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Maplecroft’s SRI products described as “remarkable,” as company wins prestigious ESG Leaders Award at TBLI conference

11/11/2011

Winner Most Innovative Development in ESG TBLI: ESG Leaders Awards

On the day Maplecroft launched its latest offering, the ESG Atlas and Risk Calculator, it was announced that the company won the Most Innovative Development in ESG award, at the prestigious ESG Leaders Awards, held at the annual TBLI (Triple Bottom Line Investing) Conference.

The ESG Leaders Awards’ judging panel described Maplecroft’s SRI product offerings as “remarkable” and made note of the company’s “outstanding in-depth competences dealing with environmental and social risks spanning a multitude of countries.”

The aim of the ESG Leaders Awards is to honour pension fund investors and service providers alike for performance, transparency and innovation within the ESG sector.

There were only five categories, with other winners including David Blood and Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management.

MOST INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ESG AWARD

Sponsored by Bank Sarasin & Cie AG
Winner – Maplecroft

Full judges’ summary

"Maplecroft receives the award as it successfully fostered a remarkable SRI product offer on top of its already well-renowned research capacities. First and foremost, the organization is "subject expert" with the investment angle as a compliment to its expertise. Judges would like to see more organizations bring such an approach to the SRI research market. Maplecroft also obtained the award for outstanding in-depth competences dealing with environmental and social risks spanning a multitude of countries, and sectors. Reports are top-class and highly valuable to companies, investors and policy makers."

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