board diversity

SSGA finds resistance amid progress on board diversity

Sep 13, 2019

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is seeing progress in its multi-year campaign to boost female representation in the boardroom –...Read more

ESG

How California’s public companies are responding to the women on boards quota

Jun 14, 2019

Ben Ashwell

How California’s public companies are responding to the women on boards quota

Quotas are controversial. Nobody likes being told what to do, least of all directors of public companies. Politically imposed quotas...Read more

Small cap

Research: Small-cap companies least likely to set board diversity goals

Apr 11, 2019

Judith Ugwumadu

Research: Small-cap companies least likely to set board diversity goals

Just over three in 10 small-cap companies set board diversity targets, the lowest among all cap sizes, according to new data from ...Read more

ESG

Fearless Girl campaign prompts more than 400 firms to add female director

Mar 08, 2019

Ben Ashwell

Fearless Girl campaign prompts more than 400 firms to add female director

Earlier this week, the world’s second Fearless Girl statue was installed in London, just feet away from St Paul’s Cathedral. As is the...Read more

Small cap

Small-cap board diversity a decade behind S&P 500

Mar 01, 2019

Garnet Roach

Small-cap board diversity a decade behind S&P 500

Gender diversity in small-cap boardrooms is a decade behind the S&P 500, according to new research from Morningstar ahead of...Read more

ESG

SSGA expands diversity engagement in GCC countries

Jan 24, 2019

Judith Ugwumadu

SSGA expands diversity engagement in GCC countries

State Street Global Advisors’ (SSGA) Fearless Girl campaign – which has inspired companies and shareholders in the last 22 months...Read more

Regulation

SEC’s Peirce criticizes California board-diversity bill

Sep 28, 2018

Ben Maiden

SEC’s Peirce criticizes California board-diversity bill

A member of the SEC has criticized efforts to boost the number of women on the boards of Californian companies via legislation,...Read more

ESG

30% Club members hit US board diversity target

Aug 03, 2018

Ben Ashwell

30% Club members hit US board diversity target

The US chapter of The 30% Club celebrated its four-year anniversary in June with a bang – by announcing that female board...Read more

ESG

NYC comptroller calls for ‘board accountability 2.0’

Apr 06, 2018

Ben Ashwell

NYC comptroller calls for ‘board accountability 2.0’

The New York City comptroller is calling for a move toward what he calls ‘board accountability 2.0,’ having written to 250 companies...Read more

ESG

State Street Global Advisors to focus on Canadian and Japanese board diversity

Nov 15, 2017

Ben Ashwell

State Street Global Advisors to focus on Canadian and Japanese board diversity

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the $2.6 tn asset manager that installed the Fearless Girl statue on Wall Street in New York City...Read more

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board diversity

SSGA finds resistance amid progress on board diversity

How California’s public companies are responding to the women on boards quota

Research: Small-cap companies least likely to set board diversity goals

Fearless Girl campaign prompts more than 400 firms to add female director

Small-cap board diversity a decade behind S&P 500

SSGA expands diversity engagement in GCC countries

SEC’s Peirce criticizes California board-diversity bill

30% Club members hit US board diversity target

NYC comptroller calls for ‘board accountability 2.0’

State Street Global Advisors to focus on Canadian and Japanese board diversity

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