This category is aimed at investors that have been contributing significantly to efforts to move from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy. This can include investing directly in renewables and energy storage, as well as other investments that support energy transition, including technology and innovation, and the decarbonisation of others forms of infrastructure and the built environment.

Ideally, you should show:

• how you structure your energy transition investments
• how your energy transition investments complement your other assets and support your long-term objectives
• the size of your mandates and how and who manages them
• examples of recent deals or concepts
• how you gain exposure to relevant assets
• how you monitor and report on your performance and progress in relation to targets
• the risks associated with energy transition investments and how you manage them

This category is aimed at investors that have built up significant investments in fibre networks, data centres, cell towers and other forms of digital infrastructure.

Ideally, for this award, the judges would be keen to see:

• a clear outline of your approach to your digital infrastructure investments
• how your digital infrastructure portfolios enhance and complement your overall long-term objectives and other asset classes
• how you seek exposure and details of mandates, recent deals and holdings
• how you manage the risks associated with digital infrastructure investments
• any minimum or maximum investment value

The principles of ESG are increasingly embedded in real assets and infrastructure projects that are attractive to long-term investment strategies of institutional investors. Such projects underpin communities and economies locally, nationally and regionally by job creation and delivering essential services. This extends to managing climate change and carbon emission reduction. Key sectors this applies to include environmentally sustainable and efficient energy production, such as windfarms and biomass plants, energy transition, carbon-friendly transportation and agriculture and forestry.

For pension funds and other institutional investors, real assets and infrastructure offer stable long-term investments and cashflows.

For this category, the judges will ideally want to see:

• a clear outline of your approach to sustainable and green infrastructure and real assets investments
• how your ESG-oriented real assets and infrastructure portfolios enhance and complement your overall long-term objectives and other asset classes
• how you seek exposure and details of mandates, recent deals and holdings
• how you manage the risks associated with real assets and infrastructure investments

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This award is aimed at larger investors that have the resources, size and capacity to pursue more direct investment strategies to build exposure to real assets and infrastructure markets and build economies of scale in multiple regions and countries. This is often in partnership with like-minded investors or industry partners. In addition to how you build and manage partnerships, the judges will be keen to see how you research and invest in target assets and who manages them both financially and operationally.

You should ideally:

• document clearly the benefits of your real assets and infrastructure strategy
• any restrictions either at institutional or regulatory level
• include examples of your portfolio, especially deals and activity
• any minimum or maximum investment values
• the types and sectors you prefer
• sourcing and building relationships with partners
• explain how your real assets and infrastructure strategy supports your long-term objectives and complements your overall portfolio
• outline how you manage the risks that your strategy incurs

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This category is aimed at investors that have built up significant investments in housing, healthcare, hospitals, schools and other forms of social infrastructure. The category can include social-impact considerations as well as financial objectives.

Ideally, for this award, the judges would be keen to see:

• a clear outline of your approach to your social infrastructure investments
• how your social infrastructure portfolios enhance and complement your overall long-term objectives and other asset classes
• how you seek exposure and details of mandates, recent deals and holdings
• how you manage the risks associated with social infrastructure investments
• any minimum or maximum investment value

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This category is aimed at investors that have built up significant investments in toll roads, airports, ports, rail and rolling stock. Shipping and aircraft leasing can also be considered. Inclusion of ESG and net-zero considerations would be welcomed.

Ideally, for this award, the judges would be keen to see:

• a clear outline of your approach to your transport investments
• how your transport portfolios enhance and complement your overall long-term objectives and other asset classes
• how you seek exposure and details of mandates, recent deals and holdings
• how you manage the risks associated with transport investments
• how you incorporate ESG and net-zero considerations and criteria
• any minimum or maximum investment value