The Care-SheTrades Impact Fund will finance women-centered companies that are either women-owned or-led, have a large female employee base, produce essential goods or services that improve women’s prosperity, and/or procure from women-owned or women-led businesses.
Transformative Gender-Impact Objectives:
1) Create non-discriminatory environments for women workers
Create a safe and harassment-free workplace for women by implementing inclusive practices and policies
2) Increase gender equality within the workplace
Provide an equitable workplace with fair wages, career advancement opportunities, benefits, and decision-making structures for women
3) Improve access to life-enhancing goods and services for female consumers
Enhance product designs and point of delivery experience through improved feedback loops with female customers
4) Increase business opportunities for women in supply chains
Promote participation of women-led businesses and producers in the supply chain through fair contractual relationships
We have aligned our impact objectives and metrics with the 2X Gender Challenge – a commitment by the G7 Donor Financial Institutions and other governments to deploy over $25b capital to improve gender outcomes for women in developing countries.
Climate Lens
Given that women are disproportionately affected by the negative impacts of climate change, we will also support investee companies that are working to address challenges arising from the intersection of gender and climate.
SDGs
Technical Assistance
CARE local in-country experts will provide technical assistance to the fund’s portfolio businesses to ensure they meet gender impact goals.
Our blended finance vehicle taps into philanthropic and mission-aligned catalytic capital to attract more traditional and commercial capital to invest in women-centered businesses.
Our holistic model economically empowers women – from women workers and consumers to supply chain business owners – and addresses gender-based violence and the intersection of gender, poverty, and climate impact as we work to shape the sector to deepen its approach to gender impact. We believe our gender justice investment strategy offers attractive returns to investors and will help identify and remove systemic barriers that hold back poor women in emerging markets to generate increased social and economic returns for all
