2023 Categories
Entry deadline: Friday 12 May 2023
GP Awards
- Environmental and Sustainability - Deal of the Year
- This award recognises how a firm has made a significant impact on a portfolio company’s environmental efforts and improvements. Judges will focus on the entire lifecycle of the deal, and how the firm integrated environmental and sustainable improvements throughout.
- ESG - Large Cap
- (EV on entry of €100m+)
This award recognises a firm’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how ESG is integrated within your firm’s investment strategy, how ESG data is collected, analysed and reported, as well as how your ESG policies stand out from your peers. - ESG - Mid-Cap
- (EV on entry of €25-100m)
This award recognises a firm’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how ESG is integrated within your firm’s investment strategy, how ESG data is collected, analysed and reported, as well as how your ESG policies stand out from your peers. - ESG - Small Cap
- (EV on entry less than €25m)
This award recognises a firm’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how ESG is integrated within your firm’s investment strategy, how ESG data is collected, analysed and reported, as well as how your ESG policies stand out from your peers.
- ESG - sector specialist
- This award recognises a sector focused private equity firm that has achieved strong ESG outcomes across their organisation. Judges will look at how ESG is integrated within your firm’s investment strategy, how ESG data is collected, analysed and reported, as well as how your ESG policies stand out from your peers. This category is open to firms who invest in single sectors.
- Impact Investment Fund
- This award recognises impact funds that are providing access to impact strategies, (the fund needs to be at least 50% realised). Judges will look at the fund’s overall performance, standout deals and its ability to deliver both financial and impact returns for its investors.This category is for firms who have many types of funds but have an impact fund worth celebrating.
- Impact Investor
- This award recognises impact investors and their commitment to supporting businesses that are really making a difference. Judges will be looking at overall performance of the firm, including exit returns and portfolio growth. This category is for firms whose investment strategy is focused entirely on impact investing.
- Social - Deal of the Year
- This award recognises how a firm has made a significant impact on a portfolio company’s social efforts and improvements. Judges will focus on the entire lifecycle of the deal, and how the firm integrated social improvements throughout.
LP Awards
- LP - Co-investor
- This award recognises a co-investor’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how you influenced and supported the sponsor throughout the entire deal process.
- LP - Fund of Funds
- This award recognises a fund of fund’’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how the investor supports ESG efforts and best practices across their private equity managers, and how your policies stand out from your peers.
- LP - Institutional Investors and Asset Managers
- This award recognises an institutional investor’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how the investor supports ESG efforts and best practices across their private equity managers, and how your policies stand out from your peers.
- LP - Secondaries
- This award recognises a secondaries investor’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how the investor supports ESG efforts and best practices across their private equity managers, and how your policies stand out from your peers.
Specialist Awards
- ESG - Venture Capital
- This award recognises a firm’s commitment to best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance. Judges will look at how ESG is integrated within your firm’s investment strategy, how ESG data is collected, analysed and reported, as well as how your ESG policies stand out from your peers.
- Hall of fame
- The Hall of Fame recognises the contribution of an ESG leader within private equity. This includes their ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, successful buy-in of ESG within their firm and the implementation of strategies within their portfolio companies.The recipient of this award is selected by the Real Deals editorial team. If you would like to suggest a nominee, please contact us on: esg@realdealsmedia.com
Advisory Awards
- ESG Compliance
- This award is designed to reward firms displaying excellence in ESG compliance. The judges will be looking at a mixture of demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as detailed overviews of how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients in the calendar year of 2022.
- ESG Consultancy
- This award recognises the success of ESG advisory professionals in supporting the private equity community. The judges will be looking at a mixture of demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as detailed overviews of how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients in the calendar year of 2022.
- ESG Corporate Finance
- This award recognises the overall achievement of corporate financiers advising on UK deals in the calendar year of 2022. The award will be given to the firm that can demonstrate how it has provided strategic and technical support on ESG that has helped clients to win auctions in a competitive market and add genuine value on exit. Growth of market share, deals advised on and overall evolution of team and strategy will also be taken into account.
- ESG Data Provider
- This award is designed to reward firms displaying excellence in providing ESG data services. The judges will be looking at a mixture of demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as detailed overviews of how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients in the calendar year of 2022.
- ESG Due Diligence
- This award is designed to reward firms displaying excellence in ESG due diligence. The judges will be looking at a mixture of demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as detailed overviews of how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients in the calendar year of 2022.
- ESG Fund Admin
- This award recognises the success of fund administrators in supporting the private equity community in ESG compliance, reporting and ESG portfolio monitoring. The judges will be looking at a mixture of demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as detailed overviews of how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients in the calendar year of 2022.
- ESG Legal Firm
- This award recognises the success of ESG legal professionals in advising the private equity community. The judges will be looking at a mixture of demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as detailed overviews of how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients in the calendar year of 2022
- ESG Lender - Bank
- This award recognises the success that banks have had integrating ESG into their products and working with the private equity community. The judges will be looking at a mixture of demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as detailed overviews of how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients in the calendar year of 2022.
- ESG Lender - Fund
- This award recognises the success that fund lenders have had integrating ESG into their products and working with the private equity community. The judges will be looking at a mixture of demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as detailed overviews of how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients in the calendar year of 2022.
- ESG Placement Agen
- This award recognises the success of placement agents, in supporting the private equity community with ESG . The judges will be looking at a mixture of demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as detailed overviews of how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients in the calendar year of 2022.
- ESG Recruiter
- This award recognises the success of recruiters in supporting the private equity community in placing ESG-related roles. The judges will be looking at a mixture of demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as detailed overviews of how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients in the calendar year of 2022.
- ESG Tech
- This award is designed to reward firms displaying excellence in ESG technology. The judges will be looking at a mixture of demonstrable customer and revenue growth, as well as detailed overviews of how new initiatives, products or services have aided the business and helped their clients in the calendar year of 2022.