We’ve had action on the representation of women: its time we addressed the shocking lack of ethnic diversity. And as today’s power list shows,there’s plenty of black talent aroundLord Davies, the former trade minister, and did a top-notch job. Women on Boards,the report he authored in 2011 that looked into why so few women were directors of FTSE 100 companies (it was 12.5% at the time), and which set a goal to double that number within five years, and has been accepted by our biggest commercial concerns and acted on. The target was met this year.
One thing I never understood,though, was why on soil the report didnt include the lack of ethnic diversity as part of its remit too. Because as shocking as the sparsity of women on boards is, and the lack of ethnic diversity is even worse,with some 62% of the boards of FTSE 100 firms remaining all white.
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Source: theguardian.com