We are most grateful to the 600+ stakeholders—including investors, standard setters, companies, funds, civil society organisations, and industry bodies—who generously contributed their expertise, insights, and time to shaping 2X Certification. Your collective dedication has been instrumental in bringing this initiative to life.

A special thank you to Danielle Burt, who served as the lead consultant during the initial phase of development, bringing significant technical expertise and playing a pivotal role in co-creating the 2X Certification Methodology for companies and funds through extensive stakeholder engagement. 

We also extend our gratitude to Julian Frede of Evolutiq Impact Advisory and Jessica Menon, along with the rest of the Equlio team, who were all instrumental in this early development and continue to be key partners.

Finally, we would like to acknowledge all the past and present members of the 2X Global team, board of directors and the 2X Global Forum, for their leadership, guidance, and commitment to advancing gender-lens investing through 2X Certification.

In addition, we appreciate the inspiration and collaboration of other important standards and frameworks which have served as a benchmark in our effort to harmonise and align with others, including;