En el último número del Company Law Newsletter de Sweet & Maxwell (nº 312, 15 de marzo de 2012, pp. 1-3), se incluye una valiosa información con respecto a la situación que registra la presencia de mujeres en los Consejos de Administración no sólo en la Unión Europea, sino también a la situación vivida en Gran Bretaña como consecuencia de la publicación el pasado año del Informe de Lord Davies, titulado "Women on boards", del que di cuenta en una previa entrada. Dicho Informe ha sido objeto de una evaluación reciente que refleja resultados positivos, según se desprende de los párrafos que transcribo a continuación:
“Lord Davies is very pleased with progress in the first year since his review which he considers has seen “an unprecedented pace of change in the boardrooms of UK plc” and which demonstrates a “culture change taking place right at the very heart of British business in relation to how women are seen within the workforce”. The progress report shows statistical information over the previous 12 months as follows.
FTSE 100 companies:
• Women now account for 15.6 per cent of all directorships, up from 12.5 per cent (if this rate of progress continues the target of 25 per cent will be met in 2015 as 26.7 per cent of board membership would then be females).
• 17 companies in the FTSE 100 have already reached the 25 per cent target (a further 17 are currently between 20 per cent and 25 per cent).
• 47 female appointments have been made since publication of the Women on boards report in February 2011.
• 27 per cent of all board appointments have been taken up by women, up from 13 per cent.
• only 11 all-male boards remain, down from 21.
FTSE 250 companies:
• Women now account for 9.6 per cent of all directorships, up from 7.8 per cent.21 companies have reached the 25 per cent target (a further 28 companies are currently between 20 per cent and 25 per cent).
• 26 per cent of all board appointments have been taken by women.
• 112 all-male boards are in the minority for the first time ever (representing 44.8 per cent, down from 52.4 per cent).
• 53 female appointments have been made since publication of the Women on boards report in February 2011.
Madrid, 29 de marzo de 2012
