2025 Finalists
This award recognises impact investors and their commitment to supporting businesses that are really making a difference on environmental issues. Judges will look at the overall performance of the firm, including exit returns and portfolio growth. This category is for firms whose investment strategy is focused entirely on impact investing.
BlueOrchard
Blume Equity
Clean Growth Fund
Lightrock
RGREEN INVEST
RiverRock European Capital Partners LLP
Suma Capital
Summa Equity
SWEN Capital Partners
This award recognises impact investors and their commitment to supporting businesses that are really making a difference on social issues. Judges will look at the overall performance of the firm, including exit returns and portfolio growth. This category is for firms whose investment strategy is focused entirely on impact investing.
Actis
BlueOrchard
Gilde Healthcare
Lauxera Capital Partners
This award recognises dedicated impact funds (the fund needs to be at least 50% realised) run by mainstream private equity houses. Judges will look at the fund’s overall performance, standout deals and its ability to deliver both financial and impact returns for its investors. This category is for firms who have many types of fund but have a dedicated impact fund worth celebrating.
Patron Capital for Women in Safe Homes Fund
RAISE for RAISE Impact
Summa Equity for Summa Equity Fund III
This award recognises the standout fundraising programme completed by a GP on an impact fund during the judging period (i.e. since 1 January 2024). Judges will consider a number of factors to measure success, including, but not limited to, the speed of fundraising (from launch to final close), appetite for commitments from existing and new LPs and any innovation demonstrated in the structuring terms and conditions governing the vehicle. This category is open both to impact funds raised by mainstream GPs and funds raised by impact investors.
Argos for Argos Climate Action
Eiffel Investment Group for Eiffel Energy Transition III
Eurazeo for Eurazeo Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund (ETIF)
Eurazeo for Eurazeo Planetary Boundaries Fund (EPBF)
LeapFrog Investments for LeapFrog Emerging Consumer Fund IV
Verdane for Verdane Idun II
This award recognises a firm’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how sustainability is integrated within the firm’s investment strategy, how ESG data is collected, analysed and reported, and how the firm’s sustainability policies stand out from its peers.
Astorg
Bain Capital
CVC
Eurazeo
ICG
PAI Partners
Triton Partners
This award recognises a firm’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how sustainability is integrated within the firm’s investment strategy, how ESG data is collected, analysed and reported, and how the firm’s sustainability policies stand out from its peers.
Ambienta
Apheon
Axcel
Bregal Investments
ECI Partners
FSN Capital Partners
Inflexion
Keensight Capital
MidEuropa
Renaissance Partners
This award recognises a firm’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how sustainability is integrated within the firm’s investment strategy, how ESG data is collected, analysed and reported, and how the firm’s sustainability policies stand out from its peers.
CAPZA
EMK Capital
GENUI
Initiative & Finance
Innova Capital
Investindustrial
LDC
Quilvest Capital Partners
Summa Equity
Trill Impact
This award recognises a firm’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how sustainability is integrated within the firm’s investment strategy, how ESG data is collected, analysed and reported, and how the firm’s sustainability policies stand out from its peers.
Abenex
Beyond Capital Partners
Eiffel Essentiel
Elysian Capital
KYIP Capital SGR
Lauxera Capital Partners
NorthEdge
Quadriga Capital
Resource Partners
WestBridge
This award recognises a firm’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how sustainability is integrated within the firm’s investment strategy, how ESG data is collected, analysed and reported, and how the firm’s sustainability policies stand out from its peers.
Accent Equity
Clean Energy Ventures
Clean Growth Fund
YFM Equity Partners
This award recognises how a firm has made a significant impact on a portfolio company’s environmental or social efforts and improvements. Judges will focus on the entire lifecycle of the deal, and how the firm integrated environmental and sustainable improvements throughout. Entries must relate to companies exited since 1 January 2024 and will be assessed primarily on progress made on ESG since acquisition, rather than the intrinsic sustainability of the portfolio company.
