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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...

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...

Finding the Right Words: Indonesian Language

by Athena Global | May 7, 2021 | BIDUK, Blog, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Publications, Resources

By Reyhan Fachry, BIDUK Program Officer Ross: “What is Chandler Bing’s job?” Rachel: “Oh-oh-oh he’s a transpons—a transponster!” Monica: “That’s not even a word!” This scene is certainly one of the most memorable scenes from the American television sitcom...

Battle of the Abbreviations: SME vs. SGB

by Athena Global | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog, Gender Lens Investing, Resources, SME/SGB

By Robert Hurst, Athena Global Is your business large enough to be considered Small? At Athena two very important abbreviations have been battling for supremacy, and finally one has come out on top. We’ve decided to use the term SGB (Small and Growing Business) rather...