GENDER ACTION PLAN

The Gender Action Plan for the Avaana Sustainability Fund aims to integrate women into India's climate-tech sectors, specifically sustainable resource management, mobility and supply chains, and sustainable agriculture and food systems. The plan operates across three levels: the fund level, targeting a workforce that is over 50% women and an investment pipeline where over 30% qualify under the 2x gender framework; the portfolio level, requiring Gender Action Plans for each portfolio company to improve gender performance and targeting over 30% aggregate female workforce participation by 2027; and the ecosystem level, providing capacity building, mentorship, and networking for female founders.

• The fund aims to establish a gender-integrated investing platform by maintaining a workforce that is more than 50% women and ensuring that over 30% of its investment pipeline meets the 2x gender framework criteria.
• At the portfolio level, the fund will require every portfolio company to develop a Gender Action Plan within 90 days of investment closure to serve as a baseline for improving gender performance, rather than as a screening tool.
• The fund targets an aggregate female workforce participation of over 30% across its portfolio, a goal to be tracked and measured starting in 2027.
• To support the broader ecosystem, the fund will implement capacity-building activities for female founders, including annual 'Office Hours' sessions, half-yearly networking sessions, and one annual ecosystem-wide gender sensitization event.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2024). GENDER ACTION PLAN. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap037-gap.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. GENDER ACTION PLAN. 2024. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap037-gap.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2024gender, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{GENDER ACTION PLAN}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2024}, month = mar, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap037-gap.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }