Endowments as a Tool for Transformative Change

Criterion has created this briefing to support civil society actors, donors, and others to analyze and identify how endowments might enable the use of systems of finance as formidable tools to bring about social change and advance social justice.

5 Companies That Illustrate the Possibilities for Eradicating Gender-Based Violence

Power Dynamics in Ecosystem Building: Gender Lens Investing in Sri Lanka

Growth, Resilience, Investment and Training (GRIT) is a six-year initiative funded by Global Affairs Canada to address the economic gap for women’s empowerment particularly in Northern Sri Lanka.

Portfolio of Insights: How investing in with a Gender Lens Can Benefit Sri Lanka's Social and Economic Recovery

To support GRIT’s goal of building a gender-responsive entrepreneurial ecosystem, Criterion developed a portfolio of insights to expand thinking and perceptions around how finance could be used for social change.

Eight Reasons Gender is Material to Sri Lanka's Economic Stability and Growth

Sri Lanka is currently in a phase of economic and social recovery following its severest crisis post-independence — a civil war followed by an economic crash.

Reframing accelerators and incubators as systems changers

As the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Sri Lanka takes shape, incubators and accelerators can play an important role by moving beyond a focus on specific entrepreneurs to a broader field-building or ecosystem approach.

Investing to shift power: advanced practices of Africa's investment leaders

We have worked with many amazing fund managers in Africa and have seen them adopt practices that are fundamentally about shifting power. This article – the first in a series showcasing advanced investment practices on the Continent - illustrates three of these practices and highlights the investment leaders who are already implementing them (and how). We also suggest how asset owners can ask for these practices from their own fund managers.

Framing (and Reframing) Gender: Key Messaging Guidelines

This document outlines language and terminology that is commonly used to frame conversations about gender lens investing.

Convergence XXI Social Media and Promotion Kit

Social Media Promotional Kit for Convergence XXI