All Diversity articles – Page 6
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News
Pensions Trust reflects on trustee election after diversity move
The Pensions Trust did not see a bump in engagement in its latest round of trustee elections despite adding online voting, following a controversial decision to take names off the ballot to avoid “unconscious bias” towards male candidates.
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Opinion
Editorial: Raise the diversity question
“Whilst we’ve got some problems in the business, I also know that all of the answers are already here.” That was new Tesco boss Dave Lewis talking in a company interview posted last week.
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News
The Pensions Trust takes names off ballot to reduce bias
The Pensions Trust has anonymised its trustee board elections in a controversial attempt to create a more diverse board, as schemes work to improve representation on male-dominated governance bodies.
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Opinion
Does your trustee board have a women problem?
Any other business: The prime minister is not the only one facing questions over diversity. A quick glance around the pensions industry shows white, middle-aged men make up the majority of trustee boards.
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Features
Push to extend trustee diversity efforts to company board selections
NAPF Investment Conference 2014: Pension trustee boards can provide a governance training ground for mid-level executives looking to get onto company boards, but diversity efforts have stumbled among member-nominated trustees, experts have said.
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News
Institutions boost calls for diversity to increase board effectiveness
News analysis: Voting strategies are growing in both popularity and complexity among institutional investors, after the Local Authority Pensions Fund Forum launched a drive to encourage gender diversity on the boards of companies it invests in.