Sentences with phrase «on board gender»

The policy summarizes in one document the views on board gender diversity that CCGG has expressed in the past and sets out CCGG's current position on this issue.

Mind the Gap: Board Gender Diversity in 2014 is Glass Lewis» annual review on empirical findings from our research on board gender diversity in 14 different markets.

Not exact matches

«In the financial industry, there's been a lot of debate, post — financial crisis, around different approaches to risk and gender difference,» says Brenda Trenowden, global head of funds at ANZ Banking Group in London and a member of the steering committee of the 30 % Club, which works to get more women on corporate boards.

Ellis and partner Nikolay Djibankov use a strategy called Gender Lens Investment, which targets companies with at least three women on their boards of directors, in the creation of a so - called «parity portfolio» for clients.

Today's appointment by Independence Group of its first female board member has taken it off the list of ASX200 companies lacking female representation on their boards, although four other Western Australian businesses remain among those still to adopt gender diversity at board level.

Even when comparing the sexes with the same job title at the same company and using similar education and experience, the gender pay gap persists across the board: Men earned 2.4 percent more than women on average, down slightly from last year, according to a study by salary - tracking website PayScale.

Going into 2017, 21 on the list had total gender parity, and 42 company boards had between 40 percent and 50 percent women.

Recently, Equilar, a research firm that focuses on board recruitment, put together a Gender Diversity Index and predicts that the board of directors on the Russell 3000 list — the 3000 largest companies based in the United States — will achieve parity, with a membership made up of 50 percent women and 50 percent men, by the fourth quarter of 2055.

The Equilar Gender Diversity Index looks at the female representation on the boards of the biggest companies in the United States.

«There shouldn't be less than 40 % of either gender on any board.

By moving in the direction of having publicly traded companies have a policy that includes consideration of gender representation on boards and in senior management, we hope that they will really take that issue seriously, that they'll consider how they're finding people to be on their boards, how they're moving women through senior management roles and making them eligible for boards appointments.

Canada's seventh - largest — and largest foreign - owned — bank, with more than $ 90 billion in assets and $ 2 billion in annual revenue, the company under her watch has become an exemplar of gender diversity, with equal numbers of men and women on the board and in senior management.

I should add, however, gender is only one dimension of diversity, and it's important boards focus on multiple dimensions of diversity.»

And many of the companies without policies said they choose to make appointments based on merit, not gender — despite mounting research that demonstrates a strong business case for more women on boards.

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

The report from proxy advisory group Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), called «Gender Diversity on Boards: a Review of Global Trends,» shows that the number of females among new board nominees at the largest U.S. companies has been steadily climbing in recent years.

«While women still make up less than 20 percent of U.S. boards on average, movement toward greater gender parity is evident with the proportion of new nominees that are women nearly doubling over the past seven years at larger firms,» Kamonjoh said in a statement.

A new study shows that one place where gender diversity seems to be flourishing is on the boards of large U.S. companies.

Aspiration evaluates mutual fund companies across three categories — social, environmental, and governance programs — and will choose to work with them only if they have committed to more employee training to reduce safety violations on site, reducing their carbon emissions, or increasing gender diversity at the board level.

Other current fixations seem equally ready for their un-tipping point: gender targets on corporate boards, anti-GMO food complaints, green energy - subsidies, and social licences for mining companies.

Ever since the Ontario Securities Commission implemented a rule last year that TSX - listed companies must address gender diversity on their boards or explain why they haven't, corporate Canada has been scrambling to hire female directors.

The government - backed report from Lord Mervyn Davies, who has been championing gender equality in the boardroom, shows that FTSE 100 companies have exceeded the target of having 25 % women on their boards — more than doubling the number in 2011 when the target was set.

June 10, 2015 - OSC Chair Howard Wetston was quoted in the Financial Post about his remarks at the CCGG AGM with respect to gender diversity on boards.

