The push for gender diversity on public companies’ boards has been gaining traction. Advocacy groups, institutional investors, regulators and companies themselves have all recognized the need for more diverse boards. However, gender parity is still absent from most public companies’ boards, and a significant number of companies still have no women on their boards.
Investors have been interested in boosting the number of women and minority directors at companies for many years and won a new requirement for disclosure on the subject in 2009, but despite efforts
Board diversity has become a key priority for some of the largest investors in the world, since it serves as a measure of a board's openness and inclusiveness. Ultimately, boards and investors want to make sure that that the board nomination process is robust, and takes into account the most qualified candidates representing the market that
For nine years in a row, this tiny Nordic nation has topped the World Economic Forum’s ranking of nations with the smallest gender gap.
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