In 2018, we published our first Gender Equality Position Statement which set out our initial gender-smart investing strategy. Three years later, in 2021, we published our updated Gender and Diversity Finance Position Statement, renewing our commitment to gender-smart investing and our ambition to invest for broader diversity outcomes.
Following the implementation of these strategies, we published Closing the gap: Lessons from six years of investing in women.
The report presents BII’s journey as a gender-lens investor. It features examples of businesses we’ve partnered with across our portfolio, our achievements, and the lessons we’ve learned along the way. It also provides insight into ongoing challenges faced by our markets in addressing gender inequality and the opportunities gender-lens investing poses for addressing them.
