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Charah Solutions: Best Sustainable Environmental Management Solutions USA 2020

Charah Solutions’ management and employees are committed to environmental responsibility as the company provides mission-critical environmental services and byproduct sales to the U.S. power generation industry. Charah Solutions assists utilities to sustainably manage and recycle ash byproducts generated from the

Trillium Asset Management: Best ESG Investment Integration United States 2020

Trillium Asset Management was launched in 1982 by the late Joan Bavaria, heralded as the founding mother of ESG investing. After studying the investment system — and finding flaws — Bavaria started Trillium to provide clients with options better aligned

Vancity: Most Innovative Women Entrepreneurs Programme Canada 2020

Countless studies have shown women to be profitable entrepreneurs, yet they still only claim a fraction of available global funding. Despite the record-breaking numbers of female-founded unicorns in 2019 and the all-time highs for worldwide corporate capital-raising in 2020, women’s

Walmart: Most Innovative Retailer United States 2020

Walmart has become the largest retailer in the world by giving customers what they are looking for at low, low prices. It is also the largest private employer, and as of mid-July 2020 had taken on 400,000 extra staff in

Fitch Ratings: Best Credit Services Global 2021

A leading global provider of credit ratings, commentary and research for global capital markets, Fitch Ratings is considered by many the tiebreaker amongst the major credit agencies. Often the first to spot the potential for trouble or, indeed, early signs

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board: Outstanding Contribution to ESG Responsible Transparency Global 2020

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) believes that what gets measured gets managed. Responsible investing and transparent reporting go hand-in-hand, so the San Francisco non-profit has developed — with the support of donors and the input of companies, industry associations

The Washington Post: Most Innovative News Outlet Global 2020

Founded in 1877, the Post has won 69 Pulitzer prizes, just trailing behind the New York Times. In 1950, the term McCarthyism was first coined in an unfavourable Post editorial cartoon. In the late 60s, Editor-in-chief Ben Bradlee encouraged the

DeepMind: Most Innovative AI Research Team Global 2020

Working closely with Google, and acquired by Alphabet Inc. in 2015, DeepMind believes that many fundamental scientific questions, can be answered through the problem-solving systems of artificial general intelligence. The DeepMind research team, in collaboration with Moorfields Eye Hospital, has

Amazon: Most Disruptive Retail Operations Global 2020

In Lockdown 2020, one of our most frequent visitors has been the delivery man for serial innovator Amazon. And we are pleased to see him: usually in good time, with the products we ordered and on the understanding that if

BVI Finance: Best Offshore Financial Services Provider Global 2020

With over 350,000 active companies on its register, BVI Finance represents the financial services industry of the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The platform promotes the Caribbean archipelago globally through trade events and conferences, amongst others. Enjoying a solid and long-standing

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