June 10, 2015 - OSC Chair Howard Wetston was quoted in The Globe and Mail about his remarks at the CCGG AGM with respect to gender diversity on boards.

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 leadership.

The model can be used to examine the gender diversity implications of four key governance decisions on the composition of corporate boards.

Companies that have more women on their boards and in their senior management teams aren't just opening doors to gender equality.

She is a sought - after speaker on the topics of leading large - scale cultural change, transformational leadership, brand building, cultivating high - performance teams, creating cultures of diversity and inclusion, harnessing talent, gender equity on boards, women in the c - suite, and women in high - growth entrepreneurship.

Aspect Ventures plans to be gender - blind in its investments and hiring, but the two cite numerous statistics on how companies with female executives and board members tend to perform better.

It's a welcome thing, to be sure, in a landscape that are largely dominated by men — the lack of gender and racial diversity among VCs and entrepreneurs and even on tech boards has become a hot - button issue in Silicon Valley.

-- 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?

In addition, a recent study by the executive data firm Equilar tracks perceptible progress among boards of companies on the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index in reaching gender diversity.

The new group aims to amplify and coordinate efforts to accelerate gender parity on boards and in executive positions, and contribute to...

The IGOPP policy paper recommends that Canadian companies strive for a minimum of 40 % representation of both genders on their boards.

As an organization committed to gender balance on our own board of directors, we find the equal number of qualified men and women appointed to the cabinet to be both appropriate and prudent.

Following the announcement of a parliamentary committee to study electoral reform with a special emphasis on gender equity and inclusiveness, a growing number of supporters have come on board the campaign for proportional representation.

Sure, many things have changed in the show since the Carter administration (directors, staging, gender swaps) and many terrific actors have tread the boards of Victorian London (even NBA superstar Scottie Pippin graced the stage for a walk - on!).

Just hours before the meeting began, the board decided to table a vote on a gender policy aimed at making district school's more accommodating to transgender students.

Also at 11:30 a.m., Rep. Carolyn Maloney announces a bill to increase gender diversity on public corporate boards, Clement Restaurant, The Peninsula New York, 700 5th Ave., Manhattan.

«More and more people are beginning to understand the gender imbalance on the City Council as a governing problem,» explained Elizabeth Crowley, 21 in» 21's Board Chair and a former Council Member from Queens.

ALBANY — As Gov. Andrew Cuomo assails gender imbalance on corporate boards, one state legislator is attempting to address a similar problem much closer to home.

The long - discussed issue of the Buffalo School District's gender identity policy was voted on at Wednesday night's meeting of the School Board, and the meeting ended in celebration.

On Thursday, the City Council approved a bill requiring the Department of Small Business Services to survey and study the gender, ethnic, and racial makeup of executive - level staff and board members of companies that contract with the city.

The debate about whether transgender students should be allowed to use restrooms that align with their gender identity is now before the Buffalo School Board — and the group is getting fierce pressure from those on both sides of the issue.Nearly 150 people turned out at Wednesday's meeting to have their say on the proposed policy.It was a discussion marked by emotional com...

The debate about whether transgender students should be allowed to use restrooms that align with their gender identity is now before the Buffalo School Board — and the group is getting fierce pressure from those on both sides of the issue.

The Santa Clara County Office of Women's Policy will be releasing data on the gender ratio of women on county boards and commissions.

DiNapoli and the Fund are members of the Thirty Percent Coalition, which seeks greater gender diversity in public company boardrooms and has a goal of 30 percent female representation on publicly - held corporate boards.

He promised to introduce gender - equality legislation requiring an equal male / female representation in the Scottish Cabinet and on the boards of Scottish - based companies, and planned to appoint a Cabinet Minister for Women.

Her efforts needed to be particularity fierce, as she constantly was in the position of having to defend her masculinity against the sailors on board, who became increasingly suspicious about her gender.

She is a leader in efforts to improve access for girls and women to STEM education and careers, serving as the co-chair of the Gender Advisory Board of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development.