The winners of the Private Equity Wire Global ESG AAA Awards 2024, which recognise environmental, social and governance excellence in private equity, were announced at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (9 October), at the Penn Club, New York.

Entries for the awards were made via a simple metric-driven application process, created in partnership with EthicsGrade, the stakeholder-centric, AI-driven, ESG data company. EthicsGrde then vetted all entries with the final decisions on winners made by an external panel of judges.

The winners are:

Corporate Sustainability Strategy of the Year: Management Company A – Altura Capital Corporate Sustainability Strategy of the Year: Management Company AA – RGREEN INVEST Corporate Sustainability Strategy of the Year: Management Company AAA – Summer Atlantic Capital Corporate Sustainability Strategy of the Year: Management Company AAA – Vanda Green Finance Indexing Programme Corporate Sustainability Strategy of the Year: Portfolio Company A – Asper Investment Management, Energie voor Elkaar Corporate Sustainability Strategy of the Year: Portfolio Company A – Asper Investment Management, Invis Energy Corporate Sustainability Strategy of the Year: Portfolio Company AA – Solubio Corporate Sustainability Strategy of the Year: Portfolio Company AAA – Sparta Global Diversity Initiative of the Year: Management Company A – FSN Capital Partners Diversity Initiative of the Year: Management Company A – Qualitas Funds Diversity Initiative of the Year: Management Company AA – Altura Capital Diversity Initiative of the Year: Management Company AAA – Vanda Green Finance Indexing Programme Diversity Initiative of the Year: Portfolio Company A – Sparta Global ESG Fund of the Year A – RGREEN INVEST ESG Fund of the Year AA – Altura Capital ESG Fund of the Year: Climate Focused A – Asper Investment Management, Asper Dhuk ESG Fund of the Year: Climate Focused A – Asper Investment Management, Asper Dorothea ESG Fund of the Year: Climate Focused AA – RGREEN INVEST ESG Fund of the Year: Emerging Markets A – Resource Partners Sp. z o.o. ESG Fund of the Year: Energy Transition/Clean Energy A – RGREEN INVEST ESG Fund of the Year: Fund of Funds A – Capital Dynamics ESG Fund of the Year: Growth Equity A – Aqua Capital ESG Fund of the Year: Growth Equity A – Bluefront Equity ESG Fund of the Year: Growth Equity AA – Asper Investment Management, Asper Dhuk ESG Fund of the Year: Impact A – Beyond Impact Advisors Sarl ESG Fund of the Year: Impact AA – RGREEN INVEST ESG Fund of the Year: Impact AAA – Altura Capital ESG Fund of the Year: Infrastructure A – Asper Investment Management, Asper Columba ESG Fund of the Year: Infrastructure AA – Asper Investment Management, Asper Dhuk ESG Fund of the Year: Infrastructure AA – Asper Investment Management, Asper Dorothea ESG Fund of the Year: Real Estate A – PAREF Evo ESG Fund of the Year: Sector Specialist A – Beyond Impact Advisors Sarl ESG Fund of the Year: Venture Capital A – Beyond Impact Advisors Sarl ESG Manager of the Year (Combined with ESG Firm of the Year) A – Altura Capital ESG Manager of the Year (Combined with ESG Firm of the Year) AA – RGREEN INVEST ESG Manager of the Year (Combined with ESG Firm of the Year) AAA – Vanda Green Finance Indexing Programme Most Innovative ESG Initiative of the Year: Management Company A – RGREEN INVEST Most Innovative ESG Initiative of the Year: Management Company AA – Vanda Green Finance Indexing Programme Most innovative ESG Initiative of the Year: Management Company AAA – Summer Atlantic Capital Most Innovative ESG Initiative of the Year: Portfolio Company A – Solubio Most Innovative ESG Initiative of the Year: Portfolio Company AA – Sparta Global Social Initiative of the Year: Management Company A – Vanda Green Finance Indexing Programme Social Initiative of the Year: Management Company AA – Summer Atlantic Capital Social Initiative of the Year: Portfolio Company A – Sparta Global