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Methodology

Global Finance will select the winners of the Sustainable Finance Awards 2027 based on independent research and submitted entries. Editors use a proprietary algorithm to weigh both quantitative and qualitative factors, including sustainable finance policy and standards, published targets and progress against them, year-on-year volume and market-share growth, third-party validation, landmark initiatives, and measurable environmental and social impact.

Entries are required for consideration in the Global and Regional categories. Entries are not required but are strongly suggested for the country awards, as they materially improve the chances of success by providing context, performance data, and evidence of client engagement, relationships, and innovation that may not be publicly available.

Stage 1: Editorial Review and Initial Screening

Global Finance will narrow the field based on each institution’s capability and relevance within the specific category entered, including:

• Relevance and depth of activity in the exact category entered, supported by clear volume and

market-share evidence

• Category-specific leadership, shown through the quality, scale, and credibility of activity

Stage 2: Final Editorial Assessment

Finalists will be evaluated on:

• Sustainable finance policy, standards and exclusions

• Published sustainable finance targets and demonstrated progress against them since the prior year

• Third-party validation, including ratings from bodies such as S&P Global, Standard Ethics, or MSCI, and rankings from Refinitiv, Dealogic, or Bloomberg

• Landmark initiatives, transactions, or product debuts from the review period that best demonstrate

innovation, impact, and alignment with the institution’s stated goals

• Measurable environmental and social results, including quantified impact and year-on-year volume and market-share growth

In the event of a tie, editors will give greater consideration to local providers over global institutions and private-sector banks over government-owned institutions. Winners will be the institutions that best serve the specialized needs of their sustainable finance clients within each category.

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Section 3: Submission Details

Please respond to each question below. Strong entries are specific, evidence-based, and clearly demonstrate impact. Where possible, support your answers with data, outcomes, and real examples. Each response should be no more than 1,200 words unless otherwise indicated.

1. Volume, Market Share, and Global Coverage(Required)

Demonstrate your standing in the markets and segments you serve and the scale of your sustainable finance franchise. Explain how your proposition fits your target clients and how clearly you stand apart from peers. Where relevant, include: • Sustainable finance volumes, including GSS+ instruments like green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds and loans, and their coverage across regions and client segments. • Market share and ranking, supported by league-table positions, third-party comparisons, and independent benchmarks (where available). • Geographic presence, with evidence such as the number of markets served, regional capacity for structuring, and local entity footprints. • Role within the sustainable finance ecosystem, detailing differentiation and alignment with client needs at regional or global scales.

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Provide links to press releases, product pages, news coverage, app store listings, or other publicly available resources that support your answer above. Please include a brief label for each link. (maximum 8 links)

Supporting Materials

Use this section to upload additional evidence and links to publicly available resources that support your entry. Global Finance upholds the highest standards of data security to protect all confidential submissions. Accepted formats: PDF, Excel, Word | Max file size: 20MB

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2. Commitment to the Sustainable Finance Business(Required)

Describe the breadth, relevance and depth of your sustainable finance offering, and the resources you dedicate to it. Where relevant, include: • Published sustainable finance targets and mobilization goals, along with clear evidence of your progress against them since the prior year — including year-on-year growth in the number, volume, and value of relevant loans and issuances. • Your sustainable finance policy and standards, including stated exclusions and the sectors or projects you will not finance, and how these commitments shape your activity in the category entered. • The depth and relevance of your offering within the category, supported by dedicated teams, structuring capacity, and leadership focus — plus any third-party validation, such as ratings from S&P Global, Standard Ethics, or MSCI, or rankings from Refinitiv, Dealogic, or Bloomberg. • Client-focused approach: demonstrate use of tailored solutions, segmented frameworks, and personalized advisory models to meet diverse client needs effectively.

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Provide links to press releases, product pages, digital content, news coverage, app store listings, or any other publicly available resources that demonstrate or support your answer, above. Please include a brief label for each link. (maximum 8 links)

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3. Innovation and Infrastructure(Required)

Describe new or enhanced products, structures, systems, or processes introduced to better serve clients in the category entered, and the client problem each one solved. Where relevant, include: • Product launches, frameworks, or partnerships that demonstrate meaningful innovation and measurable market impact within the category. • Originality and differentiation through first-to-market instruments, pioneering structures, or proprietary solutions. • Structuring and operational infrastructure — including framework development, second-party opinions, and the systems that support credible origination and execution. • Effective use of ESG data, carbon accounting, and disclosure tools to boost transparency, traceability, and measurement accuracy.

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4. Execution Skills and Client Experience(Required)

Describe how you deliver a high-quality, consistent client experience across channels and how strong your execution and advisory capabilities are. Support your response with service, sentiment, and engagement evidence. Where relevant, include: • Indicators of client experience and execution quality: client surveys, industry rankings, case studies, and third-party awards (publicly available sources welcome). • Execution capability: proven ability to manage complex transactions, including precise framework development, second-party opinions, and successful placement. • Quality of the client journey: seamless onboarding, consistent advisory access, and uniform service delivery across geographies and client segments. • Advisory depth: expertise and responsiveness of client-facing teams in navigating regulatory changes and market complexities.

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5. Results, Impact, and Performance(Required)

Provide a clear, well-supported account of the results you achieved during the review period and why they matter. Connect your initiatives to measurable outcomes for clients and the business. Where relevant, include: • Performance indicators from public sources such as annual reports and investor materials, including issuance volumes, market-share data, and progress against published targets • Year-on-year volume and revenue growth during Q3 2025 – Q2 2026, highlighting client expansion within the category • Up to three landmark initiatives, transactions, or product debuts from the review period that best demonstrate impact and alignment with your stated goals • Measurable environmental and social outcomes, such as emissions reductions, renewable capacity financed, resilience delivered, and community outcomes achieved • Strategic execution through progress on priorities like new market entry, technological advancements, and expanded client segments

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Section 4: Global Specialist Categories

This section provides an opportunity for you to include further information related to the global specialist categories for which you are applying. Complete this section only for the categories you selected for consideration, without repeating core material. Keep responses brief, evidence-based, and focused on the review period. Clearly label any confidential information. Include responses for each global or regional category for which you wish to be considered — name the category at the top of the response.

