Financial Investigator Impact Investing Awards 2021 to NewForests and Triodos Investment Management

September 10, 2021

Private Funds

The winner in the 'Private Funds' category was Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 from Australian sustainable real estate investor NewForests. According to the jury, led by Wouter Koelewijn, European Liaison for the Global Impact Investing Network, the fund actively contributes to the Impact Investing sector, manages and reports its impact performance and has a clear impact objective and strategy to achieve it.

David Brand, CEO and Geoffrey Seeto, Managing Director Asia from NewForests spoke in a video message expressing their thanks for the award.

Public Funds

Triodos Pioneer Impact Fund was the winner in the category ‘Public Funds’. Els Ankum-Griffioen received the award on behalf of manager Triodos Investment Management. According to the jury, this fund also scored the highest within its category on the jury criteria.

 

The jury consisted of:

• Krispijn Bertoen, Senior Advisor Responsible Investment & Impact Investment, MN
• Raquel Criado-Larrea, Head of Sustainable Investments, External Manager Selection & Balanced Mandates, a.s.r. vermogensbeheer
• Piet Klop, Senior Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM Investments
• Wouter Koelewijn, European Liaison for the Global Impact Investing Network, GIIN
• Dimple Sahni, Managing Director Impact Funds Portfolios, Anthos Fund & Asset Management

 

The jury criteria were:

•  The fund has an impact objective and a strategy to reach this impact (= Ex-ante intentionality + impact strategy defined + impact strategy)
•  The fund manages and reports impact performance (= Impact measurement, Management for impact, Impact hurdle, Responsible exit, Impact reporting)
•  The fund contributes actively to the impact investing industry (= Ecosystem contribution,)

 

The following funds were nominated for the Financial Investigator Impact Award 2021:

PRIVATE FUNDS
Fund	Fund manager
ACTIAM Financial Inclusion Fund	ACTIAM
African Development Partners III	Development Partners International
Carlyle Renewable & Sustainable Energy Fund	The Carlyle Group
EV Private Equity VI	EVPE
France2i	RAISE
Global Renewables Fund	Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
ILX Fund	ILX Management
Omnivore Partners India Fund II	Omnivore Partners
Rubio Impact Ventures NL Fund II U.A.	Rubio Impact Ventures
Suma Climate Fund III	Suma Capital
T2 Energy Transition Fund	Tikehau Investment Management
Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2	New Forests
PUBLIC FUNDS
Fund	Fund manager
Cadmos Peace Investment Fund	de Pury Pictet Turrettini
Kieger Healthcare Impact Fund	Kieger
Regnan Global Equity Impact Fund	Regnan
Triodos Pioneer Impact Fund	Triodos
Wellington Global Impact Bond Fund	Wellington Management
Wellington Global Impact	Wellington Management