Posts Tagged ‘diversity and inclusion’
Q3 2024 Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Funds Performance – 3 & 12-month
A small but growing number of public diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) funds have an investment philosophy centered on investing in companies with robust and public corporate diversity policies. Performance and key stats for eight funds and four indexes in this coverage set are listed in the table below. The assets under management totaled $2.0…
Read MoreInvesting 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…
Read MoreThe Rise of Endowments in Gender Lens Investing
As the investable assets of nonprofit entities, endowments comprise an important segment of institutional investment capital. A growing focus on how these assets can successfully invest in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies has shed new light on the potential for gender lens investing by endowments.
Read MoreThe Role of Shareholder Engagement in Achieving Pay Equity
Widespread gender pay inequality remains a component of the global gender gap. In the movement for gender pay equity, mandates on pay gap reporting are driving progress in some countries, while in the US, progress has come largely thanks to shareholder engagement.
Read MoreWhy Should Investors Seek Diverse Supply Chains?
In the global investment landscape, gender lens investing seeks to address a persistent global gender gap of unequal representation for women in corporate and political leadership, a widespread pay divide, and uneven progress for women and girls in education, healthcare, and economic opportunity. In 2015, McKinsey estimated that fully closing the gender gap would add $28 trillion…
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