by Carl Ocab | Jan 22, 2019
HO CHI MINH CITY—South East Asia business leaders who have committed to promoting gender equality in their workplaces have gathered here on 17-18 January for the first ever Regional Business Summit led by Investing in Women (IW), an initiative of the Australian...
by Carl Ocab | Dec 20, 2018
The gender equality landscape is mixed in ASEAN, with the Philippines named one of the best-performing countries in World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2018 published Tuesday while six countries in the region landed in the bottom half of the rankings. The...
by Carl Ocab | Dec 17, 2018
Ho Chi Minh City—Three Vietnamese companies on Wednesday became the first in the country to receive EDGE Certification, the leading global assessment methodology and business certification standard for gender equality. EDGE Certifications were awarded to Southern...
by Carl Ocab | Dec 14, 2018
Business Coalitions supported by Investing in Women in Indonesia and the Philippines have signed licensing agreements to exclusively prepare companies for EDGE Certification in their countries. EDGE is the world’s leading assessment and benchmarking methodology and...
by Carl Ocab | Nov 23, 2018
Over 150 investors, business leaders, the diplomatic community, and representatives of family offices and foundations in South East Asia joined exclusive discussions on 12 to 16 November. Impact investing is defined as investments made with the intention to generate...