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Daily Brief ESG: Companies Using Outside Board Members for Management and for Matching Numbers Will Widen the Gap and more

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  • Companies Using Outside Board Members for Management and for Matching Numbers Will Widen the Gap


Companies Using Outside Board Members for Management and for Matching Numbers Will Widen the Gap

By Aki Matsumoto

  • The first problem is that companies desperately match numbers, and original goal of ensuring board diversity has been lost; the second is the increase in the number of board memberships.
  • The low ratio of women in managerial positions has forced companies to rely on outside talent for female board members, which has further increased matching numbers.
  • There are problems both for the company that knowingly hires board members to serve concurrently in multiple companies and for the outside board members who knowingly accept such positions.

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