Annual Award Ceremony 2020

This award recognises the invaluable support many of our Affiliate member firms provide to the association in a variety of ways. Although this is often manifest through the efforts of one or two individuals, the award is to the firm as a whole, recognising the background support that the individual representatives can draw on.

The award is judged on a number of measures, such as significant activity in a key area, hosting of events, or consistent contribution to our affairs over a long period.

The selection of nominees is done with input from our Board, Management Committee and the AREF Team.  The Board and AREF Team then hold a vote to determine the winner.

2022: CBRE (other nominees included Aztec Group, Osborne Clark and Langham Hall)

2021: Carbon Intelligence (other nominees included Aztec and Carey Olsen)

2020: Ocorian (other nominees included: Aztec, Carey Olsen and RSM)

2019: CMS (other nominees included: CBRE, Charles Russell Speechlys, Deloitte, Vistra)

2018: Browne Jacobson (other nominees included: Eversheds Sutherland, Vistra, CMS)

2017: Intertrust (other nominees included: CMS, Osbourne Clark, Browne Jacobson)

2016: CBRE (other nominees included: CMS, Eversheds, Hogan Lovells)

2015: Eversheds (other nominees included: Hogan Lovells, Mourant Ozannes, Nabarro)

2014: KPMG (other nominees included: CBRE, Nabarro, Willis)

2013: Nabarro (other nominees included: Berwin Leigton Paisner, Deloitte, PwC)

2012: Eversheds (other nominees included: Berwin Leighton Paisner, Hogan Lovells, Nabarro)

2011: Ogier (other nominees included: Bovill, Eversheds, Nabarro)

This is a discretionary award, decided by the Board, which is not necessarily made each year, but is awarded to an individual who has gone the extra mile in terms of their personal involvement in our affairs and their commitment to the evolution of the association and the industry.  The selection of nominees is done with input from our Board, Management Committee and the AREF Team.  The Board and AREF Team then hold a vote to determine the winner.

2022: Ann Xu of CBRE Investment Management

2021: Sam Carson of CBRE

2020: Tom Pinnell of Langham Hall

2019: Guy Glover of BMO

2018: Joint winners:  Will Chetwood, Aviva & Melville Rodrigues, Charles Russell Speechlys

2017: John Forbes, John Forbes Consulting LLP

2016: No award given

2015: Paul Edwards, Legal & General

2014: Anthony Shayle, UBS

2013: Jenny Buck, Tesco Pension Investment Ltd

2012: Jenny Pidgeon, TIAA Henderson Global Investors

This award is open to all AREF Fund Members and is judged by a panel of key fund investors.

Members are invited to nominate their fund by stating, in no more than 500 words, how their fund excels in the challenges of TCFD reporting? This should include details on:

• The fund’s approach to physical and transitional climate risk.
• How the fund intends to make material progress towards Net Zero Carbon as well as transitioning the portfolio with regard to Paris Alignment for a 1.5-degrees or less world. 
• How the fund is disclosing to investors its ESG data and metrics at the asset level.

Terms and conditions:

• Papers can be submitted in any format (PDF/Word/Web).
• Up to three pieces of supporting material can be submitted to accompany your submission.
• Submissions will be treated confidentially. 
• Submission entry has now closed for 2022.

Previous Winner:

2022: Patrizia Hanover Property Unit Trust

2021:  Patrizia Hanover Property Unit Trust, for thinking outside the box on how the fund could achieve Net Zero Carbon.

2020: UBS Triton Property Fund LP, for the strength of its achievements in relation to Environmental and Social Impact.

2019: UBS Triton Property Fund LP, for exemplary governance and demonstrable ESG achievements.

Enquiries: 

For any enquiries relating to any of the awards, please contact Clare at cwhyte@aref.org.uk.