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MSCI: The Tipping Point: Woman on Boards and Financial Performance
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A growing body of research shows that having three women on a corporate board represents a “tipping point” in terms of influence, which is reflected in financial performance. Our analysis from last year looked at a snapshot of global companies in 2015 with strong female leadership, finding that they enjoyed a Return on Equity of 10.1% per year versus 7.4% for those without such leadership
While there is no longer much debate over the value of diversity on corporate boards, real change continues to be elusive—even as studies have provided empirical evidence that gender diversity can be a catalyst for a board’s success.
“When Women Thrive is a call to organizations and leaders to think and act differently to advance gender diversity. It is a business imperative with deep and profound social implications — an imperative that every business leader needs to personally drive. Now is the time for us to take action.”
“Public companies have undertaken unprecedented levels of proactive engagement with their major shareholders in recent years,”