Posts Tagged ‘climate action’
Gender Equality + Climate Investment Criteria
In 2021 we introduced our gender lens investment criteria and related them to the three ESG pillars. Here we update our combined gender equality and climate-focused criteria for investee entities. See the figure below. Clear boxes on the figure indicate our compilation of gender lens investment criteria, while green boxes add a climate focus. This…
Read MoreQ1 2022 Review
Gender Lens Investing Q1 2022 examines the first quarter 2022 performance and composition of gender lens equity funds and offers overviews of DEI equity funds and gender lens fixed income vehicles. The review explores the dynamics shaping publicly available gender lens investing: Updating our Scorecard Rankings, and Applying a Gender Lens to Climate Funds.
Read MoreQ1 2022 Overview – Renewable Energy Funds: Through a Gender Lens
Climate crises disproportionately affect women and girls across all demographics, but especially in developing economies. Subject to persistently higher poverty (and extreme poverty) than men, women and girls are also more likely to be impacted by climate disasters. In fact, 80% of those displaced by climate change are women, according to UN statistics. Due to ongoing worldwide…
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