Award Categories
Sustainable Bank of the Year
The Sustainable Bank of the Year awards recognise the banks that have shown excellence in creating environmental, social and financial value across their operations. In this category, which is open to banking institutions in both developed and emerging economies, there are awards for regional leadership in Africa/Middle East, Americas, Asia/Pacific and Europe. There will also be a prize for Sustainable Global Bank of the Year for institutions with assets of more than US$500bn, substantial operations on at least two continents and more than 20% of their revenues earned outside their country of incorporation.
Sustainable Investor of the Year
The Sustainable Investor of the Year award highlights ground-breaking achievement in the area of sustainable investment during 2011, recognising the institution that has shown innovation or leadership in creating environmental, social and financial value. This award recognises all forms of social and environmental investment, and is open to all asset owners and asset managers, including sovereign wealth funds, life insurance firms and pension funds.
Sustainable Investment of the Year
The Sustainable Investment of the Year award recognises ground-breaking engagement between financial investors' and real sector companies that have resulted in the development and delivery of innovative, viable and replicable products and services that engage and empower the poor, target underserved markets or address key environmental challenges such as climate change. This award will highlight the relationship between investors and the companies in which they invest including direct investment support and collaborative engagement initiatives.
Technology in Sustainable Finance
The award for Technology in Sustainable Finance recognises ground-breaking transactions, programmes and initiatives in financial services that harnessed the power of information technology and communications in 2011 to address basic needs at the Base of the Pyramid (BOP), the more than 4 billion people who live on less than US$2 a day. This category is open to all financial sector participants, from banks to hedge funds and insurers and also to real sector companies.
