Like all GlobalCapital's Bond and Loan Awards, our Green/SRI Bond and Loan Awards are determined entirely by market opinion, through a public poll of market participants.
We believe this enables them to act as a valuable channel of communication for the market - reflecting what participants think has worked particularly well during the past year, and which innovations deserve highlighting.
We invite players active in the market to vote online at this address: https://www.surveygizmo.eu/s3/90086872/GlobalCapital-SRI-Poll-2018
The poll is open until Friday July 13, and may be completed in several stages if you wish. The rules of the poll are explained at the poll website, but are straightforward - votes must be honest; there is one vote per firm; arrangers and advisers can vote for their own deals but issuers may not; players do not vote on their own competitors, and may not vote for themselves.
We have slightly revised the Award categories this year, to reflect changes in the market, notably the rise of green loans and of social and sustainability bonds. There is a new Award for the best Environmental Impact Consultant, a service more and more issuers and investors are using; and one for the Best Designed Green/SRI Debt Framework.
GlobalCapital makes no prescriptions about what transactions, actions, institutions or people market participants vote for, except for the rule about not self-voting, and that the time span of the poll is work done between July 2017 and June 2018.
We hope you enjoy the poll and find it useful. If you have any questions please contact jon.hay@globalcapital.com
A full list of the Award categories is below.
General Awards
Most Influential Champion of the Market (individual person)
Most Valuable Innovation for the Green Finance Market
Most Valuable Innovation for the Social or Sustainability Finance Market
Green and SRI Bond and Loan Deals of the Year
Most Innovative Green/SRI Bond Deal
North American Green/SRI Bond Deal of the Year
EMEA Green/SRI Bond Deal of the Year
Asia Pacific Green/SRI Bond Deal of the Year
Latin American Green/SRI Bond Deal of the Year
Green/SRI Loan of the Year
Best Issuers
Overall Most Impressive Green/SRI Bond Issuer
Most Impressive Social or Sustainability Bond Issuer
Overall Most Impressive Green/SRI Bond Funding Official
Most Impressive Supranational Green/SRI Bond Issuer
Most Impressive Government or Government Agency Green/SRI Bond Issuer
Most Impressive Local Government Green/SRI Bond Issuer
Most Impressive Bank Green/SRI Bond Issuer
Most Impressive Corporate Green/SRI Debt Issuer
Most Impressive Green/SRI Covered Bond Issuer
Most Impressive Green/SRI ABS Issuer
Best Designed Green/SRI Debt Framework
Best Green/SRI Issuer for Post-Deal or Impact Reporting
Best Investment Banks
Overall Most Impressive Investment Bank for Green/SRI Capital Markets
Overall Most Impressive Green/SRI Investment Banker
Most Impressive Investment Bank for Americas Green/SRI Capital Markets
Most Impressive Investment Bank for EMEA Green/SRI Capital Markets
Most Impressive Investment Bank for Asia Pacific Green/SRI Capital Markets
Best Investor, Second Opinion Provider, Rating Agency, Environmental Impact Consultant and Law Firm
Most Impressive Green/SRI Investment Firm
Most impressive Green/SRI Investor
Most Impressive Second Opinion Provider or Rating Agency
Most Impressive Environmental Impact Consultant
Best Green/SRI Finance Law Firm