24 August, 2020
Why is there a progress gap between FTSE gender and ethnicity targets?
This year we just reached the Hampton–Alexander Review’s target for female directors in the FTSE 350; next year, we are very much on course to badly miss the Parker Review’s target for directors...
5 June, 2020
Black Lives Matter: US corporates speak out
As protests continue against the brutal killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, corporate America has felt unable to remain quiet. A slew of companies have made their views heard through ...
19 May, 2020
McKinsey diversity report highlights growing performance risk
There is a stark warning in the McKinsey report on diversity in business. Those companies that are the least gender diverse are 19% more likely to underperform on profitability. That’s up on the 15%...
6 February, 2020
Parker Review reveals slow progress on ethnic minority appointments
Britain’s largest companies are failing to appoint members from ethnic minority groups, according to the latest iteration of the Parker Review. This year’s report, compiled by Sir John Parker, ...
15 October, 2019
How companies can develop more diverse boardrooms
Diversity is well-established on the boardroom agenda—but many boards are still far from diverse. The number of women on FTSE 100 boards reached 30.2% in 2018, according to the third report of th...
25 February, 2019
Business minister’s intervention on board diversity is long overdue
This weekend we learned that business minister Kelly Tolhurst has written to FTSE 100 chairs calling them out ...
5 September, 2018
Corporate photos reveal a minority report of directors
If perception is everything then the appearance of UK board photos reveals a problematic story about the ethnic diversity among execs and non-execs. In a departure from the usual kind of survey, Pi...
13 October, 2017
FTSE 100 boards given deadline for finding ethnic minority members
FTSE 100 boards should have at least one member from an ethnic minority by 2021—and FTSE 250 companies by 2024—according to the latest report from the Parker Review. The
17 August, 2017
Ethnic minority pipeline to FTSE100 boards rises; existing number falls
The pipeline for people from ethnic minorities to make it onto FTSE100 boards has improved for the first time in four years, according to executive consultancy Green Park, which has conducted a study ...
9 December, 2016
