Resources

BII has collected a wide range of tools and resources referenced throughout this toolkit, drawing on publications from FCDO, development finance institutions and multilateral development banks, UN agencies, specialist consulting firms, climate funds, business and investing associations, and other impact investing actors. You will find below all the resources we recommend for additional guidance, including on themes such as climate change, COVID-19, and gender-inclusive sourcing and procurement.

As more resources become available we will continue to update this list. Please email [email protected] for additions.

BII tools and publications

• Gender-smart investing

  • Private Equity and Value Creation: A Fund Manager’s Guide to Gender-smart Investing

• Investment process

  • Addressing Gender Based Violence and Harassment Good Practice Note
  • Gender Diversity Questionnaire
  • Gender Laws and Regulations Guidance Note
  • Investor Guidance Note
  • IC Tip Sheet
  • Mapping Gender Risks and Opportunities in Africa and South Asia

• Sector briefs

  • Construction and real estate
  • Education
  • Financial institutions
  • Food and agriculture
  • Healthcare
  • Infrastructure
  • Manufacturing
  • Off-grid solar

• Portfolio management

  • 2X Challenge Funds Eligiblity Scorecard
  • Example Gender Action Plan
  • Example Theory of Change
  • How to Measure the Gender Impact of Investments: Using the 2X Challenge Indicators in Alignment with IRIS+
  • Impact measurement and monitoring template

• Gender diversity

  • Gender neutral job description guidance note
  • Gender pay gap analysis guidance note
  • Tackling unconscious bias note

Further resources on gender

• Climate change

  • ADB: Building Gender into Climate Finance: ADB Experience with the Climate Investment Funds
  • Climate Investment Funds: Gender and Renewable Energy: Entry Points for Women’s Livelihoods and Employment
  • EBRD: Guidance Note: How private sector investment can support gender-responsive, climate-resilient development in Tajikistan
  • Energia – International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy: Gender in the Transition to Sustainable Energy for All
  • GCF UN Women: Mainstreaming Gender in Green Climate Fund Projects
  • IRENA: Renewable Energy: A Gender Perspective
  • Stockholm Environment Institute: Assessing the Gender and Social Equity Dimensions of Energy Transitions
  • UN Women, UNIDO: Gender Equality in the Sustainable Energy Transition
  • UNIDO: Guide on Gender Mainstreaming in Energy and Climate Change Projects
  • WEDO: Discussion Paper: Gender Equality and Just Transition

• Construction and real estate

  • ADB: ADB Gender Checklist: Urban Development and Housing
  • PwC: Women in Hospitality, Travel and Leisure – 2020 Edition
  • Randstad: Women in Construction: The Race to Gender Equality
  • TradeMarket East Africa: Finding New Talent in the Logistics Industry
  • UN WTO: Global Report on Women in Tourism (2nd edition)
  • World Bank: Handbook for Gender-Inclusive Urban Planning and Design
  • World Bank: Gender Dimensions of Trade Facilitation and Logistics

• Consumer businesses

  • ADB: ADB Gender Checklist: Education
  • USAID: A Guide for Strengthening Gender Equality and Inclusiveness in Teaching and Learning Material
  • USAID: Education from a Gender Equality Perspective
  • IFC: Women’s Leadership in Private Health Care
  • World Bank: Gender and Health: Barriers and Opportunities for Women’s Participation in the Private Health Sector in Africa
  • ICRW: Gender-Smart Investing Resource Hub: Healthcare
  • WHO: Addressing the Challenge of Women’s Health in Africa
  • WHO: Gender Equity in the Health Workforce (2019)
  • UNICEF: Investing in the Pathways to Employment: For adolescent girls and young women in low and middle-income countries

• COVID-19

  • BSR: Women in Supply Chains: On the Frontlines of COVID-19’s Impact
  • BSR: How Businesses Can Support Women During the COVID-19 Crisis
  • Centre for Global Development: How Will COVID-19 Affect Women and Girls in Low and Middle-Income Countries?
  • IFC: Childcare in the COVID-19 Era: A Guide for Employees
  • IFC CommDev: Gender and COVID-19: Key Considerations, Resources and Support for Infrastructure and Natural Resource Companies in Emerging Markets
  • IRC, CARE: Global Rapid Gender Analysis for COVID-19
  • UN Global Compact: How Businesses Can Support Women in Times of Crisis
  • UN WEPs: COVID-19 and Gender Equality: A Call to Action for the Private Sector
  • UN WEPs: COVID-19 and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
  • UN Women: Ending Violence is Our Business: Workplace Responses to Intimate Partner Violence in Asia and the Pacific
  • UN Women: COVID-19 Outbreak and Gender: Regional Analysis and Recommendations from Asia and the Pacific
  • UN Women: Family Friendly Work Policies in the Context of COVID-19
  • UN Women: COVID-19 Outbreak and Gender: Key Advocacy Points from Asia and the Pacific
  • UN Women: Women Count Hub
  • United Nations: Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women
  • World Bank: Gender and COVID-19 Web Brief

