This Framework, developed by the Women in Finance Climate Action Group in partnership with Oliver Wyman, 2X Global and the 30% Club, is designed to help financial institutions to embed gender considerations into their climate investment decisions, to both mitigate the disproportionate impact of climate change on women and support women as change makers in the net zero transition. It is designed specifically for private institutional investors given the key role the play in financing the net zero transition. The framework provides practical guidance on target outcomes, key organisation and investment process changes, and metrics for gender-smart climate investing.

Fiduciary duty is often cited as the reason why investors and investment advisors limit the universe of investable propositions to structures and managers that are familiar and considered established. And yet we know that a significant portion of the market – investment in women setting up funds for the first-time – is currently being overlooked. Many of the most innovative funds are from emerging managers. This guide, produced by GenderSmart’s First-Time (Women and Diverse) Fund Managers Investing with a Gender Lens Initiative, is a tool for asset allocators and advisors, as well as for fund managers. It is designed to help you make the case, be inspired by leading investors who are showing the way, understand the structural solutions to backing more of these funds and structured vehicles, find deal flow, and understand how to diligence and move capital into these innovative managers.