Business Secretary @KwasiKwarteng is right to say "it’s important businesses keep challenging themselves to use all the talents of our workforce and open up the top ranks for more,highly-accomplished women". That means more women in CEO, CFO & other senior executive positions. /3
This year, IVIS, @InvAssoc's Institutional Voting Information Service will issue an ‘amber-top’ to FTSE350 businesses that don't disclose either the ethnic diversity of their board, or a credible plan to having at least one director from an ethnic minority background by 2021. /5
One thing to note - @InvAssoc appears, from its website, to have no ethnic diversity on its own Board. It might be an idea to do something about that if making similar demands of companies. /6 END #ESG #boarddiversity #responsiblebusiness
.@HA_Review reports that women on FTSE350 boards has almost doubled in 5 years and the FTSE100, 250 & 350 have reached the target of women making up 33% of boards by the end of 2020, highlighting the success of the Govt's voluntary approach. Great. BUT../2 https://t.co/uohIayZkKA
Business Secretary @KwasiKwarteng is right to say "moving forward, all businesses should be pushing themselves to move beyond tokenism, and ensure even more women are getting into the highest ranks". That means more women in CEO, CFO and other senior executive positions. /3
Better race equality in the Boardroom is vital so @InvAssoc deserves praise for its move today turning up the pressure on companies to improve ethnic diversity on their boards in this year’s AGM season. https://t.co/6j3qGLtxpc /4
Today sees some good progress on diversity in UK Boardrooms from the Government backed @HA_Review and from the UK @InvAssoc BUT with some caveats. Thoughts here ⬇️ /1
.@POLITICOEurope has got hold of the EU's draft Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the EU on financial services and, no, it doesn't advance matters for an industry employing over 1 million, making up 10% of output & paying over £30bn in tax ⬇️ https://t.co/uFM9PmxGWU
.@BBCNews: A key point in the Supreme Court's ruling is that Uber has to consider its drivers "workers" from the time they log on to the app, until they log off. Previously, Uber had said that if drivers were found to be workers, then it would only count the time during journeys.