Financial Investigator Impact Investing Awards 2021 to NewForests and Triodos Investment Management
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On Thursday, September 9, at the seminar 'Beyond ESG and Impact Investing: from nice-to-have to must-have' in Amsterdam, which was attended by over 200 investment professionals (onine or in person), the Financial Investigator Impact Investing Awards 2021 were distributed for the Private Funds and Public Funds categories.
Private Funds
The winner in the 'Private Funds' category was Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 from Australian sustainable real estate investor NewForests. According to the jury, led by Wouter Koelewijn, European Liaison for the Global Impact Investing Network, the fund actively contributes to the Impact Investing sector, manages and reports its impact performance and has a clear impact objective and strategy to achieve it.
David Brand, CEO and Geoffrey Seeto, Managing Director Asia from NewForests spoke in a video message expressing their thanks for the award.
Public Funds
Triodos Pioneer Impact Fund was the winner in the category ‘Public Funds’. Els Ankum-Griffioen received the award on behalf of manager Triodos Investment Management. According to the jury, this fund also scored the highest within its category on the jury criteria.
The jury consisted of:
- Krispijn Bertoen, Senior Advisor Responsible Investment & Impact Investment, MN
- Raquel Criado-Larrea, Head of Sustainable Investments, External Manager Selection & Balanced Mandates, a.s.r. vermogensbeheer
- Piet Klop, Senior Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM Investments
- Wouter Koelewijn, European Liaison for the Global Impact Investing Network, GIIN
- Dimple Sahni, Managing Director Impact Funds Portfolios, Anthos Fund & Asset Management
The jury criteria were:
- The fund has an impact objective and a strategy to reach this impact (= Ex-ante intentionality + impact strategy defined + impact strategy)
- The fund manages and reports impact performance (= Impact measurement, Management for impact, Impact hurdle, Responsible exit, Impact reporting)
- The fund contributes actively to the impact investing industry (= Ecosystem contribution,)
The following funds were nominated for the Financial Investigator Impact Award 2021:
PRIVATE FUNDS |
|
Fund |
Fund manager |
ACTIAM Financial Inclusion Fund |
ACTIAM |
African Development Partners III |
Development Partners International |
Carlyle Renewable & Sustainable Energy Fund |
The Carlyle Group |
EV Private Equity VI |
EVPE |
France2i |
RAISE |
Global Renewables Fund |
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners |
ILX Fund |
ILX Management |
Omnivore Partners India Fund II |
Omnivore Partners |
Rubio Impact Ventures NL Fund II U.A. |
Rubio Impact Ventures |
Suma Climate Fund III |
Suma Capital |
T2 Energy Transition Fund |
Tikehau Investment Management |
Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 |
New Forests |
PUBLIC FUNDS |
|
Fund |
Fund manager |
Cadmos Peace Investment Fund |
de Pury Pictet Turrettini |
Kieger Healthcare Impact Fund |
Kieger |
Regnan Global Equity Impact Fund |
Regnan |
Triodos Pioneer Impact Fund |
Triodos |
Wellington Global Impact Bond Fund |
Wellington Management |
Wellington Global Impact |
Wellington Management |