Having last night hosted the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2023 the time has come to publish the full list of winners to identify the great and good of the international infrastructure and energy community.

IJGlobal takes great pride in these awards which are now in their third year having become a landmark date in the industry’s calendar.

We believe these awards – reviewed by an independent panel of judges, all of whom have deep exposure to ESG – are the most transparent hosted by any title in the infra/energy sectors.

These awards are currently hosted in London, but with plans to go international, and with them we seek to recognise the outstanding achievements across the infrastructure and energy asset classes, singling out the individuals, organisations and transactions that truly move the ESG dial.

To that end, we offer up the winners – all of which are written up with judges’ comments and explanations as to why they have won these trophies – and raise our hats to their achievements in such an important field of activity.

The individual awards:

• IJGlobal ESG Lifetime Achievement – Gwenola Chambon, Vauban Infrastructure Partners
• IJGlobal ESG Pioneer – Anna-Marie Slot, Ashurst
• IJGlobal ESG Rising Star – Richard Searle, impact associate at Climate Investment

Company awards:

• IJGlobal ESG Infra Equity Investor – Igneo Infrastructure Partners
• IJGlobal ESG Infrastructure Asset Manager (Debt) – Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management
• IJGlobal ESG Excellence Award – MVV Energie
• IJGlobal ESG Infrastructure & Energy Bank – Natixis
• IJGlobal ESG Governance Award (Global) – BayernLB
• IJGlobal ESG Financial Adviser (Global) – Cranmore Partners
• IJGlobal ESG Legal Adviser (Global) – Hogan Lovells
• IJGlobal ESG Technical Adviser (Global) – Arup
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Social (Global) – Atlas Renewable and its Ed-Mundo Project in Brazil
• IJGlobal ESG Public Sector Award – Purple Book Initiative
• IJGlobal ESG Project Sponsor Award – Gridserve Sustainable Energy
• IJGlobal ESG Developing Markets Award – AMEA Power
• IJGlobal ESG Legal Adviser – EM – Webber Wentzel
• IJGlobal ESG Legal Adviser – Pro-Bono – DLA Piper
• IJGlobal ESG Legal Adviser Pro-Bono – Ashurst for work in the Pacific Islands
• IJGlobal ESG Second Opinion Provider – Moody's Investors Service
• IJGlobal ESG Technology Award (Energy) – ERM for emissions.AIl
• IJGlobal ESG Technology Award (Infra) – Condor Ferries
• IJGlobal ESG Corporate Transition Award (Energy) – Utilitas, Estonia
• IJGlobal ESG Corporate Transition Award (Infra) – Gridserve
• IJGlobal ESG Environment Award – Vauban Infrastructure Partners
• IJGlobal ESG Development Finance Institution – The Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye (TKYB)
• IJGlobal ESG DFI Award – Infrastructure Development Company Limited, Bangladesh
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Industrial Impact – Voltalia-Renault

European transaction awards:

• IJGlobal ESG Energy Transition – EDRAM's Project Ares 2
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Wind – Lada Wind Farm
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Hybrid Renewables – Aquila Clean Energy
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Energy from Waste – Lecta’s RDF boiler, Condat Mill
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) – Zenobē’s Blackhillock and Kilmarnock South

North America transaction awards:

• IJGlobal ESG Award – Transport – CBRE IM’s Forum Mobility
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Transmission – Champlain Hudson Power Express
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Hybrid Renewables – Edwards Sanborn Solar & Storage
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Biomass – Jack Daniel’s Biogas and Digestion Plant
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Wind – Enbridge's Acquisition of Tri Global Energy
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Solar – Dimension Renewable Energy Sustainability Loan
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Finance Innovation – Project Galaxy, Hecate Energy’s pre-NTP loan
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Digital Infrastructure – Blackstone Project Circuit – data centre financing

Latin America transaction awards:

• IJGlobal ESG Awards – Renewables – Atlas Renewable acquisition by Global Infrastructure Partners
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Agribusiness – Raízen CRA green bond

Middle East:

• IJGlobal ESG Awards – Energy Transition, MENA – Project Lightning

Africa:

• IJGlobal ESG Awards – Renewables, Africa – Tronox Captive Power Project
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Transport, Africa – Egypt's Green Line HSR
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Wind – Amunet Wind Farm
• IJGlobal ESG Awards – Solar – Abydos Solar PV

Asia Pacific:

• IJGlobal ESG Award – Wind – Zarafshan I Wind Farm, Uzbekistan
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Hybrid Renewables – ReNew Green Loan
• IJGlobal ESG Award – Biomass – Binh Duong Water Project
• IJGlobal ESG Social Infra Award – Uzbekistan’s first healthcare PPP (strong IFC support)