More women than men appointed to supervisory boards for the first time
2 years, 3 months ago

More women than men appointed to supervisory boards for the first time

NL Times  

Dutch listed companies have for the first time appointed more women than men as supervisory directors. At the 89 listed Dutch companies, the percentage of female supervisory directors rose this year from 33 percent to 38 percent. Since Jan. 1, 2022, the legal quota of at least one third woman and at least one third men on the supervisory board of Dutch listed companies has been in effect. The companies with the fewest female directors and supervisory directors are usually relatively small listed companies, including RoodMicrotec, GeoJunxion and Value8.

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Fewer women in corporate leadership roles, judiciary, says report
4 months, 1 week ago

Fewer women in corporate leadership roles, judiciary, says report

The Hindu  

The representation of women in corporate decision-making roles remains inadequate with only 34,879 women holding senior management positions in 2023 as compared to 1,86,946 men. In other managerial positions in corporate firms, there were 7,38,949 women as compared to 18,60,348 men, the data sourced from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for the report shows. Though the number of women in …

Women's Quota in listed companies having an effect: CPB
9 months, 1 week ago

Women's Quota in listed companies having an effect: CPB

NL Times  

The women’s quota for supervisory boards of listed companies in the Netherlands is having an effect. It states that at least one-third of the members of listed companies’ supervisory boards must be women, and companies must make appointments aimed at achieving this quota. Before the law was announced, less than 35 percent of listed companies had 33 percent women on …

More women in high positions at Dutch companies; Boards of Directors lagging behind
10 months, 3 weeks ago

More women in high positions at Dutch companies; Boards of Directors lagging behind

NL Times  

The share of women in top positions of large Dutch companies increased between 2020 and 2022, but the number of women on Boards of Directors is not growing fast enough, according to the Social and Economic Council. In 2022, Dutch companies’ Boards of Directors - the executives handling the day-to-day management of a business - consisted of 14.7 percent women, …

Glass ceiling still firmly in place in listed Dutch companies
1 year, 11 months ago

Glass ceiling still firmly in place in listed Dutch companies

NL Times  

Despite all the covenants and promises around gender equality, the glass ceiling is still firmly in place at the Netherlands' largest and medium-sized listed companies. There must be more.” The Netherlands has a “grow-in” quota for supervisory boards - if a Commissioner leaves, a woman must succeed them until at least a third of the supervisory board is made up …

New EU quota for women in top positions more ambitions than Dutch one
2 years, 1 month ago

New EU quota for women in top positions more ambitions than Dutch one

NL Times  

The European Parliament approved a new quota for women in top positions on Tuesday that is somewhat more ambitious than the pre-existing quota in the Netherlands. From 2026, 40 percent of large European companies’ supervisory boards must consist of women. The Dutch quota, which took effect at the start of this year, states that one-third of large companies’ supervisory boards …

Global report shows increase in China's corporate female leaders
2 years, 9 months ago

Global report shows increase in China's corporate female leaders

China Daily  

Although women representation at the board level has improved, the rate of change has varied each year. The proportion of total director seats held by women in China-listed companies has increased more than 5 percentage points from 2016 to 2021, data from global index provider MSCI showed ahead of International Women's Day on Tuesday, but women in the country still …

Britain makes barely any progress increasing the number of female CEOs
3 years, 8 months ago

Britain makes barely any progress increasing the number of female CEOs

The Telegraph  

The number of women leading UK companies has barely increased over the past year, with just 6.3pc of firms run by a female chief executive. However, the UK ranks fifth among the G20 nations in terms of the proportion of women leading companies, according to data from S&P Capital IQ that canvasses almost 300,000 businesses across the globe. Felicia Willow, …

Number of women on UK boards up 50%, but parity challenges remain
3 years, 10 months ago

Number of women on UK boards up 50%, but parity challenges remain

Al Jazeera  

The number of women on the boards of directors of the UK’s 350 top publicly traded firms has jumped by more than 50 percent since 2015, but women are still underrepresented in senior executive roles. Women now hold more than a third of the seats on the boards of the United Kingdom’s biggest companies, meeting a government target set five …

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