Press releases
Sixth annual Gender Equality Global Report: Still more talk than action, but signs of new momentum.
02/03/2023 · Equileap Report
- 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
Equileap and Euronext partner to launch the first-of-its-kind French gender equality ESG index
29/11/2022 · Product Launch
- Gender Equality France 40 Index shows backtesting outperformance of 3% for past 3 years (vs SBF 120)
- The index is the first in a family of indices created by Euronext and Equileap to allow investors to align their portfolios with their values by tracking companies that meet both gender equality and ESG criteria.
Asia Pacific region hosts the best and worst performers in the world for gender equality at work
16/06/2022 · Equileap Report
- Australia is the best APAC market for gender equality at work and hosts the world’s leading company (Mirvac)
However
- Women make up just 4% of CEOs in APAC region. Only 2 companies in region achieve gender balance at all levels and just 3 have disclosed the gender pay gap
Fifth annual Gender Equality Global Report: Progress is real but painfully slow
03/03/2022 · Equileap Report
- Top companies globally are Australia’s Mirvac, followed by Norwegian Bank DNB and UK’s National Grid
- A tiny minority of 18 companies globally achieved gender balance at all company levels
- Only 19 companies globally have closed their gender pay gap
Nasdaq launches its ESG Data Hub including data sets from Equileap
29/06/2021 · Product Launch
- The Nasdaq ESG Data Hub will connect investors with expert-led ESG data sets including diversity, carbon emissions and green bonds
- Equileap datasets look at the full scope of gender equality in the workplace, from the boardroom to the supply chain
Revealed: The top 100 gender-equal companies around the world
04/03/2021 · Equileap Report
- 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
Fewer female Chairs of the board (21) than male Chairs
called John (23) in the S&P 500 companies
08/12/2020 · Equileap Report
- 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
France outperforms Germany on gender equality
04/03/2020 · Equileap Report
- Top countries for gender equality in Europe are France (average score of 52%), Sweden (49%), Spain (46%) and Germany (44%)
- German listed companies underperform French ones on all criteria except for flexible work options
- Only 3 in 10 European companies publish their gender pay gap
Kenya performs as well as Canada and the United States on gender equality
13/11/2019 · Equileap Report
- Standard Chartered Kenya would also rank within the Top 50 companies globally
- No company achieves gender balance at all levels
- One-third of companies have at least one corporate social responsibility project targeting women or girls
Equileap announces the world’s top 100 companies leading the way in gender equality
01/10/2019 · Equileap Report
- Top 3 companies are Diageo (UK), Bank of America (US) and Mirvac (Australia)
- Less than 1% of the companies globally have no pay gap
- Australia, France and Sweden remain the best performing countries
Companies in Canada score lower than in the US on gender equality
08/03/2019 · Equileap Report
- Top three Canadian companies are TD Bank, CIBC and Enbridge
- Equileap assessed companies in the S&P/TSX 60 Index on 19 gender equality criteria
European gender equality index licensed by gender expert Equileap to Swedish online bank Avanza
08/03/2019 · Product launch
- Tracker listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange based on the Top 75 European companies
- Growing trend toward gender-lens investing with fifth tracker launched in 18 months
Groundbreaking ranking of top US companies on gender equality
19/02/2019 · Equileap Report
- 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