Private Equity Wire ESG AAA US Awards 2023 | Private Equity Wire | 28 April 2023 | Convene, 101 Park Ave, New York, NY 10178, US

The Private Equity Wire ESG AAA US Awards have been created to benchmark, acknowledge, and reward the efforts of private equity firms that have created sustainable and sector-leading ESG policies at both the portfolio company and management firm level in Europe.

With regulators, LPs and internal stakeholders pushing for more progress and better ESG metrics, Private Equity Wire has partnered with EthicsGrade, the stakeholder-centric, AI-driven, ESG data company, to create an application process that is fair and credible.

ESG AAA Fund Categories
• Best ESG Fund: Growth Equity
• Best ESG Fund: Fund of Funds
• Best ESG Fund: Climate Focused
• Best ESG Fund: Impact
• Best ESG Fund: Infrastructure
• Best ESG Fund: Energy Transition / Clean Energy
• Best ESG Fund: Real Estate
• Best ESG Fund: Sector Specialist
• Best ESG Fund: Venture Capital
• Best ESG fund: Balanced
• ESG Fund of the Year
• Best ESG fund: Buyout
• Best ESG fund: Emerging markets

ESG AAA Manager Categories
• Best Corporate Sustainability Strategy: Management Company
• Best Diversity Initiative: Management Company
• Best Social Initiative: Management Company
• Most Innovative ESG Initiative: Management Company
• Best ESG Firm: Large Cap
• Best ESG Firm: Mid Cap
• Best ESG Firm: Small Cap
• Best GP ESG Reporting Solution for LPs
• Best Small ESG Manager of the Year
• Best ESG Manager of the Year

ESG AAA Portfolio Company Categories
• Most Innovative ESG Initiative: Portfolio Company
• Best Diversity Initiative: Portfolio Company
• Best Social Initiative: Portfolio Company
• Best Corporate Sustainability Strategy: Portfolio Company