{"id":109526,"date":"2022-06-09T03:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T01:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=109526"},"modified":"2022-06-08T12:47:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T10:47:47","slug":"women-on-boards-deal-to-boost-gender-balance-in-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/women-on-boards-deal-to-boost-gender-balance-in-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Women on boards: deal to boost gender balance in companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ep-p_text\">\n<div class=\"ep-p_text\">\n<div class=\"ep_gridcolumn ep-m_product\" data-view1200=\"6\" data-view1020=\"6\" data-view750=\"10\" data-view640=\"6\" data-view480=\"8\" data-view320=\"4\">\n<div class=\"ep_gridcolumn-content\">\n<div class=\"ep-a_text ep-layout_chapo\">\n<p><strong>After being blocked in the Council for a decade, EP and EU countries\u2019 negotiators finally agreed on a bill to increase the presence of women on corporate boards.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mujer-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109527 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mujer-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mujer-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mujer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mujer-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mujer-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mujer-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mujer-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ep_gridcolumn ep-m_product\" data-view1200=\"6\" data-view1020=\"6\" data-view750=\"10\" data-view640=\"6\" data-view480=\"8\" data-view320=\"4\">\n<div class=\"ep_gridcolumn-content\">\n<div class=\"ep-a_text\">\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\">The provisional agreement reached on Tuesday night on the draft legislation aims to ensure gender parity on boards of publicly listed companies in the EU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\"><strong>At least 40% of non-executive directors should be women<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\">The so-called \u201cWomen on Boards\u201d Directive aims to introduce transparent recruitment procedures in companies, so that at least 40% of non-executive director posts or 33% of all director posts are occupied by the under-represented sex. Thanks to Parliament, companies must comply with this target by 30 June 2026, compared to the Council\u2019s proposal of 31 December 2027. In cases where candidates are equally qualified for a post, priority should go to the candidate of the under-represented sex.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.9988%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: double; border-color: #001f7d;\" cellpadding=\"0,5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/ficha\/gender-gaps-in-the-cultural-and-creative-sectors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gender-gaps-in-the-cultural-and-creative-sectors-219x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/ficha\/gender-gaps-in-the-cultural-and-creative-sectors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gender gaps in the cultural and creative sectors<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\">MEPs insisted that merit must remain the key criterion in selection procedures, which should be transparent, as part of the agreement. Listed companies will be required to provide information to the competent authorities once a year about the gender representation on their boards and, if the objectives have not been met, how they plan to attain them. This information would be published on the company\u2019s website in an easily accessible manner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\">Small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 250 employees are excluded from the scope of the directive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\"><strong>Penalties<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\">The proposal includes effective, dissuasive and proportionate penalties for companies that fail to comply with open and transparent appointment procedures. Parliament succeeded in including examples of specific penalty measures, such as fines and companies having their selection of board directors annulled by a judicial body if they breach the national provisions adopted pursuant to the Directive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\"><strong>Quotes by the rapporteurs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/meps\/en\/96998\/EVELYN_REGNER\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evelyn Regner<\/a>\u00a0(S&amp;D, AT), co-rapporteur, said: \u201cParliament has been asking for a Directive for more women on boards for over a decade. The Council was finally ready to come to the table 10 years after the Commission made its proposal. It was high time to have binding measures. More women on boards make companies more resilient, more innovative and will help to change top-down structures in the workplace. One of the main achievements is transparency. Selection processes have to be based on clear, predetermined criteria and with this agreement, only the best candidates will be selected, thereby improving the overall quality of boards.\u201d<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.9988%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: double; border-color: #001f7d;\" cellpadding=\"0,5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/countries-with-legislated-quotas-could-achieve-gender-balance-in-parliaments-by-2026-those-without-may-take-close-to-20-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/men-g9b357a6bd_1280-768x443.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/countries-with-legislated-quotas-could-achieve-gender-balance-in-parliaments-by-2026-those-without-may-take-close-to-20-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Countries with legislated quotas could achieve gender balance in parliaments by 2026, those without may take close to 20 years<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/meps\/en\/5392\/LARA_WOLTERS\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lara Wolters<\/a>\u00a0(S&amp;D, NL), co-rapporteur, added: \u201cAll data show that gender equality at the top of companies is not achieved by sheer luck. We also know that more diversity in boardrooms contributes to better decision-making and results. This quota can be a push in the right direction for more equality and diversity in companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\">The European Commission first presented its proposal in 2012 and the European Parliament adopted its negotiation position back in 2013. The file was blocked in the Council for almost a decade, until Employment and Social Affairs ministers finally agreed on a position last March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\">Today, only\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/institutdelors.eu\/en\/publications\/cap-sur-la-parite-dans-les-instances-dirigeantes-des-entreprises-europeennes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30.6% of board members<\/a>\u00a0in the EU\u2019s largest publicly listed companies are women, with significant differences among member states (from 45.3% in France to 8.5% in Cyprus).<\/p>\n<h3>Commission welcomes political agreement on Gender Balance on Corporate Boards<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"5Normal\">The European Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council on the Directive on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of listed companies\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/PDF\/?uri=CELEX:52012PC0614&amp;from=EN\">proposed by the Commission<\/a>\u00a0in 2012.<\/p>\n<h3>More information:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/es\/ip_22_3478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Commission &#8211; Press release<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/es\/ip_22_3478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Parliament &#8211; Press release<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being blocked in the Council for a decade, EP and EU countries\u2019 negotiators finally agreed on a bill to increase the presence of women on corporate boards. 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