{"id":37294,"date":"2023-03-27T20:07:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T00:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.greenmoney.com\/2025\/?p=37294"},"modified":"2023-04-27T21:47:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T01:47:26","slug":"inclusive-gender-and-climate-finance-2x-global-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.greenmoney.com\/2025\/inclusive-gender-and-climate-finance-2x-global-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive Gender and Climate Finance \u2013 2X Global Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
>> Back to April 2023 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n

Investors can drive positive change by factoring in both climate action and gender equality, according to new report from investment network 2X Global.<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\"2XA shift towards more inclusive finance that accounts for gender inequality and climate vulnerability would help tackle the world\u2019s most pressing challenges, according to a new report from 2X Global, a global organization of investors, intermediaries, and financial actors.<\/span><\/p>\n

The report, entitled <\/span>Inclusive Gender and Climate Finance: Centring frontline, underrepresented and underserved communities in investment<\/i><\/b><\/a>, outlines how an integrated approach can help investors identify new opportunities with multiple, overlapping benefits while also addressing systemic prejudices and inequities.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, investing with a gender lens would also reduce the risk of climate-related shocks, given evidence that women can be quicker to adopt climate solutions than men. Yet in 2021, female founders of clean technology businesses raised $26.1 million compared to $10 billion by male founders.<\/span><\/p>\n

Climate finance that tackles gender inequality would also diversify and strengthen the market given that women, particularly women of colour, remained overlooked by investors. In 2020, venture capital funding for women-led start-ups fell to just 2.3 per cent in the US, the report found, while Black women and Latina entrepreneurs received less than one per cent.<\/span><\/p>\n

The authors called on impact investors to use a gender, climate and justice lens to channel more finance towards social and environmental progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that inequality is a systemic risk, and yet not enough investors are accounting for this in their portfolios,\u201d<\/span><\/i> said Sana Kapadia, Director of Strategy at 2X Global and co-author of the report.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis report offers accessible pathways for all investors to shift and rethink their investment decisions, processes and strategies to drive progress towards more equitable socio-economic and ecological transformation from the ground up, which stands to benefit the entire economy in the long-term.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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