SELI Coding System Learning Module

Developed as part of Canada's Social Finance Fund (SFF) by the Government of Canada, SELI is Canada's national framework for social equity and gender lens investing. Building on established global frameworks, it functions simultaneously as an assessment tool and a roadmap. As an assessment, it provides a structured way to classify investments as Social Equity Lens Investments or Gender Lens Investments. As a roadmap, it helps organizations track their equity progress and offers pathways for them to deepen their practices.

To support people to apply the framework, our partners at Kore Global have developed the SELI Learning Module – a practical capacity-building resource designed to build clearer understanding of how the SELI Coding System can be interpreted and applied in real investment and reporting contexts.

It was designed primarily for SFIs and SPOs with investment in the SFF, but the underlying questions it tackles – how to assess and advance social equity and gender equality practices with rigor and consistency, how to think about evidence and intentionality, and how to support organizations at different stages – are relevant well beyond the SFF.