Upwards of women on boards – Västerbotten Courier

The proportion of women in listed companies’ boards is increasing for the third year and is located at 30.7 percent, a new record level, shows the Second AP Fund Index women. Last year the figure was 27.9 percent, according to Dagens Nyheter.

– I think it is important that it is over 30 percent. It can provide a ketchup effect and cause it to become a normal issue in companies, says Eva Halvarsson, CEO of the Second AP Fund, DN.

In wires also increases the proportion of women, but from a lower level, from 19.5 per cent last year to 20.9 percent this year.

– We see that there gnetar steadily upwards and it is a positive development. But there is still a way to go, says Halvarsson.

With the current growth rate it will take 37 years before there are as many women as men in the lead, according to the Second AP Fund.

the gender distribution varies between different industries. Raw materials and media are at the bottom and finance in the state in terms of board seats. Finance is also top when it comes to management. At the bottom lies services and industry.

Second AP Fund’s women’s index is based on 286 companies listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

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