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Are listed below all our research papers published over the past few years (including the ones featured above). Equileap provides regular regional or thematic special reports highlighting the status of gender equality within companies in specific regions or addressing specific gender equality themes.

2024 Gender Equality Report & Ranking – Developed markets edition

Published 29 February 2024

The global report presents the Top 100 companies in the developed markets, insights per country and sector, as well as key findings on gender equality.

  •  Australian road operating company Transurban leads the global rankings, closely followed by Storebrand (Norway), Diageo (UK), National Grid (UK), and GPT Group (Australia)
  • Only 32 out of 3,795 companies achieved gender balance at all levels, and only 41 companies have closed the gender pay gap
  • Only 7% of CEOs are women, and 17% of companies have a female CFO

2023 Gender Equality Global Report & Ranking

Published 2 March 2023

The global report presents the Top 100 companies globally, insights per country and sector, as well as key findings on gender equality.

  • Australian Mirvac ranks number one globally for a second year, followed by Diageo (UK) Medibank, (Australia) Allianz (Germany) and UBS (Switzerland)
  • Only 28 companies globally (less than 1%) have closed the pay gap
  • Just 18 companies globally achieve gender balance at all levels and just 6% have female CEOs

2022 Gender Equality in Asia-Pacific

Published 16 June 2022

The regional report, commissioned by Saskawa Peace Foundation, covers Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore detailing the top 10 companies in each market, insights per country and sector as well as key findings on gender equality.

  • Uneven progress towards gender equality in the region which hosts world leading companies but also some of the worst performing markets in the world
  • Australia is the best APAC market for gender equality at work
  • Only 3 companies in the region have closed the gender pay gap and women make up just 4% of CEOs in APAC

2022 Gender Equality Global Report & Ranking

Published 3 March 2022

The global report presents the Top 100 companies globally, insights per country and sector, as well as key findings on gender equality.

  • Australian Mirvac ranks number one globally, followed by DNB (Norway) and National Grid (UK)
  • 5% of companies globally have female CEOs
  • Only 19 companies globally have closed their gender pay gap

2021 Gender Equality Global Report & Ranking

Published 4 March 2021

The global report presents the Top 100 companies globally, insights per country and sector, as well as key findings on gender equality.

  • Norwegian bank DNB ranks number one globally, followed by Mirvac (Australia), WPP (UK), L’Oreal (France) and General Motors (U.S.)
  • Only 15 companies globally have closed their gender pay gap
  • 5 out of 10 companies globally published an anti-sexual harassment policy

2020 Gender Equality in the U.S.

Published 8 December 2020

The special report presents key data and insights on the S&P 500 companies.

  • Only 8% of all Chair, CEO and CFO positions at S&P 500 companies are occupied by women
  • 91% of companies do not publish their gender pay gap
  • 213 of the S&P 500 companies offer two weeks or more of paid maternity carer leave

2020 Gender Equality in Spain, Italy and Greece

Published 18 June 2020

The briefing presents key data and insights on gender equality in the workplace in Spain, Italy and Greece.

  • The average gender equality score of companies on the Spanish IBEX 35 is 46%, 42% on the Italian FTSE MIB 40 index, and 34% on the Greek FTSE ATHEX 25 index
  • 74% of Spanish companies and 58% of Italian companies publish gender pay data, compared to only 4% of Greek companies and 28% of European companies overall

2020 Gender Equality in Poland, Romania & the Czech Republic

Published 4 June 2020

The briefing presents key data and insights on gender equality in the workplace in Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic.

  • The average gender equality score of companies on three indices are markedly lower than the European average
  • 47% of companies across the three indices are also not transparent on their number of women at the executive level

2020 Gender Equality in Sweden & Denmark

Published 14 May 2020

The briefing presents key data and insights on gender equality in the workplace in Sweden and Denmark.

  • The average gender equality score of companies on the Swedish OMXS 30 index is 49%, markedly higher than the 38% average score of the Danish OMXC 20
  • Sweden & Denmark are worse then European averages on flexible work option & anti-sexual harassment

2020 Gender Equality in France & Germany

Published 4 March 2020

The briefing presents key data and insights on gender equality in the workplace in France and Germany.

  • The average gender equality score of companies on the French CAC 40 index is 52%, higher than the 44% for the German DAX 30
  • French companies outperform German companies on all criteria, except for flexible work options
  • CAC 40 and the DAX 30 outperform the rest of Europe in terms of female representation on company boards

2020 Gender Equality in Europe

Published 4 March 2020

The special report presents key data and insights on gender equality in the workplace in Europe.

  • Top countries for gender equality in Europe are France (average score of 52%), Sweden (49%), Spain (46%) and Germany (44%)
  • Only 3 in 10 European companies publish their gender pay gap
  • Less than half (48%) of European companies have an anti-sexual harassment policy

2019 Gender Equality in Kenya

Published 13 November 2019

The special report presents key data and insights on gender equality in the workplace in Kenya.

  • Standard Chartered Kenya would also rank within the Top 50 companies globally
  • No company achieves gender balance at all levels – board, executive, management, workforce
  • Around 1/3 of Kenyan companies have at least one CSR (corporate social responsibility) project targeting women or girls

2019 Gender Equality Global Report & Ranking

Published 1 October 2019

The global report presents the Top 100 companies globally, insights per country and sector, as well as key findings on gender equality.

  • Diageo ranks number one globally and in Europe, while Bank of America leads in the US and Mirvac gains top spot in Asia Pacific
  • More than half (58%) of companies globally still do not have an anti-sexual harassment policy
  • Only one company achieves gender balance at the board, executive, senior management and workforce levels: Suncorp Group

2019 Gender Equality in Japan, Hong Kong & Singapore

Published 8 March 2019

The special report provides key data and insights on gender equality in three major countries in Asia.

  • Only two Asian companies have gender balance on their board of directors
  • Only 10 companies disclose any gender segregated pay information
  • Ten companies are signatories to the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles, 9 of which are in Japan

2019 Gender Equality in the US

Published 19 February 2019

The special report provides key data and insights on gender equality in the United States.

  • General Motors is the only leading US company with no gender pay gap
  • No company achieves gender balance at all levels – board, executive, management, workforce
  • A vast majority (71%) of US companies now have an anti-sexual harassment policy in place