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Why top firms have more women on boards: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). New AICD data finds top listed companies have at least 40% women on boards - while the February Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) data release found that overall, 34% of board members are women. ...

More women on boards, but cultural diversity stagnating: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
More women are taking director roles, but a shrinking number of women are holding female-occupied seats, raising concerns about overboarding, according to research from the Governance Institute. The Governance Institute has released its latest Board ...

Identifying female leadership as driver of value: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... of three categories - is there a female CEO, is there a female board chair, and what are the proportion men to women on boards. Each category ranges from zero to 10. "The reason we introduced the female leadership score, for this purpose, was to measure ...

Women make strides on ASX300 boards, but cultural diversity lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
The number of women on boards of ASX300 companies has risen by 60% in the past five years, but cultural diversity has not kept pace. The Governance Institute of Australia and Watermark Search International have released the Board Diversity Index, which ...

ASX companies join 40:40 Vision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... encouraging to see some of our nation's largest companies make a strong commitment to increasing the number of women on boards and in executive positions. 40:40 Vision is supported by industry partners Chief Executive Women, the Australian Council of ...

War, vice and climate: assessing investors ethical stands

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... 50% of two groups made an exclusion because of human rights concerns. Human rights issues include the lack of women on boards and in senior management positions. The one anomaly was the silent generation's views of whom only 26% said they wished ...

Rainmaker tracks gender diversity of ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... higher proportion of women trustees on boards than the wider superannuation sector, according to statistics from Women on Boards, an advocacy group. As of 2020, the full superannuation sector had, on average, 37.5% women on trusteed boards, up from 29.6% ...

Women near parity in 2021 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... announced the appointment of Janine Allis commencing 1 April 2021. " As we head into 2021 the appointment rate for women on boards is nearing parity," said Louise Petschler, AICD general manager of advocacy. "This is where we need it to stay to maintain ...

Women continue to make strides in ASX200 board positions: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... female appointment away from reaching 30%. "It is encouraging to see that the ASX 300 is very close to reaching 30% women on boards," said Nicola Wakefield Evans, 30% Club Australia chair. "We will continue to target those companies on the ASX who fail ...

Women continue to see gains on ASX200 boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... ASX200 with no women- Silver Lake Resources Limited. In 2015, AICD and the 30% Club set a voluntary target of 30% women on boards. At the time women only made up 20.6 per cent of ASX 200 directors. "In just five years we have seen boards successfully ...
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