Powerful Women | Business case for diversity

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Business case for diversity

Improvements with Increased Diversity	Business Case
Improving performance	35% more likely to outperform for companies ranking in top quartile diversity verses those in bottom quartile (1) 66% higher return on capital (2) for companies with more women on boards 26% share price (9) increase at companies that have one woman on board compared to none.
Better decision making	Different view points and perspective prevents “group think” and brings new thinking (4) Equal gender diversity ratios correlates to higher innovation (5)
Accessing the widest talent pool	50% potential loss of talent pool by not having women (4) Companies are seen less attractive to people to join and leads to lower employee’s satisfaction (1)
Being more responsive to the market/consumers	Woman are responsible for 85% of consumer purchases (6), leadership representing women could lead to more market orientation
Achieving better corporate governance and ethics	Just one female on the board cuts the risk of going bust by 20% (8) Companies that have women on boards are more likely to follow governance rules & identify alternative criteria to measure strategy (7)

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