Bank more than doubled its investments in gender-focused projects in 2021-22 Thirty-seven per cent of Bank investments in 2022 were Gender SMART Almost a quarter of Bank investments promoted equality of opportunity and human capital resilience, especially in regions affected by war and crisis The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has been scaling up its efforts to promote equality of opportunity and to increase the role of women in the economies where it invests. The successful incorporation of EBRD’s new Gender SMART process into all sectors, led to a record 37 per cent Gender SMART investments in 2022, up from 35 per cent in 2021 and 15 per cent in 2020. The process aims to achieve an investment culture driven by gender equality. As part of its climate investment and associated policy engagement, the Bank has stepped up its work to support equality of opportunity and increase the role of women, in particular. At the COP27 climate conference in November 2022, the EBRD unveiled the Gender Equality in Climate Action (GECA) initiative in partnership with the African Development Bank and l’Agence Française de Développement. GECA helps countries to better integrate gender into their national climate commitments and […]