Women Take the Lead in Impact Investing

Isabelle Millat, Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions, Société Générale

With women becoming ever more wealthy, they also tend to invest more in women, respectively in projects that in one way or other benefit other women – irrespective of whether the put their money into companies managed by women or companies that promote a broader gender diversity.

Unsurprisingly, they are leading promoters of gender lens investment, in investment approach focused on boosting female business or companies that promote the equality of genders.

Ebba Lepage, Head of Corporate Sustainability, Lombard Odier

In the future, a generation of investors will emerge that will likely value the ecological argument and will want to have a positive influence on the environment through their investments. A corporate culture that helps younger women emerge through the ranks and make a career in banking may therefore be beneficial for banks and wealth managers.

Deborah Winshel, Global Head of Social Impact, Blackrock