Mirova's team seeks to exploit the market efficiencies born out of equity markets' underestimation of the growth opportunities created by transformational, long-term secular trends. It does this by building portfolios of companies that can outperform the market and produce greater sustainability impact.

Its multi-thematic investment approach focuses on identifying and capitalizing on future megatrends and targets companies well-positioned to benefit from demographic, governance, technological, and environmental transitions over the next decade.

Since its inception in 2013, the manager's Global Sustainable Equities Strategy has grown to over $15bn, attracting significant interest from among the world's largest institutional, private banks and wholesale clients.

The manager both selects companies that are changing the future and chooses companies that can adapt to a changing future, and also evaluates companies' management practices, as it holds stocks for an average of 8 to 10 years. For these reasons, the firm takes the 2026 Insurance Asset Risk equity manager of the year award.