Research & Reports

2018 Gender Equality Global Report & Ranking

This annual report on gender equality presents the Top 200 companies globally, insights per country and sector, as well as key findings on gender equality. ...

Equileap | October 04, 2018 View report

Charting a Sustainable Advantage - 2018 Responsible Investing Survey

Responsible Investing: Charting a Sustainable Advantage explores the conclusions drawn from RBC GAM's 2018 survey of institutional asset owners and investment consultants from the US, Canada, Europe and Asia on their attitudes towards responsible investing and ESG integration. Key findings include: Gender diversity on corporate boards continues to be important; and responsible investing is increas...

RBC Global Asset Management | October 04, 2018 View report

CSA Multilateral Staff Notice: Report on Fourth Staff Review of Disclosure regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions

This report outlines key trends from a recent review of disclosure regarding women on boards and in executive officer positions. The key trends are based on a review sample of 648 issuers. Takeaways include: 15% of board seats were held by women; 4% of issuers had a female CEO; and 16% of issuers adopted targets for the representation of women on their board....

Canadian Securities Administrators | October 01, 2018 View report

2018 Diversity Disclosure Practices

This is Osler's fourth annual comprehensive report on diversity disclosure practices relating to women in leadership roles by TSX-listed companies. This year they found that the accelerated focus over the last year on diversity of board and executive teams among institutional investors, regulators and the media is having an impact on increasing the representation of women on boards, although the r...

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | September 14, 2018 View report

Rebooting Representation

This joint report with Melinda Gates and McKinsey & Company is the first of its kind to collect data directly from tech companies to understand how they approach philanthropic and corporate social responsibility initiatives focused on closing the gender gap in tech. Takeaways: The percentage of computing roles women hold has largely declined in the United States over the past 25 years; and women ...

McKinsey & Company | September 12, 2018 View report

Women, Investing and the Pursuit of Wealth-Life Balance

For this report, PIMCO surveyed over 1500 people in the US with the objective of illuminating the needs of women investors. Results include: For the first time, women control more of the private wealth in the U.S. than men; The vast majority of women see investing as a way to meet short and long-term goals; and 63% of women feel overwhelmed by personal responsibilities - preventing them from inves...

PIMCO | September 06, 2018 View report

Closing the gap: Leadership perspectives on promoting women in financial services

Part of McKinsey's Women in the Workplace research, conducted in partnership with LeanIn.Org, this report examines the gender-parity gap in financial services and looks at what can be done to close it. The research finds that women in the financial sector in North America, currently hold less than 22% of C-Suite roles, and blames this lacklustre representation on lesser rates of promotion than mal...

McKinsey & Company | September 01, 2018 View report

2018 Women Business Owner Spotlight

Business Owner Spotlight is an annual study exploring the goals, challenges and everyday realities of women entrepreneurs across the U.S. This year, the findings show women entrepreneurs are increasingly confident about the business environment and their own outlook for growth. The Spotlight also explores the digital transformation and the role of women-owned businesses in adopting game-changing t...

Bank of America | August 31, 2018 View report

Gender Diversity: The Commercial Imperative

This research was sparked by the 2017 Women in the Workplace report released by McKinsey. Researchers wanted to better understand why employees are less aware of the business case than CEOs. In surveying responses from over 30 countries, the report provides key survey findings and recommended actions....

Phaidon International | August 01, 2018 View report

Why Diversity And Inclusion Matter

This Catalyst Quick Take summarises data and findings from a large body of research on the benefits of diversity. It focuses on the topics of Talent, Innovation & Group Performance, Reputation & Responsibility, and Financial Performance....

Catalyst | August 01, 2018 View report

The Female FTSE Board Report 2018

This board report takes inventory on the status of women in leadership positions within FTSE 100 companies. The report provides a snapshot of progress from June 2018, and surveys both female executive and non-executive directorships, companies with female executive directors, companies with at least one female director, and companies with at least 33% female directors....

Cranfield University | July 15, 2018 View report

The New Face of Wealth and Legacy: How Women are Redefining Wealth, Giving and Legacy Planning

For this study, The Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed 1,051 individuals with US$1 million or more in investable assets. The survey sample included 502 women and 549 men located in Canada, the U.S., the UK and Asia. The survey underscores the increasingly prominent role women are assuming in the high-net-worth universe and suggests their influence is likely to continue to rise....

RBC Global | June 26, 2018 View report

Sexual Assault & Harassment in the Canadian Workplace

This one-page infographic explores the prevalence of sexual harassment in Canadian workplaces, and makes recommendations to business leaders on how to prevent and combat harassment within their workplaces....

Human Resources Professionals Association | April 12, 2018 View report

Women, Business and the Law 2018

The fifth edition in the series, this 2018 report tracks progress over the last two years, and scores countries based on which women's social, political, and economic rights are protected....

The World Bank | March 29, 2018 View report

2017 Diversity & Inclusion Annual Report: Approaching the First Leg in Intel's Journey

This report from Intel evaluates the company's progress following their announcement in 2015 that they were aiming to achieve full representation of underrepresented minorities and women in their U.S. Workforce. This resource serves as an example of how companies are putting into practice, the rhetoric of increasing gendered and racial representation....

Intel | March 27, 2018 View report

Encouraging Women Entrepreneurs

The third of five pillars released by the Council, this report focuses on how to attract female entrepreneurs and encourage women to start businesses. The Council suggests targeted education for female entrepreneurs, creating a pipeline that gives women greater access to capital, and a formal collaboration between Canadian and American groups to support female entrepreneurship....

Canada - United States Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders | March 26, 2018 View report

Fund Managers by Gender: Through the Performance Lens

This research is a continuation from Morningstar's research on fund managers by gender. Key takeaways include: Men and women deliver equally competitive fund performance, as do mixed-gender teams; These performance trends do not explain the lack of gender diversity in the fund industry; Men have benefited from the industry's growth, capturing nearly all net new fund-management roles; and Women hav...

Morningstar | March 08, 2018 View report

When She Rises, We All Rise: Getting to Equal 2018

This Accenture report provides a comprehensive look into the barriers women face in the workplace and what companies can do to mitigate these gendered obstacles. Researches identified over 200 personal and workplace factors, surveyed over 22,000 people in 34 countries, uncovered 40 factors that influence advancement, and identified 14 factors most likely to effect change. ...

Accenture | March 07, 2018 View report

Annual Report Card 2017

The Annual Report Card provides a snapshot of the status of diversity in Canadian boardrooms. The report highlights representation of women, visible minorities, Indigenous people, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ on FP500 boards....

PhaseNyne | January 16, 2018 View report

Delivering through Diversity

This study of diversity in the workplace reaffirms the global relevance of the link between diversity. Results include: The relationship between diversity and business performance persists; Both gender and ethnic/cultural diversity contribute to higher profitability; and The penalty for bottom-quartile performance on diversity persists....

McKinsey & Company | January 01, 2018 View report

STEM Parents and Women in Finance

Researchers Renée B. Adams, Brad M. Barber, and Terrance Odean, surveyed CFA Charter holders from around the globe to test the hypothesis that early role models, particularly female role models, influence women’s choice of a finance career. Findings supported the thesis, showing women are more likely to have a STEM parent (particularly a STEM mother) than men, and STEM mothers increase the girls’...

CFA Institute | December 05, 2017 View report