Can Impact Investing Close the Gender Wealth Gap?

There is often much talk of the gender pay gap when it comes to financial inequality. However the issue of the gender wealth gap is equally, if not more, important – with investment playing a key role.

So, as impact investing gathers momentum do we have a unique opportunity to use its growth to help close the gender wealth gap? If we can ensure gender parity with those invested in impact assets now, women’s wealth will rise as the value of impact investing does.

While research shows women are more interested in sustainable investing than men, this webinar aims to shine a light on how women can turn that interest into action and why that’s important and urgent.

As Sir Ronald Cohen, “the father of British venture capital”, recently said – ‘investors that are stuck in the model of just risk and return will quite simply lose out.’ Impact investing is an opportunity women cannot afford to miss – for the sake of themselves or society.

Join us as we explore this topic with a stellar panel of experts in this space.

• Meganne Houghton-Berry – NED, Mentor and Angel Investor, UKBAA Angel of the Year 2017/18
• Olivia Sibony – Co-founder & CEO at SeedTribe, government advisor at the DIT, Board member at the Mayor of London’s Women in Cleantech steering group and UCL’s FastForward 2030
• Cleona Lira – Independent Financial Adviser, ethical investing specialist