Sentences with phrase «for board diversity»

As activist investors push for board diversity and even pay equity, new pay equity laws bring severe consequences for non-compliance.

«There's become a compelling case for board diversity,» Veta Richardson, president and CEO, Association of Corporate Counsel, noted.

According to Deloitte and the Alliance for Board Diversity, women and minorities occupied about 31 % of the board seats of Fortune 500 companies in 2016 — up from 26.7 % in 2012.

The OSC's new rules for TSX - listed companies require them to develop plans for board diversity — or explain why they haven't done so.

Not exact matches

For example, she points to Peter Grower of Bloomberg as one individual who has been rallying to encourage more board diversity in the US.

Other countries, such as the U.K., have gender diversity champions who have made excellent use of the bully pulpit, notably Lord Mervyn Davies, who is calling for 33 percent board participation by women by 2020.

The appointments are significant at a time when more and more companies are coming under fire for their lack of board diversity.

Just last week, the company faced headlines like this: Apple's mostly white board says a call for diversity is unduly burdensome and not necessary.

Specifically, the provincial government proposed forcing companies to either set up diversity policies that include specific goals for hiring female board members, or explain why they refuse to do so.

Sanchez is a member of the Asia Society's Global Talent and Diversity Council and a founding member of the Institute for Corporate Productivity's Talent Acquisition Leaders Board.

She is also a champion for diversity within the organization and serves as a member of the Women@Google board and is an executive sponsor for HOLA, Google's Latino Employee Resource Group.

She is also an active board member for the Hispanic Officer Caucus and a key sponsor of the diversity and inclusion initiatives in Walmart's supply chain.

Committed to diversity and the advancement of women and girls, Ms. Hernandez - Kakol is a member of KPMG's Women's Advisory Board and has served on the leadership team for KPMG's Network of Women.

Board members of color are charged with holding their companies accountable for the diversity of their leadership teams, for pushing to source from minority - owned businesses, and in supporting giving that addresses inclusion.

She is an Australia Day Ambassador for Western Australia, sits on the Board of Directors of the Museum of Freedom and Tolerance Western Australia, and is the Founding Director of the Whande Group, a premier diversity consultancy and program development organisation specialising in global diversity.

The decision wasn't intentionally racist or sexist, but the result was a tendency for boards to lack diversity and exclude voices that represent key constituents — employees, regulators, clients and shareholders.

CtW also calls out Netflix for its all - white board and wants greater ethnic and geographic diversity, especially given that the company its service to 130 additional countries.

«Investors» calls for greater gender diversity appear to be nudging nominating committees to find more women to serve on boards at U.S. firms.»

Bessant represents the company on a number of important topics, including diversity and inclusion, serving as an executive sponsor for the company's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride executive board and the LGBT Ally program and executive management team sponsor of the company's disability advocacy initiatives.

It wasn't until last August that Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs whose companies represent 15 million workers, specifically cited diversity at the top of its list of characteristics to consider for board composition in its Principles of Corporate Governance guide.

«The boards looked good on paper, but it's got to be diversity that's right for the company,» says Dominic Barton, global managing director of McKinsey & Co..

Such recommendations must also include a statement from the recommending stockholder in support of the candidate, particularly within the context of the criteria for Board membership, including issues of character, integrity, judgment, diversity, age, independence, skills, education, expertise, business acumen, business experience, length of service, understanding of the Company's business, other commitments and the like, as well as any personal references and an indication of the candidate's willingness to serve.

Heading into year three of the «comply or explain» regime for diversity on boards, the numbers look mediocre.

According to the Thirty Percent Coalition, which aims for women to hold 30 % of board seats in public companies, there were about 25 board diversity resolutions filed in the first half of 2015.

It's not uncommon for investors to push for increased diversity with such board proposals, Eileen Carey, CEO of Glassbreakers, which makes software to help companies improve employee diversity, tells Quartz.

The Vancouver Board of Trade is strongly supportive of the announced Action Plan for Women Entrepreneurs, as well as its promise to modernize Canada's corporate governance framework through amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act to promote gender diversity among public companies, using the widely recognized «comply or explain» model.

«[W] orkplace diversity proposals (which mostly concern rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and those seeking more diversity among corporate board members) account for 9 percent of the total number of shareholder resolutions filed so far this year.»

Senior members of the Glass Lewis research team discuss key developments for the 2018 proxy season, including EU directives, company engagement, investor stewardship, board diversity and skills, executive remuneration and non-financial reporting.

