INVESTMENT WEEK - Sustainable Investment Awards 2017 | IncisiveMedia | 3 July 2017 |

Investment solutions that take into account environmental, social and ethical criteria as well as good corporate behaviour are increasingly in demand by investors.
Now in their ninth year, Investment Week's Sustainable Investment Awards offer an opportunity to showcase expertise and commitment to investment factors that take into account environmental, social and ethical criteria as well as good corporate behaviour. Factors that are increasingly in demand by investors and a growing sector of the investment industry.
The awards are aimed at fund managers and organisations who are at the forefront of facilitating or investing in themes that take into account the environment, ethics, as well as social and corporate responsibility, and whose work promotes a greater understanding into the sector's potential.
Whether it is clean energy, water, climate change, better healthcare or improved infrastructure, investors are actively seeking ways to invest in companies that supply solutions to these major global challenges.
Ethical investing continues to be a popular way of screening out investments such as alcohol and arms, or screening in investments that make a positive impact.
While socially conscious investors increasingly look to invest in companies and projects that make a positive impact on society or take into account a company's environmental, social and governance (ESG) record.

Best Environmental Fund
2016 Winner: Impax Environmental Markets

Best Environmental Fund Management Group
2016 Winner: Impax Asset Management

Best Sustainable Investment Fund
2016 Winner: FP WHEB Sustainability Fund

Best Sustainable Investment Fund Management Group
2016 Winner: BMO Global Asset Management

Best ESG Investment Fund
2016 Winner: Alquity Asia Fund

Best ESG Fund Management Group
2016 Winner: Hermes Investment Management

Best Ethical Investment Fund
2016 Winner: Rathbone Ethical Bond Fund

Best Ethical Investment Fund Management Group
2016 Winner: BMO Global Asset Management

Best Social Impact Investor
2016 Winner: Bridges Ventures

Best New Entrant
2016 Winner: Threadneedle Ethical UK Equity Fund

Award for Innovation (Funds & Portfolios)
2016 Winner: Arabesque SICA Prime and Systematic

Award for Innovation (Research & Methodology)
2016 Winner: Morningstar Sustainability Rating

Award for Innovation (Non-Fund)
2016 Winner: The Social Stock Exchange

Best Thought Leadership Paper on Sustainable Investing
2016 Winner: EdenTree: Amity Insight: Natural Capital - Exploring Nature's Investment Case
2016 Winner: Royal London Asset Management: Deal or no deal: Change is coming (but we still need a deal)