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The ESG Leaders Awards is Investment & Pensions Europe/Brooklyn Bridge-Connections to the Future B.V. ’s dedicated Awards for those active in the Environment Social Governance (ESG) area. The aim of the ESG Leaders Awards is to turn the spotlight on the investors and practitioners in order to give long overdue recognition to their achievement and success, whatever their role in the business. They honour pension fund investors and service providers alike for performance, transparency and innovation within the ESG sector.
The Award categories are: - Best Investor in ESG
- Best Research House/Consultant in ESG
- Most Innovative Development Related to ESG
- Best Asset Manager Investing in ESG
- Outstanding Contribution to Development of ESG or ESG Investing
ESG Leaders Awards 2007
The first IPE and TBLI ESG Leaders awards heralded a grand occasion for all those involved in investing
with respect for environmental, social and governance factors – both in the growing acceptance and
adoption of this approach and in the high quality of our winning submissions.
Indeed, the ESG field has never been greener and we are happy to recognise the excellence and thought leader-
ship that has developed in this area – on the part of both investors and providers – over the past few years.
The pension fund of the UK’s Environment Agency – our Best Investor in ESG for 2007 – was an early adopter of ESG
factors in its investment approach, not just to match the conservation focus of its sponsor, but also in recognition
of the fact that it expects better returns from better governed companies in respect to environmental, social and
governance factors. Among the highlights of its approach are its annual Responsible Entrepreneurship Report,
written by its private equity manager. The fund also has an ambition to vote on all environmental corporate gover-
nance issues worldwide, where practical. Recently it led the charge in a shareholder motion against Shell.
F&C is our Best Asset Manager Investing in ESG in 2007 and the firm traces its ESG heritage back to the early nineteenth
century, through the lineage of its major shareholder Friends Provident. It has a 16-strong governance and sustain-
able team and in a recent analysis by the consultancy Mercer on its performance against the United Nations Prin-
ciples for Responsible Investment it was a global leader in three and top quartile in six.
Goldman Sachs’ Environmental Policy Framework took away the prize for Most Innovative Development in ESG, while Innovest Strategic Value Advisors won the award for Best ESG Consultancy or Research House.
Finally, KLD Research & Analytics, with its 20-year experience in the area, wins the award for Outstanding Contribution to ESG.
The next ESG Leaders Awards Ceremony will be at the TBLI CONFERENCE™ EUROPE 2008 in Amsterdam.
Judges ESG Leaders Awards 2007
Angela de Wolff
ConSer
Tel +41 7 9342 8807
Email angela.dewolff@gmail.com
Magnus Furugard
GES Investment Services
Tel +46 8 787 9910
Email magnus.furugard@ges-invest.com
Matt Christensen
Eurosif
Tel +33 1 4020 4338
Email mattc@eurosif.org
Stephen Hine
Eiris
Tel +44 20 7840 5716
Email stephen.hine@eiris.org
Axel Wilhelm
Scoris GmbH
Tel +49 69 719 146 917
Email wilhelm@scoris.de Pascal Bello
BMJ Ratings
Tel +33 1 4137 5106
Email p.bello@bmjratings.com
For more information please go to www.ipe.com/events or email fred.monteil@ipe.com
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