Empowering women to catalyze climate finance
We are committed to empowering women as changemakers in the climate finance ecosystem, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation to drive impactful solutions for the global climate crisis.
What We Do
Our Mission is to “move the dial” in providing financial solutions to the climate crisis by creating a space for developing trusted relationships, knowledge sharing, transformative collaboration, personal development, learning and innovation for women in climate finance globally.
Our Strategy
Support
Knowledge sharing
& Learning
Cross-sector &
cross-country collaboration
Develop talent in
climate finance
Leadership &
Policy action
Events
From Farmland to Bioeconomy: Canada’s Multi-Asset Ag Opportunity
Food and agriculture are moving from overlooked, niche investment categories to strategic platforms for economic resilience, climate adaptation and national competitiveness. Canada has many of the structural ingredients to lead: abundant land and water, deep agricultural expertise, strong research capabilities, and trusted global trade relationships. However, it has not yet fully converted those advantages into scaled domestic innovation, processing capacity, or bio-industrial infrastructure.
The emerging opportunity set extends well beyond farmland. It spans ag-tech, food processing, controlled-environment agriculture, biological inputs, precision fermentation, circular waste-to-value models, low-carbon infrastructure and AI-enabled hard science. These opportunities sit at the intersection of several investable themes: food security, supply-chain resilience, climate transition, water efficiency, industrial competitiveness, and domestic value creation.
The key investment question is no longer whether agriculture matters, but how capital can help close Canada’s commercialization gap: moving promising technologies from pilot to scale, building processing and biomanufacturing infrastructure, and retaining more value, IP and company growth domestically. For investors, the sector offers a compelling mix of essential demand, long-duration assets, innovation-driven productivity upside and growing relevance to both climate and national-security mandates. To access the full report join WCF here.
A Conversation with Dr. Sarah Kapnick, Global Head of Climate Advisory, J.P. Morgan
We had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Sarah Kapnick for a private WCF event on June 3 — a conversation on where climate, finance, and geopolitics intersect. A couple of takeaways:
The future effects of climate change are already hitting today’s bottom line — the firms and investors who build climate into everyday strategic decisions will lead; those relying on historical patterns risk falling behind.
The biggest risks — and opportunities — are showing up in physical infrastructure and supply chains: the power grid, food and agriculture, and the ports that move global trade.
Navigating Change with Confidence: Climate Finance Today
WCF partnered with EY during Toronto Climate Week to convene members for a candid discussion on the opportunities and challenges shaping the market today. Members shared perspectives on where investors are finding conviction, the hurdles facing companies and projects as they scale, and practical ways to accelerate adoption of climate solutions. As is often the case, the discussion quickly moved from challenges to solutions, with participants exchanging ideas on topics ranging from heat pump adoption and consumer engagement to innovative financing structures for commercial-scale climate projects. Thank you to Oksana Chikina (EY Canada) and Michelle Li (Women & Climate) for their partnership.
Catalyzing Change: Women Leading the Way in Climate Finance
Alongside the UN Principles for Responsible Investing “PRI in Person” conference, we
hosted our first pan-Canadian event to celebrate the critical contributions of women in
the climate finance sector. The event brought together thought leaders and industry
experts to explore how women are shaping the future of climate finance.
Demystifying Impact / Sustainable Investment and Taking Action: Turning Goals into Reality
This Lunch and Learn session, hosted by National Bank, featured Belissa Rojas from
Fondaction Asset Management. Participants explored key sustainability concepts and
actionable strategies for embedding impact goals into business practices.
Saddle-Up for Sustainability with WICIF
As part of New York Climate Week, WCF members joined Women in Climate Investing
& Finance for "Saddle-Up for Sustainability." The gathering provided an opportunity for
Canadian women in climate finance to meet their US counterparts.
Join our community
The WCF community brings together women, inclusive of non-binary and trans people who are:
- influencing the deployment of either investment capital or catalytic capital;
- active in their efforts to deploy investment capital towards solutions advancing the decarbonization transition.
- important decision-influencer for capital deployment in their organization