New Report Gauges Boardroom Diversity Nationally and Worldwide

Some findings raise the question of whether “diversity fatigue” is setting in.

Diligent Institute and 22 other partner organizations recently released Board Diversity Gaps: The Global Modern Leadership Report 2022, a report that offers a comprehensive look at corporate boardroom composition and diversity on a global scale. The findings include a detailed picture of diversity in the boardrooms of American companies as well as how they compare to their international counterparts.

Exploring the data of 3,000 public companies in the United States, the report found 24% of board seats being held by woman directors, a figure that represents a 4 percentage-point growth over the 2019 figure but is still three percentage points below the global average of 27%. Lisa Edwards, president and COO of Diligent Corporation, says that one of the factors raising the numbers globally is the regulations pushed through by countries like France, which leads the way in percentage of board seats held by female directors at 42%.

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