Media

The latest Heading for Change articles, interviews and thought leadership pieces.

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  • Opinion: Fund managers go beyond dealmaking to build the field of climate and gender investing

    How funds Heading for Change is investing in are driving systemic change by shaping the environments in which their investments operate. These fund managers aren’t just moving money - they’re building pipelines, broadening access, and fostering long-term resilience. Read the full piece here.

  • Heading for Change backs five fund managers that put a gender lens on climate investing

    Heading for Change expands its portfolio with five fund investments in Asia, Africa and Latin America, bringing its total number of investments to 12. Read the full article in Impact Alpha.

  • Podcast: Sana Kapadia on bringing a gender lens to "The Finance COP" in Baku

    Sana joined ImpactAlpha’s David Bankon the latest Agents of Impact podcast to talk about bringing a gender lens to what's being called the 'Finance COP’ before heading to Baku. Listen to the episode here.

  • 10 Programs On Green Finance To Watch At Climate Week NYC 2024

    Forbes includes Heading for Change, UBS and Impact Alpha’s event at Climate Week NYC in its list of ‘10 programs focused on climate and green finance that business leaders should watch’. Read the full list here.

  • Interview: Women are coming up with the solutions that are needed to solve the climate crisis

    Sana talks to PA Futures about the intersection between gender and climate, sharing some success stories from the HfC portfolio, and explains why bringing gender + climate together will give women the capacity to enact change in the world. Read the full interview here.

  • There are many ways to put a gender lens on climate investing

    In the run up to Climate Week NYC ImpactAlpha’s Liist of impact funds that are actively raising capital highlights the range of approaches fund managers are taking to address the climate + gender nexus. Read the full article here.

  • Women of Impact: Sana Kapadia on pioneering gender-smart climate funds

    Why investing in women fund managers, scientists, and entrepreneurs isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s essential for tackling climate change. Read the full interview on Equities.com.

  • Podcast: Gender-Smart Climate Finance with Sana Kapadia

    Sana talks to the Business Fights Poverty podcast about what gender-smart climate finance means in practice and the ways in which it can make a difference during the green transition. Listen to the episode here.

  • FT Letter: Gender lens investing is still a work in progress

    Heading for Change’s Chief Catalyst, Sana Kapadia, writes a letter to the Financial Times in response to a recent critique of gender finance. Read the full letter here.

  • Podcast: How to Unlock Inclusive Climate Finance with Sana Kapadia

    Heading for Change’s Chief Catalyst, Sana Kapadia, shares her insights on integrating a gender lens to unlock more inclusive and equitable climate finance, for the Be & Think in the House of Trust podcast. Listen to the episode here.

  • Heading For Change: Driving Climate Solutions Via Innovative Funding

    Forbes contributor Monica Sanders wrote about Heading for Change’s investment approach. Read the full article here.

  • In Latin America, investors see economic opportunities through a gender lens

    Heading for Change is on the hunt for Latin America-focused managers investing at the intersection of climate and gender. Read the full article in Impact Alpha.

  • Suzanne Biegel endowment fund makes first investments to tackle gender inequality and climate crisis

    Heading for Change, the $3.5 million climate endowment set up by the late gender-smart investing pioneer Suzanne Biegel, has made its first five investments. Read the full article in Alliance Magazine.

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    Opinion: Every investor should be a climate investor

    The world needs a three- to six-fold increase in investment in climate solutions to limit global temperature rises to 1.5°C. It’s time for investors to stop standing on the sidelines. Read the full piece in Investment Week.

  • Opinion: It’s time for philanthropists to step up on climate finance

    We need to address the flow of capital across the entire global finance system away from fossil fuels and towards effective climate solutions, biodiversity, nature, and a just transition. Read the full piece in Alliance Magazine.

  • Podcast: Facing the Shortness of Life

    In confronting the end of her life, Suzanne has found a clarified vision around how to spend her time, live into her purpose, and speak truth. Listen to the episode here.

  • Interview with Suzanne: ‘It took me having a fatal illness to come back to my original self’

    As she faces a terminal diagnosis, Suzanne Biegel is more impatient than ever to get money moving to where it matters. And her legacy project is deeply personal – and a source of joy. Read the full interview on Pioneers Post.

  • Suzanne Biegel launches legacy project as she reveals cancer diagnosis

    The launch of Heading for Change, a new climate and gender-focused endowment fund. Read the full article on Pioneers Post.

  • With climate + gender fund, Suzanne Biegel is heading for change

    If and when we have met the climate challenge, a key success factor will be clear: women. Read the full article on ImpactAlpha.

  • Suzanne's GreenBiz column

    Suzanne’s gender-finance column for GreenBiz (now Trellis Group). Suzanne’s work has influenced hundreds of funds and institutional investors, and billions of dollars of capital to move with a gender-smart lens. Read her articles here.

  • What will it take to bring climate and gender finance together? Lessons for investors and policymakers

    Suzanne’s LinkedIn article shares insights from five experts from different parts of the investment ecosystem who are moving their capital with a climate and gender lens. Read it here.

  • Investing in the Blue Economy with a Gender Lens

    Suzanne joined the Sasakawa Peace Foundation at the Reykjavik Women’s Forum, for a conversation about the role of women in promoting a sustainable blue economy - and how investors and financial markets can fuel their efforts. In her LinkedIn article she a list of private markets funds investing at the intersection of oceans and gender, as well as some innovative women-led and women-impact companies doing work in the blue economy. Read it here.