OVERVIEW 

The FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Awards, the major global awards for environmentally and socially responsible banking and investment, now in their seventh year, have attracted 161 entries from 145 institutions and 36 non-financial groups in 67 countries. For a full list of entries please click here

The strong number of entries reflect the growing role that the financial sector, often in collaboration with non-financial companies, plays in addressing some of the world's most pressing challenges, including climate change and environmental degradation, social exclusion, food security, improving access to finance, and using technology to better serve the world's poor.

For the full list of short-listed firms please click here

 
The winners will be announced and the awards presented on June 14 at a special dinner in London concluding the 2012 FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Conference. The conference will gather experts, strategists and visionaries to discuss emerging innovations in sustainable finance, the role of technology, the benefits of a pro-sustainability approach for private equity investment, and the economic, social and business case for investing in women-owned businesses. For more details, please click here