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Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

How Much Can 'effort Targets' Speed up the Narrowing of the Gender Pay Gap?

Isn't Long-Term Human Resource Strategy More Necessary than Immediate Solution to Labor Shortage?

No Consistent Relationship Between Executive Compensation and Stock Price/ Earnings Has Been Seen

Few Companies Are Serious About Ensuring Board Diversity, Spoiled by Lax "Effort Targets"

Can the Gender Wage Gap Be Solved Simply by Investors Demanding Improvements from the Company?

Maintaining Labor Productivity by Cutting Working Hours Was Effective but Risks Should Be Considered

Awareness of ROE Has Increased, but Now at the Stage of Implementing Short-Term Measures

Time-Buying and Political Agendas Prevent Effective Measures to Raise the % of Female Board Members

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>The few positive disclosures suggest that there are few positive companies. The question is how much progress companies will make in efforts on gender gap disparity over the next year.</li>
<li>To eliminate this gap, companies need to quickly realize that human resources are valued fairly as human capital, without gender distinction, and used as a resource for growth.</li>
<li>Now that stock prices have become a key measure of management, pressure from investors influencing stock prices is more effective. Deep analysis of human capital disclosures is required of investors.</li>
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The few positive disclosures suggest that there are few positive companies. The question is how much progress companies will make in efforts on gender gap disparity over the next year.
To eliminate this gap, companies need to quickly realize that human resources are valued fairly as human capital, without gender distinction, and used as a resource for growth.
Now that stock prices have become a key measure of management, pressure from investors influencing stock prices is more effective. Deep analysis of human capital disclosures is required of investors.


Less Positive Disclosure Regarding the Gender Wage Gap Is Evidence of Less Positive Reasons

TSE Tokyo Price Index TOPIX

Less Positive Disclosure Regarding the Gender Wage Gap Is Evidence of Less Positive Reasons