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Daily Brief ESG: A Shortcut to a Solution Is to Specify in Corporate Governance Code the % of Women to Be Promoted and more

In today’s briefing:

  • A Shortcut to a Solution Is to Specify in Corporate Governance Code the % of Women to Be Promoted

A Shortcut to a Solution Is to Specify in Corporate Governance Code the % of Women to Be Promoted

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Although women should be appointed to the board of executive directors to bring women’s perspectives into management, many companies actually only appoint a few women to “non-statutory executive officer” positions.
  • A survey shows that the percentage of women in management positions is about 10%, and even now there’re no signs of an increase in the number of female management executives.
  • Companies seem to be reluctant to act on their own to address the obstacles that prevent women from becoming board members as a social issue.

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