictet-Water Impax Environmental Markets (Ireland)
- FP WHEB Sustainability Fund
- Jupiter Ecology Fund Vontobel Fund - Clean Technology
- Mirova Europe Life Quality
Best Environmental Fund Management Group
- Pictet Asset Management
- Impax Asset Management
- Jupiter Fund Management plc
- Vontobel Asset Management
Award for Innovation
- Virtuo Wealth Management Ltd for The Scottish Charities ISA
- TAM Asset Management for You Give We Give
- Mirova for Environmental and Social workable methodology for infrastructure projects
- AXA IM for the AXA Impact Investment Fund
- Alliance Trust for The Alliance Trust Sustainable Future risk profiled fund range
Best New Entrant
- Sun-Connect eG Solar Energy for Africa and Asia
- Active Earth Global Equity Opportunities Fund
- Mirova SRI investment offering
- Trillion Fund Peer-to-peer loan
- Arabesque Prime League
- Pictet-Emerging Markets Sustainable Equities
- AXA Impact Investment Fund
Best Investment Project
- Sun-Connect eG: Social. Economic. Ecological
- Mirova Santa Lucia
- Threadneedle Investments/Big Issue Social Investment Partnership
- Legal & General/CAF/Nesta SE-Assist Social Investment Programme
- HSBC Clean Water Project
Best Social Impact Investor
- AXA Investment Management
- LGT Venture Philanthropy
- Big Society Capital
- Investing for Good
Best Thought Leadership Paper on Sustainable Investing
- Royal London Asset Management for Who's afraid of GM food? - A myth-buster for sustainable investors
- Ecclesiastical Investment Management Limited for Corporate Misconduct; When business ethics fail and shareholder value is destroyed
- RobecoSAM for The evolving role of sustainability in asset manager selection
- Mirova for A closer look at palm oil
- Sarasin & Partners for The Future of Fiduciary Obligation for Institutional Investors
