Congratulations to all of our finalists in 2020!

Best Thought Leadership Paper

• Aberdeen Standard Investments: Strategic Asset Allocation: ESG's New Frontier
• Aberdeen Standard Investments - Going Green – A climate policy toolkit for investors
• Amundi and IFC - EMERGING MARKET GREEN BONDS Report 2019
• BNP Paribas Asset Management - Wells, Wires and Wheels
• Edentree Investment Management: Mind the gap
• ESG Portfolio Management GmbH: Quantitative Credit Rating Models including ESG factors
• M&G Investments - Pandemic: The inextricable link between human, animal and ecosystem health and the emergence of communicable disease
• Montanaro Asset Management: Renewable Energy; The Biomass Debate
• Morningstar, Inc - Investing in Times of Climate Change. An Expanding Array of Choices for Climate-Aware Investors
• Morningstar, Inc: Asset Managers as Stewards of Sustainable Business. Implications of the Rise in Passive Investing
• PIMCO - ESG Investing Report: Bonds ESG Into Action
• RobecoSAM AG: Covid-19 and ESG data: Spotting the cracks before the quake
• S&P Global Ratings - Space, The Next Frontier: Spatial Finance And Environmental Sustainability
• Triodos Investment Management: Turning the page. A radical agenda for economic transformation
• Vontobel Asset Management: Navigating with ESG Ratings: What you need to know
• WWF and Ninety One - Sustainability & Satellites: New frontiers in sovereign debt investing

Best Sustainable and ESG Research Team

• Aberdeen Standard Investments
• AllianceBernstein LP / Sustainable Global Thematic Equities
• BMO Global Asset Management - Responsible Investment Team
• Brown Advisory
• Citi Research & Global Insights
• EQ Investors
• Montanaro Asset Management
• Morningstar UK Ltd
• Nordea Asset Management
• Pictet Asset Management

Best Sustainable & ESG Research & Ratings Provider

• Morningstar, Inc.
• S&P Global Ratings’ Sustainable Finance Team
• Sustainalytics
• Truvalue Labs

Best Newcomer

• AllianceBernstein Responsible US Equities
• FP Foresight Global Real Infrastructure Fund
• GIB Global ESG-Plus
• Morningstar MPS – ESG Range
• Nomura Global Sustainable Equity
• The Big Exchange
• TwentyFour Sustainable Short Term Bond Income
• Urban Impact Ventures Sustainable Cities Impact Fund I
• Wealthify Ethical range
• Wellington Global Stewards

Best Sustainable & ESG Education Initiative

• AllianceBernstein: Climate Science and Portfolio Implications curriculum
• BNP Paribas Asset Management & the CFA Institute: Sustainable Investing Game Show
• Candriam: The Candriam Academy
• CFA Society of the UK (CFA UK): Certificate in ESG Investing
• UBS AG: #TOGETHERBAND

Best Sustainable & ESG Wealth Manager/ DFM Group

• Aberdeen Standard Capital
• EQ Investors
• P1 Investment Management
• Tribe Impact Capital
• Wealthify

Best Group for ESG Integration

• Aberdeen Standard Investments
• African Infrastructure Investment Managers
• Alquity Investment Management
• BNP Paribas Asset Management
• Foresight Group LLP
• Newton Investment Management
• PIMCO
• Portland Hill Asset Management
• Schroders

Best Sustainable and ESG Equity fund

• BMO Responsible Global Equity Fund
• Candriam SRI Equity Emerging Markets Fund
• Carmignac Portfolio Grande Europe Fund
• Impax Global Opportunities Strategy
• Jupiter Global Sustainable Equities Fund
• Nordea 1 - Emerging Stars Equity Fund
• Rathbone Global Sustainability Fund
• RobecoSAM Smart Energy Fund

Best Sustainable & ESG Multi-Asset Fund

• Aegon Ethical Cautious Managed Fund 
  
• Barclays Sustainable Strategy
  
• Jupiter Global Ecology Diversfied
• Aegon Ethical Cautious Managed Fund
• Nest Retirement Date Funds

Most Innovative Launch

• AllianceBernstein Green Managed Volatility Equities Fund
• CPR Invest - Social Impact Fund
• EQ Future Leaders Portfolios
• Fidelity Funds (FF) Sustainable Reduced Carbon Bond Fund
• Pictet-Sustainable Emerging Debt Blend Fund
• PIMCO Climate Bond Strategy
• Schroders International Selection Fund (ISF) Sustainable Multi-Asset Income

Best Sustainable & ESG Bond Fund

• AB Sustainable Thematic Global Credit Fund
• Amity Sterling Bond Fund
• Aegon Ethical Corporate Bond Fund
• Pictet-Global Sustainable Credit Fund
• Rathbone Ethical Bond Fund

Best Green Bond Fund

• Allianz Green Bond Fund
• Green Credit Continuum Fund

Best Impact Fund

• Aberdeen Standard Investments Global Equity Impact Fund
• Baillie Gifford Positive Change Fund
• FP WHEB Sustainability Fund
• Montanaro Better World Fund
• Nomura Global Sustainable Equity Fund
• Threadneedle European Social Bond Fund
• UBAM - Positive Impact Equity Fund
• Wellington Global Impact Bond Fund

Best Sustainable & ESG Alternative Assets Fund

• BNP PARIBAS EUROPEAN INFRA DEBT FUND
• IDEAS Managed Fund
• JLEN Environmental Assets Group Limited
• VT Gravis Clean Energy Income Fund

Best Environmental/Climate Change Fund

• Candriam SRI Equity Climate Action Fund
• Davy Low Carbon Equity Fund
• Impax Environmental Markets plc
• Ninety One Global Environment Fund
• Nordea 1 – Global Climate and Environment Fund
• Pictet-Global Environmental Opportunities Fund
• RobecoSAM Smart Energy Fund
• Schroder International Selection Fund (ISF) Global Energy Transition
• Vontobel Fund - Clean Technology Fund

Best Sustainable & ESG Index or Service Provider

• BMO Global Asset Management
• J.P. Morgan Global Index Research
• Morningstar, Inc.
• Solactive ISS ESG Climate Transition Benchmark Index Series

Best Sustainable & ESG ETF

• AMUNDI INDEX EURO AGG CORPORATE SRI - UCITS ETF DR
• BNP PARIBAS EASY ECPI Circular Economy Leaders UCITS ETF
• Invesco GBP Corporate Bond ESG UCITS ETF
• iShares MSCI Europe SRI UCITS ETF
• UBS ETF (IE)S&P 500 ESG UCITS ETF

Sustainable & ESG Fund Management Group of the Year

• BMO Global Asset Management
• BNP Paribas Funds
• EdenTree Investment Management
• Federated Hermes
• Foresight Group LLP
• Impax Asset Management
• Montanaro Asset Management
• Nordea Asset Management
• Pictet Asset Management
• Robeco
• WHEB Asset Management

Outstanding Contribution to the Industry

To be announced at the awards ceremony