Child-Lens Investing
UNICEF USA’s Impact Fund for Children, in collaboration with the UNICEF Innovation Hub, and impact investment consultant, Tideline, present the Child Lens – a new way to frame investment strategies and direct capital toward advancing positive child outcomes and minimizing child harm.
Child-Lens Investing Discussion Paper
The Child-Lens Investing Discussion Paper serves as a central guiding document that investors, asset owners, regulators, standard setters, and other stakeholders may use as a starting point in learning about the child lens.
The paper includes a full framework describing the core principles of the child lens, the case for investment, an analysis of the global market landscape in context of the child lens, and a description of the current and continuously evolving child-lens investment ecosystem.
Child-Lens Investing Investor Toolkit
After reading the Child-Lens Investing Discussion Paper, interested investors can learn more about how to identify as a child-lens investor through this Investor Toolkit. This document will provide helpful case studies of child-aligned investment strategies and will give investors a high-level step-by-step guide to evaluate their own strategies against the child-lens investing framework.
Please see two component tools that can be used in conjunction with the Investor Toolkit:
This Executive Summary is excerpted from the Discussion Paper and can serve as a starting point or quick reference document for the child-lens investment framework.
Engage With Us
If you would like more information on Child-Lens Investing or have questions on how to engage further please reach out to:
Cristina Shapiro at cshapiro@unicefusa.org
Erin Egan at eegan@unicefusa.org