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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.

Challenge Is to Raise Governance and Return on Capital for More Companies Beyond Matching Numbers

Achieving the % of Female Board Members by Matching Numbers Doesn't Achieve the Original Goal Either

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

How to Make a Non-Functioning Statutory Auditor Function

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>It is a high hurdle to achieve “30% female board members” in the remaining five years from the current estimated ratio of around 15%.</li>
<li>Increasingly, female managerial positions are being recruited from outside the company to raise the low ratio of female managerial positions (about 10%) and to create female board member candidates.</li>
<li>If companies are busy matching numbers, deviating from the original purpose of ensuring board diversity, no matter how good the goals are, substantial management improvement is not likely to result.</li>
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It is a high hurdle to achieve “30% female board members” in the remaining five years from the current estimated ratio of around 15%.
Increasingly, female managerial positions are being recruited from outside the company to raise the low ratio of female managerial positions (about 10%) and to create female board member candidates.
If companies are busy matching numbers, deviating from the original purpose of ensuring board diversity, no matter how good the goals are, substantial management improvement is not likely to result.


The Board Diversity Also Reminds Us of the Saying, “It Just Has the Form but Not the Spirit"

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The Board Diversity Also Reminds Us of the Saying, “It Just Has the Form but Not the Spirit"