State
Largest companies listed on stock exchanges
Denmark
16.0%
Finland
27.0%
France
22.5%
Italy
6.0%
Germany
16.0%
Netherlands
19.0%
Norway
42.0%
Austria
11.0%
Greece
7.0%
Spain
8.9%
Sweden
25.0%
Great Britain
16.0%
The largest increase compared to the previous year was recorded in France and Germany (over 5 percent).
The Czech Republic was not included in the study. However, another study by the Deloitte Corporate Governance Center of the Czech Republic from 2013 showed that there were 8% of women in the the statutory bodies of the companies in the Czech Top 100 ranking. Most of them worked in the sectors of health care, telecommunications, transportation, and IT.
Results from other countries are available in the Women in the boardroom: A global perspective study which can be downloaded here.
What do you think about the quotas? What solution for increasing the diversity of corporate management do you prefer?
-Kk-
Article source Deloitte - multinational company providing audit, tax, consulting, enterprise risk and financial advisory services