Welcome to the library
Here you will find all current resources in the portal. You can search among the full library, either via keyword search on the left side, or by choosing a filter – for example, case study, or by publisher or stakeholder pathway. Note: filters are additive: selecting multiple filters will narrow results to those that match all selected criteria.
When you do select a resource you will find a summary description of who produced it, what it is about, and for whom it is intended. You can then click a link to open it.
-
The Gender Performance Checklist Guidance from a gender-intentional investor
This report and checklist draws on rich insights from six Gender Performance Studies (GPS) that Women’s World Banking Asset Management (WAM) conducted on their portfolio... -
G-SEARCh Social and Financial Performance Indicators
The Gender-Smart Enterprise Assistance Research Coalition (G-SEARCh) is a coalition of six impact investors committed to building the business case for investing with a gender... -
Investing in an Equal Future: Triodos Investment Management’s vision on...
This paper by Triodos Investment Management presents their gender lens investing strategy, which intends to pave the way for a structured approach to gender in their selection... -
Sweef Capital Gender ROI™
The tool, developed by Sweef Capital, provides a common language around gender, and clear systems and processes with which to translate aspirations into superior financial... -
SME Gender Growth Acceleration (SG2X) Playbook
The SME Gender Growth Acceleration (SG2X) Playbook was developed by Renew Capital in partnership with USAID to provide asset managers and entrepreneurs with a set of practical... -
Gender Lens Investing Series: Gender Data
This tool is part of a series of three tools developed by MIT D-Lab and Intellecap following a co-design sprint organized to address common challenges faced by impact investors... -
Gender Lens Investing Series: Due Diligence
This tool is part of a series of three tools developed by MIT D-Lab and Intellecap following a co-design sprint organized to address common challenges faced by impact investors... -
Gender Equality Mainstreaming (GEM): For Business Growth and Impact
The Gender Equality Mainstreaming (GEM) Framework, developed by MEDA, is a practical manual and toolkit for assessing gender equality, and identifying, implementing and... -
Promoting Gender Equality through Performance-based Financial Incentives An...
This IDB Invest report aims to assess the impacts of Performance-Based Incentives (PBIs) within IDB Invest’s Blended Finance portfolio, with a focus on gender-related PBIs.... -
Common and Emerging Practices in Implementation of the Impact Principles
Hosted by GIIN, this new series of resources, Common and Emerging Practices in Implementation of the Impact Principles, provides an overview of the common, emerging, and nascent... -
Ilu Toolbox: Forging Diverse, Inclusive and Equal Businesses
The Ilu Toolbox, created by Deetken Impact and ProMujer, in collaboration with USAID, is a comprehensive resource developed by the Ilu Women’s Empowerment Fund to help companies... -
Mitigating the Risks of Gender-Based Violence: A Due Diligence Guide for Investing
Due diligence is a standard process that all investors undertake when deciding whether and how to invest in a company. This guide, created by UNICEF and Criterion Institute, is... -
Gender Lens Investing: Legal Perspectives
This report from Calvert Impact Capital and New York University School of Law's International Transactions Clinic explores how investors incorporate gender considerations into... -
Gender Sector Brief: Financial Institutions
This briefing note, produced by the British DFI BII, guides investors and fund managers to identify existing and future opportunities for gender-smart investing in the financial... -
Summary: Private Equity and Value Creation: A Fund Manager’s Guide to...
This is a summary of the report Private Equity and Value Creation: A Fund Managers Guide to Gender-Smart Investing, providing fund managers with a roadmap on how to strengthen... -
Private Equity and Value Creation: A Fund Manager’s Guide to Gender-smart Investing
Gender-smart investment strategies can help grow a company’s competitiveness, solidify its supply base, improve its human capital, and help build an overall enabling business... -
How to Measure the Gender Impact of Investments: Using the 2X Challenge...
This guidance note, developed by CDC Group in partnership with the 2X Challenge and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), provides a practical framework for investors to... -
ESG Toolkit for Fund Managers - Practical guidance for responsible investors...
British International Investment’s (BII) toolkit, shared on this website, provides guidance on integrating ESG considerations into the investment cycle of a private equity fund,... -
How do companies and funds with female owners and leaders support positive...
To better understand how British International Investment (BII's) past investments have supported positive outcomes for women, they commissioned Kore Global, a women-led... -
Gender and Climate Finance Toolkit
This 2X Global toolkit helps investors, fund managers and other stakeholders apply a gender-smart lens to their climate finance qualified investments by explaining how to...