How the Message of Diversity & Inclusion is Starting to Change the Conversation Learn how State Street Global Advisors «Fearless Girl» installation came to life and subsequent efforts to spotlight the need for greater gender diversity on boards and corporate leDiversity & Inclusion is Starting to Change the Conversation Learn how State Street Global Advisors «Fearless Girl» installation came to life and subsequent efforts to spotlight the need for greater gender diversity on boards and corporate lediversity on boards and corporate leadership.

Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade, echoed Austin's sentiments and commended both Manning and Austin for their work in recruiting new board members and emphasizing diverBoard of Trade, echoed Austin's sentiments and commended both Manning and Austin for their work in recruiting new board members and emphasizing diverboard members and emphasizing diversity.

Washington, DC, November 19 --- The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) has named Benita Fortner, Director of Supplier Diversity for Raytheon Company, as Chair of the WBENC Board of Directors.

The Conference Board and Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, in partnership with The SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University, developed a scenario model that companies can use to enhance the gender diversity of their boards.

For example, the newspaper measures such things as the diversity of the faculty, staff, board members, and students at each school, «languages,» the «international reach of the EMBA,» as well as the amount of research published by professors from each school.

-- Fenwick: Gender Diversity Survey 2013 Maier flipped the research on its head by posing the question: «Why do we have to say «having 20 % of women on boards shows a positive result for companies instead of «having 80 % of men on boards shows a negative result for companies?

She has written reports for Glass Lewis including the 2011 - 2015 editions of Greening the Green: Linking Executive Compensation to Sustainability and Mind the Gap: Board Gender Diversity.

While executive remuneration and board diversity remained two of the most important governance topics in the UK, a number of other developments contributed to an upward trajectory for shareholder rights this year.

You've explicitly stated that you've not considered diversity when hiring for leadership roles in board members.

Kim also serves as a board member with the following: the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, the Community Business Diversity Council, the Women's College Hospital Investment Committee, and the United Corporation (a listed closed - end fund).

The CSA now requires Canadian issuers to either disclose formal diversity policies for their boards of directors, or explain why they haven't got a policy.

LONDON AXA Investment Managers will vote in protest against companies which do not explain how they will boost the number of women on their boards, joining growing demands for workplace diversity.

However, the evidence we are aware of for the importance of board diversity on organizational performance specifically is less strong.71 GFI's board includes members of some relevant occupational backgrounds, but we are concerned that two of its five board members are leadership staff at the same external organization.

The evidence for the importance of board diversity is somewhat stronger than the evidence recommending board sizes of five or greater, in large part because there is a significant body of literature indicating that team diversity generally improves performance.

FKG also created a diversity index, ranking companies in the Fortune 500 based on the number of women in senior management, board roles, and «pipeline» positions where rising talent can be groomed for the next level.

In fact, social conservatives in the USA, led by Christian conservatives, have fought or disagreed with religious diversity, religious equality, abolition of slavery, Suffrage, desegregation, integrating the armed forces, Brown v Board of Education, mixed race marriages, respect and equality for Jews (not in MY country club!)

The reasons for the lack of diversity in leadership are complex, but Henry says that proactively encouraging it can only be a positive thing: «The experience of the secular world confirms that diversity around the board table adds great value and makes sense.

The 100 women were selected in 10 categories, including board and management, social enterprise and not - for - profit, business enterprise, public policy, innovation, young leader, global, local / regional, diversity, and a new category, arts, sports and culture.

Russian River Valley Winegrowers Announce New Board Members and Officers for 2016 The Russian River Valley Winegrowers (RRVW), a non-profit marketing and educational organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining the agricultural diversity of the Russian River Valley, announced the appointment of Clay Gantz as the 2016 Board President...

Her contributions to the field of babywearing education include founding an independent babywearing group and working with the educational development of new educators, establishing a Babywearing International Chapter where she worked to become a Master Babywearing Educator, the President of the Chapter as well as the Education Coordinator for her local chapter, and on a National level has held such titles as BWI Board of Directors; Treasurer, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee member and BWI Accreditation Coordinator.

«Roslindale has tremendous support for diversity,» said Jennifer Madar, Board President of Roslindale Village Main Street (RVMS).

Through a collaborative process between the Family Association, Faculty Conference, Board of Trustees, staff, alumni, and other community members, the school formed a one - year Ad - Hoc Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity Committee to conduct a rigorous analysis over the course of the 2017 - 2018 academic year and draft a plan for future work.