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International Women’s Day:
Meet the female founders making a difference
How three female entrepreneurs are leading agents for change beyond business.
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International Women’s Day:
Meet the female founders making a difference
How three female entrepreneurs are leading agents for change beyond business.
Coutts is proud to mark International Women’s Day by celebrating three leading female entrepreneurs who have championed diversity, inclusion and gender equality through their businesses.
Our 440 Strand window display depicts three women who have sought to make change, not only by demonstrating the inherent value of gender diversity in business leadership but also by developing their companies as B Corps.
Like Coutts, their B Corp journeys share the mission to make environmental, social and governance changes that bring profit with purpose. Companies that operate by enshrining the importance of diversity and inclusion can act as positive agents of change for an inclusive and prosperous society, as well as potentially benefitting through greater economic growth.
Their success shows the importance of good change, today and everyday.
Watch Tamara, Sally and Annabel join Absolute Collagen’s Maxine Lacey and Liane Kynaston in a panel discussion with our head of Responsible Investing Leslie Gent. Together, they discuss their B Corp journeys, the value of diversity and whether gender equality can benefit the global economy by $28 trillion.
How Coutts is investing in gender equality
Gender inequality is one of the reasons we set up the UK Enterprise Funds in partnership with BGF, the UK’s most active investor in female-led businesses. The Funds specifically invest in high-potential growth companies across the UK, supporting initiatives and executive coaching for female-led businesses and encouraging diversity within management teams. This gives under-represented entrepreneurs better access to capital and networking schemes, priming them for further growth and investment. Today, across the two UK Enterprise Funds, we have raised more than £80m, with approximately 21% of this going towards female-led businesses versus industry norms of 2-5% (Coutts February 2023).
If you’re looking to invest through the fund, contact the team by emailing UKEnterpriseFund@coutts.com.
This information is intended, and is only appropriate, for financially-experienced, high net worth individuals who:
- are capable of electing to be a Professional Client (as described in the FCA rules)
- are comfortable with higher-risk investments
- understand the nature and risks associated with the type of investment described herein
- conduct their own due diligence and analysis
When investing, the value of your investments, and the income you receive from them, can go down as well as up and you may not get back as much as you invested.
the rose review
As part of the NatWest group, we’re also proud to support the Rose Review. In 2023 NatWest CEO Alison Rose DBE and Kevin Hollinrake MP revealed that more women than ever launched a business in 2022, stating: “At the heart of the Rose Review is our goal to unlock the £250 billion of new value that could be added to the UK economy if women started and scaled new businesses at the same rate as men.”
WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’s DAY – NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY.
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