2024 ‘ESG Champions’ crowned
MainStreet Partners, the London-based ESG partner of investors and distributors, has announced the winners of its 2024 ‘ESG Champions’ commendation.
This year Lombard Odier Investment Managers, the Swiss-based asset manager, has been awarded the highly prized title of ‘Best ESG Asset Manager’.
2024 is the fourth year of the Mainstreet Partners ESG Champions. Commendations are only awarded to asset managers who meet or excel the parameters set by the experts from Mainstreet Partners. The methodology, which has evolved over the last 16 years, includes a holistic assessment of three core pillars. This ensures that a firm’s ESG credentials are analysed on not only portfolio holdings, but also on strategy and the asset management firm as a whole.
The awards recognise a select number of funds and asset managers who have excelled within the universe of 7,700 strategies managed by over 360 Asset Managers, available on MainStreet’s platform ESGeverything.COM. MainStreet’s investment analysts have selected winners across several broad categories spanning Equities, Fixed Income, Multi-Asset and Thematic investing, alongside the best overall Asset Manager and the best Boutique Manager.
2024 winners include Schroder ISF Global Climate Change Equity (Best ESG Environmental Thematic Fund), Pictet – Clean Energy Transition (Best ESG Transition Fund), and Raiffeisen Capital Management (Best ESG Boutique/Specialist).
Neill Blanks, MainStreet Partners’ Head of Funds Research, commented: “2023 was a challenging year for asset managers on many fronts, not least having to keep pace with the ever-evolving regulatory environment surrounding sustainable investing. In a similar vein our ESG Funds rating methodology has been developed further to now take account of the latest global regulatory guidance with a new sub-pillar called “Regulatory Adherence”. We will continue to lead innovation in the space to raise the bar in terms of ESG standards and to help our clients identify and avoid the risks of greenwashing.”
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