The increasing codification of gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) requirements in individual investor policies reflects the evolving industry recognition that GEDSI considerations in investments and projects are not only the ‘right’ thing to do but can also lead to strong financial and economic results – making it the ‘smart’ thing to do.
In response to the findings of an initial scoping phase that mapped the approach of leading climate finance and capital providers to GEDSI, GCIP has developed a set of GEDSI lens criteria. This toolkit supports and further details the criteria, with the aim of ensuring that projects and project pipelines integrate GEDSI criteria across the infrastructure planning and development process.
The purpose of this toolkit is to provide guidance and tools to key practitioners in the infrastructure ecosystem so that they can design and deliver projects that meet the standards and empowerment ambitions codified in the GEDSI lens criteria. The guidance will help developers to respond to the changing investor landscape and to fill a gap by providing clear, simple, practical and user-friendly metrics to translate changing investor requirements into practical measures.
The primary target audience is project developers, mainly public sector, but it may also be relevant for private sector-entities.
