While 64% of FTSE 100 companies provide meaningful narrative commentary on the composition of their workforce, just 4% of companies provide a breakdown of their workforce by full time and part time workers according to research carried out by Lancaster …
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The UK government-backed Hampton-Alexander Review 2017, has urged FTSE 350 companies to fill more board and senior leadership positions with talented women with the hope of making the UK a world-leader on gender diversity in business. The review, which was …
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More asset owners globally are taking diversity more seriously internally within their organisations, in respect of how they, with their investment consultants, assess external fund managers and in respect of how investee companies are dealing with the issue, according to …
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The latest Dutch Female Board Index shows that the total numbers of female executive directors and the number of companies with female directors has fallen in the year to 31st August 2017 compared with the previous year.
The study of …
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Global investment firm Vanguard has written an open letter to the directors of public companies worldwide specifying its priorities that it will engage with firms about as part of its stewardship programme.
The letter, from its chairman and chief executive …
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AIM-listed Real Good Food has admitted to not disclosing payments to directors in its related parties transaction notes within its annual reports for three financial years from 2014 to 2016.
These notes should have revealed the payment of consultancy fees …
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The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has required listed companies to have at least one woman director within three years which it said would lead to a doubling of the number of female directors in the country.
The …
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