1. World’s Best Bank for Sustainable Finance

Make the case for your institution as the strongest overall sustainable finance franchise globally. Explain how your capabilities across products, markets, client segments, technology, and impact form a coherent global proposition — where your competitive advantage is most pronounced and how your global sustainable finance strategy has evolved during the review period. Editors want an integrated argument for global leadership, not a summary of individual strengths.

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2. Sustainable Finance Deal of the Year

Present the single transaction that best demonstrates market leadership, structuring innovation, and measurable impact during the review period. Explain the client problem, the structure and instruments used, the use of proceeds, and the environmental or social outcomes achieved.

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3. Best Impact Investing Solution – Bank

Describe your bank-led impact investing capabilities, including capital deployed with measurable social or environmental impact, outcome-measurement methodology, and named examples completed during the review period.

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4. Best Impact Investing Solution – Non-Bank

For asset managers, fund managers, and investment platforms outside the traditional banking sector, describe capital deployed under a defined impact mandate across private equity, venture capital, private debt, or infrastructure — including outcome measurement and named examples during the review period.

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5. Best Platform for Sustainable Finance – Bank

Describe your bank-led platform capabilities enabling access, distribution, structuring, or execution of sustainable finance, including client adoption, workflow integration, and measurable outcomes during the review period.

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6. Best Platform for Sustainable Finance – Non-Bank

For ESG data providers, carbon management platforms, climate intelligence and risk tools, and enterprise sustainability software providers, detail how your platform enables sustainable finance decisions — including data integrity, adoption, and client impact.

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7. Best Bank for Circular Economy Finance

Describe your capabilities financing circular economy activity — including resource efficiency, reuse, and waste-reduction models — covering structuring expertise, client solutions, and measurable outcomes during the review period.

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8. Best Bank for Community Finance

Highlight the services, tools, and solutions designed to support communities — including microcredit, social-impact lending, and inclusion-focused programs — and the measurable community outcomes achieved.

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9. Best Bank for Sustainability Transparency

Detail your leadership in sustainability disclosure and transparency — including reporting quality, framework standardization, disclosure-regime alignment, and independent verification of reported figures.

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10. Best Bank for Sustainable Infrastructure and Project Finance

Highlight your capabilities financing sustainable infrastructure and projects — including renewable energy, clean transport, and resilience assets — covering deal scale, structuring expertise, and measurable outcomes.

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11. Best Bank for Sustainable Finance in Emerging Markets (Global Award Only)

Provide evidence of your expertise mobilizing sustainable finance in emerging markets — covering market breadth, blended-finance structures, local market knowledge, and specialized solutions for clients in these markets.

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12. Best Bank for Climate Adaptation and Resilience Finance

Provide evidence of genuine pipelines and products in adaptation and resilience financing — including flood-resistant infrastructure, climate-smart agriculture, parametric insurance, and coastal protection — with measurable outcomes achieved.

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13. Best Bank for Green Finance

Detail your green finance capabilities across green bonds and loans — including issuance and arrangement volume, framework quality, use-of-proceeds allocation and reporting, and named landmark transactions completed during the review period.

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14. Best Bank for Social Finance

Describe your social finance capabilities across social bonds and loans — including issuance and lending activity, framework design, target beneficiary outcomes, and the measurable social impact achieved during the review period.

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15. Best Bank for Sustainability Bonds

Outline your sustainability bond capabilities, covering combined green and social use of proceeds, framework alignment, and measurable outcomes achieved for clients during the review period.

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16. Best Bank for Blue Finance

Provide evidence of your blue finance expertise across ocean and water-related bonds and loans — covering use of proceeds, framework development, and measurable environmental outcomes in this specialized and increasingly recognized market.

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17. Best Bank for Transition and Sustainability-Linked Finance

Describe your instrument-led capabilities across sustainability-linked loans and bonds, including KPI and target design, structuring innovation, and safeguards against greenwashing. Set out how you help clients build credible transition frameworks aligned with recognized standards and science-based decarbonization pathways, with a focus on your track record in hard-to-abate sectors such as steel, cement, chemicals, aviation, shipping, and power. Where relevant, include named transactions, third-party validation, and the measurable emissions or transition outcomes achieved during the review period.

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18. Best Bank for ESG Loans

Detail your ESG loan capabilities, including volume and year-on-year growth, structuring expertise, and the credibility of the KPIs and targets underpinning your facilities. Provide measurable evidence of how these loans supported clients’ sustainability objectives during the review period. Where relevant, include named transactions, framework alignment, third-party validation, and the measurable outcomes achieved.

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19. Best Multilateral Institution for Sustainable Finance (Global Award Only)

Make the case for your institution’s role mobilizing and scaling sustainable finance — including blended-finance structures, capital mobilization, and development impact achieved across markets during the review period.

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Section 5: Additional Supporting Materials

Additional Supporting Materials

Please upload any additional materials that you feel help strengthen your submission. You may submit case studies, client testimonials, marketing collateral, product documentation, or any other materials that support your entry. Accepted formats: PDF, Excel, Word | Max file size: 30MB

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Additional Supporting Links

Please provide links to any additional material that you feel help strengthen your submission. You may submit case studies, client testimonials, marketing collateral, product documentation, or any other materials that support your entry.

Section 6: Declarations

Please read and confirm the following statements before submitting your entry.

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