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Starquest Capital won PRI Awards for Emerging Markets Initiative of the Year

2019-09-12    04:00

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PRI in Person, a leading global conference on responsible investment, was held on September 10th, 2019 in Paris. Winners of the PRI Awards, which attracted much attention, were announced at the conference. After screening by a panel of judges, who scored entries against detailed, category-specific criteria, five winners stood out from 2500 PRI signatories. Starquest Capital with LP base of China Reform, CITIC Bank, Sequoia Capital, Futian Guiding Fund and China’s internet giants, won the “Emerging Markets Initiative of the Year award”, being the first Chinese private equity investment manager as well as the only Asian institution who won the award this year.

 

The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is an investor initiative in partnership with UNEP Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact. Launched by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the PRI is a set of voluntary best practice principles to assist investors in integrating environmental, social and corporate governance issues into investment processes and ownership practices. By the time of PRI in Person, PRI has close to 2,500 signatories representing $82 trillion AUM.

 

PRI in Person has a history of 12 years, and is a global conference where PRI signatories and other investment professionals can learn, network and collaborate over a three-day period. The 2019 PRI in Person took place in Paris, and is set to be the biggest yet, with 1,700 delegates and six streams of content. During the conference this year, French President Emmanuel Macron has sent a congratulatory video to the forum and called for international cooperation on global environmental governance.

 

During the PRI in Person, leadership in responsible investment is recognized by the PRI Awards and Leaders' Group. Specifically, the PRI Awards, one of the most distinguished honors on responsible investment, recognizes individually excellent projects conducted by PRI signatories. The aim of the PRI awards is to highlight innovation and impact, encouraging all signatories to learn from each other's successes. 2500 signatories from 60 countries around the world could apply for this award.

 

In August 2019, 24 signatories coming from 11 countries have been shortlisted and 5 out of 24 have finally won the awards. The case study “Green Fund of Fund – Innovative ESG Strategy with China Characteristics” submitted by Starquest Capital, won the award of “Emerging Markets Initiative of the Year". Another four winners include Rockefeller Asset Management(USA), Amundi (France), First State Super (Australia) and MN (Netherlands).

 

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Emerging Markets Initiative of the Year

 

If you are interested in ESG investment, or would like to know more about this PRI Award, please feel free to contact us. We look forward to joining forces with you to promote the long-term sustainable development in Chinese equity investment market.

 



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ESG Committee, Starquest Capital

Email:esg@starquestcap.com

Address:Suite 5201, China World Tower 3-A, Chaoyang  District, Beijing, China 100004

 

See the full article of the case study "Green Fund of Fund – Innovative ESG Strategy with China Characteristics"

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