Empowering business to empower girls

Verisk Maplecroft has launched Girl Stats (www.girl-stats.org), a new data-led platform hosting the world’s most comprehensive data sets on more than 50 global development issues affecting adolescent girls and young women. The platform is designed to help companies understand where to target corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives that can improve the lives of young women globally. Verisk Maplecroft is a Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) business. 

Girl Stats is the first tool of its kind that will enable companies to better understand key development factors that allow girls to reach their full potential, including education, health and wellbeing, legal status, and employment. This intelligence will give businesses vital ammunition to help make informed responsible investment, lending, and procurement decisions that can empower adolescent girls and young women in markets across the world.  

“Research shows that investment in girls yields considerable social and economic returns for business and society alike,” says Verisk Maplecroft President Sondra Scott. “Economically empowered girls contribute to more productive societies, and Girl Stats will help businesses be part of this transformation.”

Girl Stats features:

• more than 50 data sets covering six themes in 198 countries

• statistics cover conflict, employment, education, health, legal status, and migration

• country profiles allowing users to compare data within a particular country

• in-depth country narratives on women and girls’ issues in selected emerging economies

• girl-focused CSR initiatives by industry leaders investing in girls and young women

• links to NGOs working on girls’ issues that enable business to assess partnership opportunities

Girl Stats leverages Verisk Maplecroft’s existing expertise and tools to create a powerful platform for responsible businesses wishing to better understand how their operations might affect adolescent girls.

“We’re very excited about phase 1 of the project and look forward to developing our quantitative research in this area, which can give business further insight into the situation of adolescent girls and young women globally,” added Scott. “This will begin with the launch of a new Adolescent Girls Index in early 2017.” 

About Verisk Maplecroft
Verisk Maplecroft’s data-driven solutions help multinational corporations identify, prioritise, and manage the primary risks impacting organisational resilience, sustainable sourcing, and the investment landscape. Its trusted portfolio of risk analytics and integrated team of multidisciplinary experts provide the independent insight companies need to navigate emerging challenges in a fast moving world. Verisk Maplecroft is a Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) business. For more information, visit www.maplecroft.com.

Verisk Maplecroft

Verisk Maplecroft

Verisk Maplecroft’s data-driven solutions help multinational corporations identify, prioritise and manage the primary risks impacting organisational resilience, sustainable sourcing and the investment landscape. Its trusted portfolio of risk analytics and integrated team of multidisciplinary experts provide the independent insight companies need to navigate emerging challenges in a fast moving world.

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