ESG Identity Awards
The only international awards to the ESG Identity of the Asset Manager
Since 2017, ET.Group has given the first awards in Italy to sustainable finance funds, the SRI Awards, based on a proprietary quantitative model.
In 2023, ET.Group has been one of the first entities to emphasize the importance of “being sustainable” even before “selling sustainable products,” sending a clear message to the international market that it is time to move beyond the now multiple individual funds accolades and focus on the Asset Manager’s intrinsic sustainability, its ESG Identity.
In the same year, these awards embraced such challenge of shifting the evaluation axis from product to subject.
The SRI Awards changed concept and name to the ESG Identity Awards.
These identify the best Asset Manager by ESG Identity, assessed based on ESG.IAMA (ESG Identity Asset Manager Assessment), the world’s first research on Asset Manager ESG Identity.
Awards categories
ESG.IAMA – the highest overall score in the research
Corporate ESG Identity – highest score in the section on how sustainability is internalized at the corporate level by the Asset Manager in its governance processes
ESG Investment Process – the highest score in the section on how the ESG-specific investment process is structured
ESG Asset Management – the highest score in the section on how the invested asset management process is structured and how dialogue takes place to achieve specific ESG objectives
ESG Identity Extended* – the highest score in the area that this year examines the following aspects at company level: business conduct, approach to taxation, active and passive political influence, commitment to social factors, and forward thinking towards AI
Behemot size – the highest overall score in the research, from an Asset Manager with Aum over one trillion euros
Large size – the highest overall score in the research, from an Asset Manager with Aum between €250 billion and €1 trillion
Mid-size – the highest overall score in the research, from an Asset Manager with Aum between €50 billion and €250 billion
Small size – the highest overall score in the search, from an Asset Manager with Aum between €10 billion and €50 billion
Boutique size – the highest overall score in the search, by an Asset Manager with Aum of less than €10 billion
Italian Asset Manager – the highest overall score in the search, from an Asset Manager headquartered in Italy
ESG.IAMA Private – the highest overall score in ESG.IAMA Private, the assessment with focus on the Private Markets
*Every year the content evaluated for this category changes based on what is believed to be the most relevant topic at the time. The one shown here is specific to the 2025 edition.
