Sentences with phrase «women on boards in»

A report from the University of Calgary and Alberta Securities Commission shows the number of women on boards in that province is on the rise, but the oil patch has a long way to go compared to other sectors.

«I believe that the «comply or explain» approach will, over time, lead to stronger representation of women on boards in Canada.

In a recent proposal put forward to Canada's major banks, Quebec - based shareholder rights group MÉDAC (Mouvement d'éducation et de défense des actionnaires) asked the Big Five to commit to achieving equal representation between men and women on their boards in 10 years.

There have been a variety of studies showing that women in leadership roles equates to better company performance, including a report from Credit Suisse that says that companies with more than one woman on their boards have outperformed those with no women on their boards in the stock market.

«Britain has the lowest gender pay gap on record, there are more women in work than ever before, more women - led businesses than ever before and there are now women on every board in the FTSE 100.

Not exact matches

Earlier this year, for example, Judy Zaichkowsky of Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business published a study indicating that the presence of just one woman on a company's board resulted in significantly higher standards of corporate governance (which has an established correlation to better financial performance).

British bank Barclays recently started issuing exchange - traded notes on the NYSE Arca exchange (similar to ETFs, only they are derivatives guaranteed by the bank rather than invested in the underlying securities) that track a Women in Leadership index of U.S. companies whose CEOs are women or whose boards are at least one - quarter feWomen in Leadership index of U.S. companies whose CEOs are women or whose boards are at least one - quarter fewomen or whose boards are at least one - quarter female.

«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 boardIn 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 boardin London and a member of the steering committee of the 30 % Club, which works to get more women on corporate boards.

For a number of years, I had been on the board of Project Hope, which operates a shelter and provides services for homeless women and children in Boston.

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.

Women's under - representation on boards and in top management positions has long been the subject of academic study and, more recently, public policy.

About 100 Boardlist candidates (some of whom already sit on not - for - profit, for - profit, or advisory boards, and the vast majority of whom live in the U.S.) were asked a number of questions about their experiences in business, and also about the fact that so few women serve on corporate boards.

Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in busiWomen and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in busiwomen leaders in business.

The numbers have nudged up from 15.9 % in 2013, when Catalyst Canada surveyed the number of women on Financial Post 500 boards, and new comply - or - explain regulations initiated by the Ontario Securities Commission will likely push the statistics higher now that companies are required to disclose female representation on boards and in senior management.

In 1992, she became the first African American woman to travel to space as a crew member on board the Space Shuttle Endeavor.

In 2012, women accounted for 19 % of board seats on U.S. companies.

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.

This opinion piece from The New York Times editorial board — part of a larger series on gun violence that also looks at the horrific statistics on the murder of women in the U.S. — focuses on the «boyfriend loophole,» something that may be familiar to regular Broadsheet readers.

At the White House's first United States of Women Summit in 2016, Buffett confessed that he only thought to put a woman on the Berkshire Hathaway board in 2003 — nearly 40 years after taking over the company — by the suggestion of his wife Susie.

In the same time period, in the U.S., the percentage of women on boards actually fell, from 21 to 20 percenIn the same time period, in the U.S., the percentage of women on boards actually fell, from 21 to 20 percenin the U.S., the percentage of women on boards actually fell, from 21 to 20 percent.

According to the census, approximately 40 % of companies (177 in 2011) had no women serving on their boards — a shockingly high number.

«We're trying to dispel the myth that the underrepresentation of women on corporate boards is a supply problem,» says Deborah Gillis, the CEO of Catalyst, which has a mission of accelerating the progress of women in the workplace.

However, it is worth noting — as Fortune did in a March analysis — that Airbnb has no women on its board.

Sandy Carter, a tech veteran and a founding board member of WITI (Women in Technology International), learned a valuable lesson when one of her mentors pointed out that she always ate lunch at her desk, missing out on valuable opportunities to build relationships and advance her career.

But in the end, does it actually matter to have that many more women on boards?

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.

When I first joined the board [in 2010], there were two other women on the board out of 10 people.

I've served on several boards and in each case I've been one of just a few women in the room.

In Canada and the U.S., the number of women on boards of publicly traded companies sits at about 20 %.

The funds include the Pax Ellevate Global Women's Leadership Fund, which invests in companies that have two or more women on their boWomen's Leadership Fund, which invests in companies that have two or more women on their bowomen on their boards.

However, Columbia University's Katherine W. Phillips and others mentioned in the HBR story on women directors point out that while diverse boards that are not properly managed may «create distrust and dissatisfaction,» homogeneous groups don't come to any better solutions.

Circular Board is intimate in nature — no more than 10 women participate in one 12 - week cohort — and highly collaborative: Participants join a peer group and meet weekly (or more) via videoconference to share ideas, offer feedback and give progress reports on their business development.

In Canada, women make up 14.6 % of the overall board members at companies listed on the TSX Composite index, which is up almost 4 percentage points since 2008.

The food, beverage and tobacco industry came in a distant second on the list, with women comprising 21.2 % of sitting board members on average during that roughly six - year period.

On average, women currently make up 18.7 % of the boards at S&P 500 companies, which is up from 16.3 % in 2011.

«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.

Fourteen women sent a letter to Uber's 11 - member board on Thursday insisting that the startup let their class action lawsuit alleging assault or harassment by Uber drivers go forward in open court.

More than half of the issuers (56 %) in the survey sample have adopted formal policies addressing the representation of women on boards — and they've been swift about it.

Did you know that out of the current crop of «Unicorn» companies, less than 10 have a woman on the founding team, and only a small percentage include any women in their advisory boards?

Last December, the Ontario Securities Commission introduced new rules that requires firms to disclose the percentage of women on their boards and in executive positions.

Liberal legislation that received royal assent today means publicly traded companies are now required to disclose the number of women and others from equity - seeking groups, such as visible minorities, on their boards and in senior management.

All the industry giants have been criticized for continuing to have such low numbers of women on the board, in management positions or even in the workforce in general.

Speaking at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Broader emphasized the criticality of such preparations for boards in 2017.

Mr. Brickman and his wife, Patrice, are involved in many philanthropic causes, including Neediest Kids and Visible Men, where Mr. Brickman sits on the Board, the National Center for Women and Children, Stepping Stones Shelter, the Barbara Bush Foundation Celebration of Reading and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

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.

Last week, The Vancouver Board of Trade submitted additional feedback to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) regarding proposed regulatory changes that would increase the involvement of women on corporate boards and in senior management positions.

VBOT becomes only major business organization in Canada with more women than men on its board of directors

The Canadian Board Diversity Council reports that women hold 21.6 % of seats on FP500 companies, up marginally from 19.5 % in 2015.

Submission to the OSC re: OSC Staff Consultation Paper 58 - 401 Disclosure Requirements Regarding Women on Boards and in Senior Management