Private Equity Wire has announced the winners of the US ESG AAA Awards 2023, which reward environmental, social and governance excellence among private equity fund managers across a wide range of categories.
The awards were presented at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (Wednesday, 21 June), at Convene 101 Park Avenue, New York.
The Private Equity Wire ESG AAA US Awards were created to benchmark, acknowledge, and reward the efforts of private equity firms that have created sustainable and sector-leading ESG policies at both the portfolio company and management firm level in Europe.
With regulators, LPs and internal stakeholders pushing for more progress and better ESG metrics, Private Equity Wire partnered with EthicsGrade, the stakeholder-centric, AI-driven, ESG data company, to create a fair and credible metric driven application process, whereby managers entered their details on Private Equity Wire’s and Ethics Grade’s specially designed platform.
Using the expertise and independence of Private Equity Wire’s partnership with EthicsGrade, the ESG AAA Awards represent a kitemark of achievement and quality across this globally, societally, and ethically vital space.
The winners are:
Best Corporate Sustainability Strategy: Management Company
- A Winner: Summer Atlantic Capital Limited
- AA Winner: K1 Investment Management
- AAA Winner: MiddleGround Capital
Best Corporate Sustainability Strategy: Portfolio Company
- AA Winner: Pretium Packaging
- AAA Winner: Hines
Best Diversity Initiative: Management Company
- A Winner: DigitalDx Ventures
- AA Winner: Altura Capital
- AAA Winner: One Rock Capital Partners
Best ESG Firm: Mid Cap
- A Winner: District Equity, LLC
- AA Winner: K1 Investment Management
- AAA Winner: One Rock Capital Partners
Best ESG Firm: Small Cap
- A Winner: MiddleGround Capital
- AA Winner: ParkerGale LLC
- AAA Winner: Jonathan Rose Companies
Best ESG fund: Balanced
- AAA Winner: TZP Group
Best ESG fund: Buyout
- AA Winner: The Brydon Group
- AAA Winner: Reverence Capital Partners
Best ESG Fund: Climate Focused
- A Winner: Echo River Capital
- AA Winner: Pangaea Ventures
- AAA Winner: MUUS Climate Partners
Best ESG fund: Emerging markets
- AAA Winner: Amplifica Capital
Best ESG Fund: Energy Transition / Clean Energy
- AA Winner: UP.Partners
- AAA Winner: MUUS Climate Partners
Best ESG Fund: Growth Equity
- AAA Winner: TZP Group
Best ESG Fund: Impact
- A Winner: Cross-Border Impact Ventures
- AA Winner: Emmeline Ventures
- AAA Winner: Jonathan Rose Companies
Best ESG Fund: Real Estate
- A Winner: Hudson Valley Property Group
- AA Winner: Jonathan Rose Companies
- AAA Winner: Yellowstone Capital Partners
Best ESG Fund: Sector Specialist
- A Winner: TZP Group
- AA Winner: Â Reverence Capital Partners
- AAA Winner: Hudson Valley Property Group
Best ESG Fund: Venture Capital
- A Winner: Pangaea Ventures
- AA Winner: Chasing Rainbows
- AAA Winner: Emmeline Ventures
Best ESG Manager of the Year
- A Winner: One Rock Capital Partners
- AA Winner: FPA Multifamily
- AAA Winner: Jonathan Rose Companies
Best GP ESG Reporting Solution for LPs
- AAA Winner: FPA Multifamily
Best Social Initiative: Management Company
- A Winner: MiddleGround Capital
- AA Winner: Altura Capital
- AAA Winner: FPA Multifamily
Best Social Initiative: Portfolio Company
- AAA Winner: CARROLL
ESG Fund of the Year
- A Winner: Yellowstone Capital Partners
- AA Winner: TZP Group
- AAA Winner: Jonathan Rose Companies
Most Innovative ESG Initiative: Management Company
- A Winner: DigitalDX
- AA Winner: Capria Ventures
- AAA Winner: Basis Investment Group
Most Innovative ESG Initiative: Portfolio Company
- AA Winner: Pretium Packaging
- AAA WInner: Hines
