Institutional investors’ recent signals to boards indicate a stronger-than-ever focuson the issue of boardroom diversity. 
The largest asset manager in the world, Black-Rock Inc., has indicated that it will likely vote against boards that fail to make progress on diversity, if the board doesn’t have
The man in charge of New York City’s $200 billion public pension fund wants more than 50 companies to take a page from the National Football League and pledge that they will consider female and minority candidates for their highest-level jobs.
The Financial Case for Gender Equality [Exerpt]
Research shows that women’s empowerment is connected to economic performance. The largest share of nations’ wealth comes from people: According to
The Thirty Percent Coalition’s national awareness campaign, launched in April, to promote women of color onto corporate boards is having a positive response ahead of a series of events in the fall, the organization reveals to IR Magazine.
Special appreciation to Boston Trust Walden as a founding member of the Thirty Percent Coalition and to Tim Smith in recognition of his long standing contribution as co-chair of the Coalition's Institutional Investor Committee
...we find that banks with more gender diversity on their board perform better once the composition of these boards reaches a critical level of gender diversity, corresponding to a board female share of around 13-17 percent.
