Ecosystem Resources

We highlight a selection of leading tools, resources and frameworks focused on gender finance and its intersection with climate investing.

This a representation of the growing body of ecosystem resources that are being created by many in the field who are advancing the practice of climate and gender investing, and developing context-specific, localised and sector-focused tools to level up overall investment processes and impact.

Gender Lens Investing

Sweef Capital Gender ROI
2X Criteria
Equality Fund (Intersectional investment Guidelines)
Value for Women - Gender Smart Nexus
ICRW gender-smart investing resource hub
Project Sage: A comprehensive scan of private markets gender lens funds (Wharton ESG Initiative) AND now Project Catalyst
Project Sage: A comprehensive scan of private markets gender lens funds (Wharton ESG Initiative)

Climate

Project Drawdown
Just transition in community context
Just transition mapping
Climate Policy Initiative landscape of global finance
Intro to climate finance
Science based targets

Climate and Gender

Seminal Gender and Climate Report
IFC guide to climate and gender
Applying a Gender Lens to Climate Investing
BII Gender Toolkit: Sector Profiles
2X Global Knowledge Hub: Gender and Climate resources

JEDI and Social Justice

JEDI Investor Toolkit
Due Diligence 2.0
Racial Equity in foundations
Equality impact investing
Just transition investment framework

Reports and Research

Disrupting Fields: Addressing Power Dynamics in the Fields of Climate Finance and Gender Lens Investing
Investing in Waste Management and Recycling with a Gender Lens: A Guide for Investors in Emerging Markets (SAGANA)
WOCAN: Scaling Gender and Climate Investments
ADB: Gender Equality and Climate Change Sectors Guide (focused on agriculture, energy and transport)
IISD Gender, climate finance and inclusive low-carbon transitions