Women remain a large minority in the management of large companies in developed countries and occupy only 30% of places on boards of directors, noted a study published Thursday February 29, which nevertheless attributes to France the best score in terms of of gender equality.
In developed markets,
“only 7% of CEOs and 17% of financial directors are women
,” points out the Equileap organization in its study, which evaluated 3,795 companies listed on stock exchanges, representing 103 million employees.
No more than 9% of companies have a woman as chair of their board of directors and only
“fifteen companies today have a woman
(in these)
three management positions, compared to 2,590 companies where a man occupies all three management positions. direction."
A “disparity” which underlines
“the need for efforts”
in terms of inclusion for these listed companies, underlines Equileap.
“The battle for gender equality is still ongoing, and although the average company score has increased gradually, the pace is notably slow
,” notes Diana van Maasdijk, CEO of Equileap.
21 indicators made it possible to establish a ranking of the best performing States and companies in terms of gender equality, such as gender balance, pay gaps, parental leave policies or the fight against sexual harassment. .
The United States is a bad student
Among the 27 countries studied, France comes, as in 2023, in the lead ahead of Spain.
The United Kingdom, Norway and the Netherlands share third place.
The first French company in the ranking, L'Oréal, only comes in ninth position, behind the Australian transport operator Transurban in first place.
Publicis, then Kering and Sanofi tied, complete the French podium.
American companies
“remain poorly represented in the ranking”
of the 100 best-rated companies, with only 15 companies appearing there while nearly 1,600 were studied in the country.
If a similar number of companies was analyzed for Germany and France, only one German company is in the top 100, compared to 12 French groups.