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Investing in Women: Counting Versus Valuing

by Athena Global | Aug 24, 2021 | Blog, Gender Lens Investing, Indigo Phibbs, Publications

By Indigo Elliot Phibbs, BIDUK MEL Specialist Gender has long been a hot topic in impact investing. With a growing number of people using social and environmental lenses to inform their investment decisions, gender has taken centre stage in social considerations....

IPCC Report on Climate Change: Don’t Despair, Make Changes

by Athena Global | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog, Climate and Environment, Resources

It’s very bad, but curbing emissions will help By Robert Hurst, Athena Global The recent IPCC Report on global heating didn’t provide a great deal of new information for anyone who has been paying attention so far, but it hit the news with some confusion. The...

3 Fundraising Principles for Business Owners

by Athena Global | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog, Daniel Marantika, Resources

By Daniel Marantika, BIDUK Business Development Manager Personally, the topic of funding businesses fascinates me quite a lot. There is no shortage of materials that you can find online and in libraries about funding, about fundraising, and about corporate finance. It...

Exit Interviews: Learning Through a Client Feedback Loop

by Athena Global | Jun 30, 2021 | BIDUK, Blog, Gender Lens Investing, Indigo Phibbs, Publications, SME/SGB

By Indigo Elliott Phibbs, BIDUK Learning and Communication Specialist Monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) has become a well-accepted standard in any impact-focused industry. It is the method used to track and benchmark your progress towards increased impacts...

Tip Sheet: Practical Considerations for Gender Lens Investing (GLI)

by Athena Global | May 22, 2021 | Gender Lens Investing, Resources

By Athena Global Download a PDF version of the following Tip Sheet: Practical-Considerations for Gender Lens Investing Download Gender Lens Investing (GLI) is the intentional act of making investment decisions and adopting processes and policies that will have a...

Gender DD Topics

by Athena Global | May 21, 2021 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Gender Lens Investing, Publications, Resources

As part of a project completed in March 2020 for a major investor, Athena developed the following short framework to begin assessing the role of women and the level of gender equity within a company, to be submitted along with other DD requests. The guide (pdf) can be...