• Financial institutions

  • IFC: Gender Intelligence for Banks: Moving the Needle on Gender Inequality
  • ADB: Boosting Gender Equality through ADB Trade Finance Partnerships
  • Diversity VC: Due Diligence on Diversity and Inclusion in Venture Capital
  • Financial Alliance for Women: The Growing Opportunity of Women of Wealth: Defining Strategies for Success
  • Financial Alliance for Women: The Economics of Banking on Women (2019)
  • Financial Alliance for Women: The Power of Gender Data: Gender-Inclusive Digital Financial Services
  • Financial Alliance for Women: Driving Change: Achieving Gender-Balanced Leadership in Financial Services
  • Financial Alliance for Women: How to Become the Employer of Choice for Women (Summary)
  • Financial Alliance for Women: Unlocking the Potential of the Women’s Market: The Gender Diversity & Inclusion Imperative
  • Financial Alliance for Women: How Fintechs can profit from the Multi-Trillion-Dollar Female Economy
  • Financial Alliance for Women: Gender-Lens Marketing: Driving Lasting Change by Championing Women
  • GPEI and IFC: Strengthening Access to Finance for Women-Owned SMEs in Developing Countries
  • IFC: Her Home: Housing Finance
  • IFC: MSME Finance Gap: Assessment of the Shortfalls and Opportunities in Financing MSMEs in Emerging Markets
  • IFC: Banking on Women: Global Trade Finance Program
  • IFC: Venture Capital and the Gender Financing Gap: The Role of Accelerators
  • IFC and MasterCard Foundation: Digital Access: The Future of Financial Inclusion in Africa
  • ILO: Small change, big changes: Women and microfinance
  • Mercer: Gender Diversity in the Financial Services Industry
  • UNCDF: Gender Centrality of Mobile Financial Services in Bangladesh
  • UNCDF: Gender Self-Assessment for Financial Service Providers
  • UNCDF: Women’s Demand for Financial Services in Conflict and Post-Conflict Areas
  • Women’s World Banking: Access to Finance of Women-Owned SMEs in Southeast Asia
  • World Bank: Designing a Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs: Lessons from the Ethiopia Women Entrepreneurship Development Project
  • World Bank: Closing the Gender Gap: Opportunities for the Women’s Mobile Financial Services Market in Bangladesh

• Food and agriculture

  • Climate Investment Funds: Gender and Sustainable Forest Management: Entry Points for Design and Implementation
  • FAO: Country Gender Assessments: National gender profile of agriculture and rural livelihoods
  • ICRW: Gender-Smart Investing Resource Hub: Agriculture
  • IDH The Sustainable Trade Initiative: Gender Guide- Agribusiness
  • IFC: The Business Case for Women’s Employment in Agribusiness
  • IFC: Investing in Women along Agribusiness Value Chains
  • IFC: Case Study: Strengthening Women Farmers in DCM Shriram’s Sugarcane Value Chain (India)
  • IFC: Case Study: Integrating Women into the Coffee Supply Chains in Indonesia and Vietnam
  • IFC: Case Study: Women Entrepreneurs Find Business Opportunities in Nigeria’s Fast Moving Consumer Goods Sector
  • IFC: Working with Smallholders: A Handbook for Firms Building Sustainable Supply Chains
  • Value for Women: Gender Self-Assessment Tool for Agribusiness
  • Value for Women: Gender Inclusion for Climate-Smart Agribusinesses

• Gender diversity and inclusion

  • IFC: Tackling Childcare: The Business Case for Employer-Supported Childcare
  • IFC: Corporate Governance: Women on Boards and in Business Leadership
  • IFC: Trailblazers – Portraits of Female Business Leadership in Emerging and Frontier Markets
  • NVCA: Model Legal Documents
  • UK Government Equalities Office: Eight Ways to Understand Your Organisation’s Gender Pay Gap
  • UN Global Compact: WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool
  • UN Global Compact: WEPs Global Trends Report 2018
  • University of Pennsylvania: Four for Women: A Framework for Evaluating Companies’ Impact on the Women They Employ
  • Value for Women: Communications and Gender Checklist: Things to Consider

