The Financial Centres for Sustainability network has outlined ten objectives which involve the signatories bringing gender considerations into their decision-making, strategies, and operations over the next year.
The goals include improving access to finance for women-led or owned companies, setting targets for female representation in financial systems and providing more gender focused education programmes. The United Nations Development Programme's FC4S was set up in 2017 with a mandate to promote sustainable financial development and took on a gender promotion remit in 2021.
The Minister of State for Financial Services Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said"it has the potential to significantly advance gender equality, not just in financial services, but more broadly across the globe."