Having this evening hosted the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2024 the time has come to publish the full list of winners, identifying the great and good of the international infrastructure and energy community.

IJGlobal takes great pride in these awards which are now in their fourth 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 we have plans to take them international. Through this event, we seek to recognise 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 a slew of stories on the winners – with judges’ comments and explanations as to why they have won – as we raise our hats to their achievements in such an important field of activity.

The individual awards:

• ESG Lifetime Achievement – Mohammad Abunayyan, ACWA Power
• ESG Outstanding Individual Award – Sandhya Ganapathy, EDP Renewables
• ESG Rising Star – Leah Dean, Sequoia Investment Management Company

Company awards:

• ESG Asset Manager of the Year – Ardian
• ESG Asset Impact Award, Europe – Infracapital, Inland Terminals Group
• ESG Asset Impact Award, APAC – Pacific Energy
• ESG Developer of the Year, Europe – Asper Duke
• ESG Developer of the Year, North America – EDP Renewables
• ESG Developer of the Year, Middle East – Masdar
• ESG DFI of the Year – IDB Invest
• ESG Environment Award – enfinium – Net Zero Transition Plan
• ESG Financial Adviser of the Year, Middle East – Cranmore Partners
• ESG Financial Adviser of the Year, Latin America – Lakeshore Partners
• ESG Financial Adviser of the Year, Europe – NatWest
• ESG Governance Award – Clifford Chance
• ESG Innovation Award, North America – Compass Datacenters
• ESG Innovation Award, APAC – Macquarie Asset Management, Agriculture
• ESG Innovation Award, Europe – NatWest
• ESG Innovation Award, Africa – Private Infrastructure Development Group
• ESG Innovation Award, Latin America – SDG Loan Fund
• ESG Investor of the Year, North America – Greenbacker Development Opportunities
• ESG Investor of the Year, Europe – Renewable Power Capital
• ESG Legal Adviser of the Year, Europe – DLA Piper
• ESG Legal Adviser of the Year, North America – Eversheds Sutherland
• ESG Legal Adviser of the Year, Africa – Olaniwun Ajayi
• ESG Legal Adviser of the Year, Latin America – Pinheiro Neto Advogados
• ESG Lender of the Year, Middle East – First Abu Dhabi Bank
• ESG Lender of the Year, Europe – ING
• ESG Lender of the Year, Latin America – Scotiabank
• ESG Lender of the Year, North America / APAC – Societe Generale
• ESG Social Award – Private Infrastructure Development Group
• ESG Technical Adviser of the Year – Arup
• ESG Second Opinion Provider of the Year – Moody’s Ratings

European transaction awards:

• Energy Transition, Shipping – Atal Solutions / BAM Shipping – transition of high-emitting vessels, Netherlands
• Energy Transition, Infrastructure – Project Indra – Voltalis
• Power-to-X Award, Aviation – Arcadia eFuels
• Power-to-X Award, Hydrogen – Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub
• Renewable Energy Award, Geothermal – Eavor Erdwaerme Geretsried Geothermal Plant, Germany
• Renewable Energy Award, Solar – SotySolar / Marguerite – Iberian Peninsula
• ESG Transport Award – Infracapital / Rock Rail – Rolling Stock, Germany

North America transaction awards:

• ESG Circular Economy Award – EDPR NA, Close the Loop Program
• ESG Renewable Energy Award, Latin America – AES Warehouse Facility for Renewable Energy, Dominican Republic

Latin America transaction awards:

• ESG Bond Award – Oceans Finance Company, Galapagos Marine Bond
• ESG Marine Impact Award – Manaus Ambiental. Citibank
• ESG Power-to-X Award, Latin America – Ethos Ergon Biofuels Future Flow, Brazil

African transaction awards:

• ESG Digital Infrastructure Award – Actis, Octotel
• ESG PPP Award – Dakar Electric BRT PPP, Senegal

Asia Pacific transaction awards:

• ESG Power-to-X Award, APAC – SAEL Biomass Energy Project, India