As a Judge on the UNPRI Awards Panel for 2025, In|Flow reviewed 16 projects in the Innovation in Responsible Investment Strategy and Recognition for Climate Action categories. Two of these projects were shortlisted.
MSCI
MSCI’s GeoSpatial Asset Intelligence service uses AI-powered data collection to support investors in understanding and acting on physical climate risk in investment portfolios, loan books and insurance pricing. The submission describes partnerships that support and strengthen this tool, including Swiss Re, WWF and Google Cloud.
“The MSCI GeoSpatial Asset Intelligence project is highly relevant and strategically well-structured, given current trends in climate finance, regulatory alignment, and the evolution of physical and nature-related risk assessment. Traditional portfolio-level risk models fall short in a world where climate and nature risks are location-specific. Investors and regulators alike now demand granular, asset-level insights.”
Constance de Wavrin, Founder of In|Flow
EMK Capital
EMK Capital is a growth-focused PE firm that invests in mid-market businesses. The submission outlines EMK’s approach to integrating climate throughout its process – covering areas including the use of SBTi targets, investing in climate solutions, and integrating climate action plans across the investment lifecycle and working on collaboration with investee businesses.
“EMK Capital offers a strong alignment with Emerging Climate-Related Imperatives and SBTi with a focus on the Built Environment & Circular Economy. EMK Capital’s move to use absolute emissions reduction for portfolio target-setting is highly aligned with real-world decarbonisation goals, as advocated by SBTi, GFANZ, and TCFD-aligned initiatives. (…) The modular framework across Governance, Strategy, Decarbonisation and Fundamentals, helps structure company engagement and capability-building beyond compliance. The only suggestion would be to incorporate adaptation opportunities by following the same process.”
Constance de Wavrin, Founder of In|Flow