Ambienta for Namirial
Blume Equity for Sensorfact
CVC for DKV Mobility
MidEuropa for Profi
Nordic Capital Advisors for Sunrise Medical
Norvestor for 4Service
Suma Capital for Homs Rentals
This award recognises a sector-focused private equity firm that has achieved strong ESG outcomes across their portfolio. Judges will look at how ESG is integrated within your firm’s investment strategy, how ESG data is collected, analysed and reported, as well as how your ESG policies stand out from your peers. This category is open to firms with sector-specific investment strategies.
Actis
AIP Management
Bluefield
Keensight Capital
Nordic Capital Advisors
SilverStreet Capital
SWEN Capital Partners
This award recognises commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance from an investor in the secondaries space. Judges will look at how the investor incorporates sustainability into fundraising, new deals and realisations, as well as the overall evolution of the firm.
Coller Capital
Schroders Capital
Stafford Capital Partners
This award recognises an institutional investor’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how the investor supports sustainable investment efforts and best practices across its private equity managers, and how its policies stand out from its peers.
AG2R LA MONDIALE
Federated Hermes Private Equity
This award recognises commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance by a fund of funds. Judges will look at how the investor supports ESG efforts and best practices across its private equity managers, and how its policies stand out from its peers'.
Adams Street Partners
AltamarCAM Partners
Bregal Private Equity Partners
DECALIA
HarbourVest Partners
Qualitas Funds
SWEN Capital Partners
This award recognises the success of sustainability advisory professionals in supporting the private equity community. The judges will look at demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients since January 2024.
Brackendale Consulting
CFGI UK
Clearwater
dss+
Malk Partners part of SLR Consulting
Orbis Advisory
Re:Co Insights
Seismic Change
Sustainable Advantage
This award recognises the success of placement agents in supporting the private equity community with sustainability-related fundraising. The judges will look at demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients since January 2024.
Campbell Lutyens
FirstPoint Equity
Reach Capital
Rede Partners
This award recognises the success of fund administrators in supporting the private equity community in ESG compliance, reporting and sustainability portfolio monitoring. The judges will look at demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped its clients since January 2024.
JTC Group
Linnovate Partners
Petra Funds Group
This award is designed to reward firms displaying excellence in sustainability technology. The judges will look at demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped its clients since January 2024.
Apiday
Auquan
AXA Altitude
Flotilla
Novata
PortF
RAISE Technologies
Re:Co Insights
SESAMm
Unwritten
This award is designed to reward firms displaying excellence in ESG due diligence. The judges will look at demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped its clients since January 2024.
Acuity Knowledge Partners
Auquan
AXA Altitude
Carbometrix
dss+
ERM
Stax
Sustainable Advantage
Turbo Net Zero
This award recognises the success of ESG legal professionals in advising the private equity community. The judges will look at demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped its clients since January 2024.
Dechert
Eversheds Sutherland
Latham & Watkins
Macfarlanes
Paul Hastings
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
This award is designed to reward firms displaying excellence in providing ESG data services. The judges will look at demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as detailed overviews of how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped its clients since January 2024.
Apiday
AXA Altitude
Carbometrix
Flotilla
Holtara
KEY ESG
Re:Co Insights
SESAMm
This award recognises the success that banks have had integrating sustainability into their products and working with the private equity community. The judges will look at demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped its clients since January 2024.
NatWest
OakNorth
This award recognises the success that non-bank lenders have had integrating sustainability into their products and working with the private equity community. The judges will look at demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped its clients since January 2024.
Ardian
BRIGHT CAPITAL
CAPZA
CVC Credit
Eiffel Investment Group
Kartesia
Pluto Finance
Tikehau Capital
This award recognises the contribution of corporate financiers advising on private equity deals since January 2024. The award will be given to the firm that can demonstrate how it has provided strategic and technical support on sustainability to help clients win auctions and add genuine value on exit. Growth of market share, deals advised on and overall evolution of team and strategy will also be taken into account.