Gender, Diversity, and Sustainability

This forward-thinking book explores how women entrepreneurs and diverse founders contribute to addressing grand global challenges, from climate change to social inequality, through innovative, inclusive enterprise. By applying a gender lens, the book uncovers how entrepreneurial actions and ecosystems can foster empowerment, resilience, and equity while advancing sustainability goals.Drawing on international research and case studies, leading scholars and practitioners provide academic insights with practical perspectives, offering readers a rich understanding of how gender-responsive entrepreneurship and policy can drive transformative change. The book’s core argument is that sustainable entrepreneurship is a set of practices and possibilities shaped by context, institutions, and the social positions of the women at their centre. With its frameworks linking gender, enterprise, and sustainability policy, the book also considers the intersectional and structural barriers facing women entrepreneurs and how to overcome them.This is an essential read for academics and postgraduate students in entrepreneurship, gender studies, sustainability, and innovation. It is also greatly beneficial to policymakers, business leaders, and sustainability specialists designing gender-responsive sustainability initiatives and aligning business strategies with gender equity and ESG priorities.