Suzanne Biegel
Gender Smart Investing
Suzanne Biegel is the founder of Catalyst at Large and a global leader in gender-smart investing. She leverages her deep networks in finance, philanthropy, development, research, and entrepreneurship to connect public and private investors to the people and information they need to move their capital in a gender-smart way. Biegel's mission is to increase the flow of global capital to gender-smart investments and initiatives, to make sure this capital is used in ways that will generate the most impact, and to ensure that it reaches the entrepreneurs and innovators who need it in the most efficient way possible. To do this, she works with actors spanning the entire spectrum of investment to forge catalytic relationships, build collaboratives, and transform the entire system of global capital. Her work has influenced hundreds of funds and institutional investors, and billions of dollars of capital to move with a gender-smart lens.
Climate finance must center frontline, underrepresented and underserved communities
Frontline communities have been underrepresented and underserved in climate resiliency efforts to date, mirroring their underinvestment in the investment field as a whole. Read More
The time to invest in gender is now: A call to action for climate financiers
Bringing a gender lens to climate investments improves their efficacy across all fronts, including finance, sustainability and equity. Read More
Unleashing the power of gender-smart climate investing in developed markets
With little capital flowing in established economies, and increasing urgency, the time to move money in this direction is now. Read More
Leveraging gender for smarter infrastructure investment
It is only through diverse, actively engaged teams at every level that we will build infrastructure that meets the needs of this century. Read More
When it comes to climate resilience, gender matters
Bringing a gender lens to climate resilience investments will help identify and mitigate potential risks. Read More
Can you go climate smart and gender smart in the public markets?
A handful of leading-edge asset managers have created vehicles that are tackling both simultaneously. Read More
Why savvy sustainable bonds are integrating a gender lens
A number of private companies are already incorporating gender into their sustainability-linked bonds, as part of their broader ESG commitment. Read More
When it comes to solving for climate change, race and gender matter
Paying attention to gender race and ethnicity in climate investments is critical, lest we risk investing in products that don’t meet the needs of the people they’re trying to serve, and in founder teams that don’t fully understand the problems they’re working to solve. Read More
When private equity funds meet gender and climate
A scan of the funds prioritizing women and climate issues. Read More
Private climate investment needs to get intentional about gender and equity — here’s how
Decision-makers don’t reflect the diversity we need for a just transition. Read More
