Cities
Examples of gender-smart climate finance indicators for the sustainable cities sector include:
Direct criteria
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Women-owned or women-founded companies in green infrastructure for sustainable cities
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Share of women in senior management or share of women on the Board in companies focused on green infrastructure for sustainable cities or in funds* (e.g. city planning, construction, transport and operations companies)
* For funds this also covers the share of women in the Investment Committee
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Share of women in the workforce accessing green jobs in the urban infrastructure sector (e.g. women drivers of electric buses)
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Programmes to access jobs and enhance employment benefits (e.g. training for and safety measures for women drivers of electric buses)
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Increase in access to green infrastructure and services by women using a gender assessment and action plan (e.g. street lighting, green spaces, green homes, transport and utility services, access to green mortgages)
Indirect criteria
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On-lending facilities: percent of the DFI loan proceeds going to companies that focus on green infrastructure for sustainable cities, that that meet the 2X direct criteria
Funds: percent of portfolio companies that are in the green infrastructure for sustainable cities sector and that meet the 2X direct criteria
** For investments through financial intermediaries, it is assumed that the investment already qualifies under the climate-finance criteria used by the investor