Climate Change Awards 2010

To complete the questionnaire, please enter your email address below and fill in your details. Then select the category you would like to enter which will be marked against a range of criteria shown in the form.

The Awards are for the best:

1 Best new entrant
Open to any new fund management group or company which has entered the ‘climate change investment’ sector in the last 12 months. Please supply details of the company and initiative/new product which has been launched.

2 Development or Private Capital Investment
This category is open to any company using development capital or private equity to invest in climate change investments. This can be in single projects or collective investment schemes such as EIS, VCT, private equity funds, closed ended vehicles or specialist Aim-quoted companies.

2) Fund Management Group
Open to any fund management group with at least one investment fund in any or all of the individual fund categories. The winning groups should be able to display an overall commitment to the sector in terms of his whole approach to climate change and the communication of the issues to key stakeholders.

3) Best Climate Change Fund
Open to all mutual funds with at least 50% of the portfolio in climate change-type investments or companies involved in the climate change debate.

4) Innovation in Climate Change Investment
Open to non-mutual fund investments such as EIS, VCTs, Aim-listed companies, structured products, unlisted investment companies, ETFs, new indices.

5) Alternative Energy Fund (> then 50% in alternative energy)
Open to mutual funds which invest at least 50% in their portfolio in alternative energy sources or companies involved in the alternative energy processes.

6) Water, Food, Agriculture & Forestry fund (> than 50% in any one category)
Open to mutual funds which invest at least 50% in their portfolio in water, food, agriculture and timber or companies/businesses involved in these sectors.

A shortlist for each category will be created from the top scoring funds in each sector, with the winning funds being selected via a panel debate. The winning funds will be the ones which in the opinion of the judges score well in all of the categories.