Earth Active: Excellence in ESG Risk & Investment-Advisory UK 2025

Earth Active earns the 2025 Excellence in ESG Risk & Investment – Advisory Award (UK), recognising its leadership in transforming complex environmental and social risk considerations into rigorous, decision-grade insight that enables responsible and resilient capital deployment across emerging markets. This award further underscores the firm’s pivotal role in strengthening ESG performance in regions where robust advisory is essential. 

This distinction reflects Earth Active’s ability to integrate global expertise, both in-house and through a trusted network of specialist associates, with deep, on-the-ground experience. Its multidisciplinary teams operate across the Middle East, Central and Southeast Asia, Africa, and Europe, delivering assessments that combine technical excellence with practical operational understanding. Through this approach, ESG considerations are embedded as core drivers of project viability, long-term performance, and investor confidence, reinforcing the firm’s reputation as a trusted leader in ESG advisory.

By identifying and mitigating environmental and social risks at the earliest stages of the project lifecycle, Earth Active strengthens governance and delivers enduring environmental outcomes. The company is widely recognised for supporting developers in structuring capital aligned with the IFC Performance Standards and the Equator Principles, ensuring best-practice improvements that extend well beyond individual transactions. Earth Active also plays a key role in screening prospective transactions on behalf of lenders, enabling early identification of material ESG risks and supporting informed credit and investment decisions at origination, a capability that has become increasingly valued as ESG expectations continue to evolve globally.

Earth Active has earned a distinguished reputation among leading lenders for consistently delivering focused, actionable ESG advice that safeguards value while enabling essential infrastructure development. Through this work, the firm plays a critical role in directing capital toward sustainable growth and responsible environmental stewardship in regions where robust ESG advisory is indispensable, positioning the company as an influential contributor to sustainable finance. The award also acknowledges Earth Active’s sustained commercial success, including consistent revenue growth of approximately 30%, underpinned by their disciplined analytical framework that isolates material ESG risks and translates them into practical, commercially relevant insights for financial institutions and project developers. This growth further reflects strong client confidence and the increasing demand for high quality ESG risk advisory.

The Capital Finance International (CFI.co) Judging Panel congratulates Earth Active on being named recipient of the 2025 Excellence in ESG Risk & Investment – Advisory Award (UK), affirming the confidence and trust placed in the firm by its clients, partners, and the wider investment community. The panel commends Earth Active’s ongoing contribution to advancing ESG standards and enabling responsible investment across global markets.