Awards Entry Form:

Best Climate Action Investor

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This award will go to the fund provider or fund that can best demonstrate a strong purpose and a clear vision for how their enterprise will reduce emissions, build climate resilience and/or invest in impactful climate solutions.

Mainstream funds that are committed to climate action are eligible, as are funds focused on investing in climate solutions.

The managed investment fund provider or climate fund must be registered in New Zealand. It can be available to either wholesale or retail investors. It may be a managed investment scheme, government entity, social enterprise, not-for-profit enterprise, a collaboration, or a commercial fund. This category includes an issuer or a fund for green or climate bonds, but not a single bond issue.

This is a single award covering the categories of ‘greening finance’ (ie. integrating climate action into investment portfolios) and ‘financing green’ (ie. directing capital into climate solutions, including both reducing emissions and building resilience).

Entrants should complete the entry for either the mainstream investment fund section, or the climate solutions fund section, but not both.

An administration fee of $150 + GST is charged for each award entry. An invoice will be sent to the contact details submitted with the award entry.

Please contact awards@mindfulmoney.nz if you have any queries about the awards process.

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Fund Provider or Business Name

Name of Fund or Initiative

Website

Main contact for this award

Position in organisation

Email address

Phone number

Award entry submission

Please keep your total number of words to 2500. The judges may ignore any wording over this limit.

For Mainstream Investment Funds

Describe the aims, strategic approach to emissions reductions and overall approach to investment: - The expectations for financial risks and returns - The approach to trade-offs between emissions reductions, investments in climate solutions, risks and returns

Describe the approach to emissions reductions, including:

- Steps along the pathway towards net zero emissions and beyond, including: > Coverage of emissions measurement as proportion of the portfolio, and as proportion of asset classes > Timing of climate disclosure reporting > Coverage of invested/financed Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions > Long term target and interim targets > Sources of verification for targets (eg. SBTi) > Whether a signatory to a UN-aligned Net Zero target, and describe the pledge - Strategies to reduce emissions in portfolios – include links to engagement strategies, decarbonisation strategies etc - Progress so far in emissions reductions, including latest emissions data and most relevant benchmark, including methodologies used to assess emissions reductions and avoided emissions - Assessment of climate impact from the steps undertaken

Outline specific initiatives taken to increase investments in climate solutions within a broader investment portfolio, including:

- The aim for investments in climate solutions, and the proportion of portfolio - The rationale for the strategic approach to investing in climate solutions, including dynamics of the target investment market, an assessment of the opportunities, major assumptions and the key success factors - The process and criteria for selecting investments, and how they contribute to the aims - The research undertaken into the selection of investments in climate solutions - The scope, including the number of investments, depth of engagement with investments and scale of funding - Where relevant, the contribution from the fund manager to the climate investment, including type of funding, governance, advice or other forms of support

Examples

Provide examples of up to three key investments (for established funds) or examples of investments that are planned to be funded (for new funds).

For Funds Investing in Climate Solutions

Describe the fund and the changes that it is aiming to achieve, including: - The aim for emissions reductions or enhanced resilience from investments in climate solutions -The rationale for the strategic approach, including dynamics of the target investment market, an assessment of the opportunities, major assumptions and the key success factors -The process and criteria for selecting investments, and how they contribute to the objectives of the Fund -The research/due diligence undertaken into the selection of investments -The scope, including the number of investments, depth of engagement with investments and scale of funding -Where relevant, the contribution from the fund manager to the enterprise, including type of funding, governance, advice or other forms of support.

Outline the expectations for financial risks and returns, including:

- The fund’s aim for level of risk, returns and length of investment (eg. open or closed) - The hurdle rate of return for specific investments - The approach to trade-offs between impacts, risks and returns - Supporting evidence for financial estimates.

Describe the ways that climate impact is measured at the level of each initiative, and collectively across the fund, including:

- Methodologies used to assess emissions reductions or climate resilience - Source of information used to calculate emissions impacts or quantify resilience, and any means for verification - Integration (and measurement) of potential co-benefits, and any social and environmental risks.

Describe past or planned capital raises, including:

- Sources of funding, capital offers and summary of terms - Timing and pathway for capital raises in future.

Examples

Provide examples of up to three key investments (for established funds) or examples of investments that are planned to be funded (for new funds).

Supporting documentation

Please include URL links to any supporting documentation for your entry, such as links to articles and other content referenced in the entry. We strongly encourage you to use URLs for your supporting documentation, however if you need to email any to us please send them to awards@mindfulmoney.nz.

Declaration

All information provided to Mindful Money through the 2024 Mindful Money Awards Entry Form is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

The above declaration is true.

Yes

Terms & Conditions of Entry

- An administration fee of $150 + GST per award entry is charged. An invoice will be sent to the contact details submitted with the award entry and must be paid by 31st May 2024. - You may nominate your own business, or others. You do not have to be nominated in order to enter the awards. - All entrants must provide true and accurate information and disclose any liabilities such as business and/or tax related and/or current pending litigation, which could compromise the judges’ analysis of the business, and/or adversely affect the integrity and reputation of the Mindful Money Awards. - Mindful Money will not accept responsibility for errors or omissions reproduced in award publicity material, or for work lost or damaged. - Entrants should not make contact with the judges in order to lobby or promote their entry. - Judging will be based on the evidence provided in the initial entry. - Judges are required to declare any conflicts of interest. - Judges and Mindful Money staff sign a confidentiality agreement requiring that the information submitted will not be used for any other purpose than the judging process. - Once shortlisted within a category, supplementary information may be required. - Finalists and winners agree to being involved in publicity related to the awards, including photo and other media opportunities with sponsors, judges and Mindful Money staff. - A representative of category finalists must be available to attend the Awards ceremony at the Maritime Room in Auckland CBD on 14th June in person. - Mindful Money reserves the right and shall be permitted at all times to use at their discretion any material submitted for the Awards, on the Mindful Money website and in promotional and educational material for the purposes of generating awareness and publicity about the annual awards events.

I have read the Terms & Conditions of Entry and agree to comply with them.

Yes

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