• Gender-inclusive sourcing and procurement

  • UN Women: The Power of Procurement: How to source from women-owned businesses

• Gender-smart investing

  • IFC: Investing in Women: New Evidence for the Business Case
  • Acumen: A Learn Data How to Guide: Understanding Gender Impact Phase 2
  • ADB: Gender Tip Sheets
  • African Development Bank: African Gender Data Book 2019
  • As You Sow: Tool to serach for Gender Equality Funds
  • Calvert Impact Capital: Gender Equity Underwriting Framework
  • Criterion Institute: Gender Investing Tool: Designing an Action Plan
  • Criterion Institute: Gender-Lens Investing Resources
  • Diversity VC: Diversity in Venture Capital: A Practical Toolkit for VC Funds
  • Equileap: Gender Equality Indices
  • Gender-Smart Investing: Gender-Smart Investing Reports and Tools
  • Gender-Smart Investing: Gender-Smart Investing Glossary
  • GIIN: Gender-Lens Investing Repository
  • ICRW: Gender-Smart Investing Resource Hub
  • ICRW: ICRW Methodology – Gender Scoring Tools
  • IDB: Gender Lens Investing: How Finance Can Accelrate Gender Equality in Latin American and the Caribbean
  • IFC: Moving toward Gender Balance in Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • ILPA: Due Diligence Questionnaire
  • Level20: https://www.level20.org/supporters/toolkit/
  • MEDA: MEDA Gender Equality Mainstreaming Framework
  • NVCA: https://nvca.org/ecosystem/ventureforward/
  • Spring Accellerator: Investor toolkit with a focus on girls and young women
  • University of Pennsylvania: https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/story/7-takeaways-from-project-sage-2-0-the-global-scan-of-gender-lens-private-equity-vc-and-private-debt-funds/
  • Value for Women: A Business-First Approach to Gender Inclusion
  • Veris Wealth Partners: Gender Lens Investing: Bending the Arc of Finance for Women & Girls
  • World Bank: Gender Data Portal
  • World Bank Group: Women, Business and the Law 2020 Report
  • World Benchmarking Alliance: Gender Benchmark

• Infrastructure

  • ADB: Gender Toolkit: Energy
  • ADB: ADB Gender Toolkit: Transport
  • ADB: ADB Gender Checklist: Water Supply and Sanitation
  • African Development Bank: Empowering Women in Africa through Access to Sustainable Energy
  • EBRD: EBRD Lessons on Equal Opportunity from Almatyelectotrans
  • EBRD: EBRD Safe Transport for All: Issues and operational lessons from the Egyptian National Railways
  • Energia – International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy: Women’s Empowerment and Electricity Access: How do Grid and Off-Grid Systems Enhance or Restrict Gender Equality?
  • Energia – International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy: Unlocking the benefits of productive uses of energy
  • Energia – International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy: Female Microenterprise Creation and Business Models for Private Sector Distribution of Low-Cost Off-Grid LED Lighting
  • Energia – International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy: Building the Evidence Base for Women’s Empowerment and Entrepreneurship to improve Energy Interventions’ Effectiveness
  • Energia – International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy: Mainstreaming Gender in Energy Projects: A Practical Handbook
  • ETF, IDC, ESPO and FEPORT: Recommendations on Women’s Employment in the Port Sector
  • GSMA: The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2020
  • ICRW: Gender-Smart Investing Resource Hub: Off-Grid Energy
  • ICRW: Gender-Smart Investing Resource Hub: Power
  • IEA: Energy and Gender: A Critical Issue in Energy sector Employment and Energy Access
  • IFC: Unlocking Opportunities for Women and Business: A Toolkit of Actions and Strategies for Oil, Gas and Mining Companies
  • IFC: Pursuing Gender Equality through Infrastructure and Natural Resources
  • IFC: Driving Toward Equality: Women, Ride-Hailing, and the Sharing Economy
  • IFC: Integrating Gender in Power Operations
  • IMO: Women in Maritime: IMO Gender Programme
  • Lighting Africa: Expanding Women’s Role in Africa’s Modern Off-Grid Lighting Market
  • OECD: Sustainable Connectivity: Closing the Gender Gap in Infrastructure
  • OECD: Gender Equality and Sustainable Infrastructure 2019 Note
  • OECD: Bridging the Digital Gender Divide: Include, Upskill, and Innovate
  • SEAR, Energia: Energy Access and Gender: Getting the Right Balance
  • Shell Foundation: Lighting the Way for Women: How Sustainable Energy SMEs are Adopting New Strategies to Build Gender-Inclusive Sales Teams
  • UN Women, UNIDO: Sustainable Energy for All: The Gender Dimensions
  • UNICEF: Gender-Responsive Water, Sanitaion and Hygiene: Key elements for effective WASH programming
  • World Bank: A Primer: Gender Equality, Infrastructure and PPPs
  • World Bank: Leveraging ICT Technologies in Closing the Gender Gap
  • World Bank: Mini-Grids and Gender Equality: Inclusive Design, Better Development Outcomes
  • World Bank: Getting to Gender Equality in Energy Infrastructure: Lessons from Electricity Generation, Transmission and Distribution Projects
  • World Bank: Gender Assessment, Recommendations and Action Plan: Enhancing Women’s Labor Force Participation in Road Construction, Rehabilitiation, and Maintenance in Albania
  • World Bank: Mainstreaming Gender in Road Transport
  • World Bank: Gender-Specific Impacts of Road Improvement: What Can Be Done to Ensure that Better Roads Expand Economic Opportunities for All?
  • World Bank: Women in Water Utilities: Breaking Barriers
  • World Bank: Women in Utilities: A driving Force for Workforce Modernisation – A Case Study of Three Utilities in the Danube Region
  • World Bank (ESMAP): Integrating Gender Considerations into Energy Operations

• Manufacturing

  • Deloitte: Women in Manufacturing: Stepping up to Make an Impact that Matters
  • Deloitte: Shifting Diversity into High Gear: Helping to Close the Auto Industry’s Talent Gap