Parallelle® FemLed: Companies
The following 944 publicly-traded companies have either: (a) at least one woman in a key leadership role (Board Chair, President, CEO, CFO or COO), or (b) at least 50% female board representation (i.e., board gender parity). There are 42 countries and 67 industries represented. The relevant U.S. Fortune 500 and Global Fortune 500 lists of…
Investing with an LGBTQI Lens
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investors are placing a growing focus on how corporations address diversity and inclusion. As part of these efforts, LGBTQI lens investing seeks to spotlight issues of sexual orientation and gender identity such as LGBTQI rights, equality, and representation in leadership. While a recent landmark US Supreme Court ruling protects LGBTQI workers…
Q4 2020 Overview – A Call to Action: Aligning Gender Lens Investing and ESG
Gender lens investing (GLI) is a thematic environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy that is inspired by women in leadership (WIL) and related gender equality criteria. The primary publicly traded GLI equity funds available to individual investors include 12 global and 16 regional funds that together closed out 2020 with US$2.67 billion in assets under management…
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Applying a Gender Lens to Affordable Housing
In the midst of a widespread US housing shortage, affordable housing is constrained in cities of all sizes—an issue made worse by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While men are more likely to experience homelessness, inadequately housed women face unique challenges that highlight other gendered inequities. Yet to incorporate a gender lens into US housing investments in a…
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