Global Academic Research Confirms Board Diversity/Financial Performance Link

Association Updates,

Practitioner research, like the well-regarded McKinsey Diversity Matters series, has provided evidence for years of the financial materiality of board diversity. 

Now Invest Ahead, with support from The Sunrise Project, has examined the all of the peer-reviewed, academic research from around the globe published between 2019 and 2024 that addresses the connection between board diversity and financial performance. The finding?  According to the global academic research, board diversity has a positive impact on the bottom line.

A formal meta-study will be published in early 2025.  For now, you can explore the research database below.

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