#SFTechWeek Inclusive Impact: Harnessing Diversity for Sustainable Success
In a world facing unprecedented environmental challenges and evolving social dynamics, the intersection of sustainability and gender offers a unique and transformative opportunity for investors. This talk delves into the less followed issue of unjust climate practices that disproportionately affect women, highlighting the urgent need for gender-responsive approaches in sustainability. We will explore how integrating gender equality into sustainable investment strategies drives innovation, creates value, and accelerates progress toward a more equitable and sustainable future.
Speakers:
Máire P. Walsh, Venture Partner, AiiM Partners
Nneka Kibuule, Principal, Aligned Climate Capital
Claudia Richardson, Director, Market Development & Investor Relations, NFW
Moderator: Serena Poon, Vice President, Climate Tech & Sustainability, SVB
AiiM Partners invests in early growth technology companies poised for commercialization to address sustainability challenges at scale while achieving strong financial outcomes, Building on a ten year track record investing in and achieving realized exits in the “missing middle”, where solutions often struggle to secure capital needed to scale, we are targeting the untapped potential of the $17 trillion sectors addressing sustainability. This includes biodiversity, circularity, and emissions reduction, with solutions that are poised for commercial traction. Our women-led fund has invested in four key sectors and over 50% of our portfolio companies have diverse leadership.
Aligned invests in the people, companies, and real assets that are decarbonizing the global economy and its infrastructure. We believe this is an opportunity to generate strong financial returns, while also achieving meaningful environmental and social impact. Our team works at the intersection of finance, technology, and public policy. We believe that each of these disciplines is critical to understanding this market, anticipating trends, and investing successfully. Aligned’s investment strategies are informed by this ethos and guided by a vision that the success of our firm, our investors, our partners, and the planet are all Aligned.
NFW
NFW is a circularity platform for plastic-free performance materials. While nearly everything in the built world relies on some type of plastic that began as crude oil and that will become plastic pollution, we are establishing a new material reality. We believe all materials should begin and end as nutrients, ready for the next growth cycle—true circularity.
Our multi-material platform serves a wide range of industries—from fashion and footwear to automotive and upholstery. NFW technology embeds seamlessly into existing supply chains, enabling the world’s most iconic brands to design and scale products with high-performance, plastic-free materials. NFW makes global brands more sustainable, empowering them to create without plastics. Customers include BMW, Zara and. Ralph Lauren.
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