取締役構成員の女性比率増、英ＦＴＳＥ１００　調査報告書

【ロンドンＡＦＰ＝時事】英国では2019年、トップ企業における取締役構成員の女性比率が増加したが、全体としてはリーダーシップにみるジェンダー間の不均衡は解消されておらず、さらなる努力が必要であることが分かった。報告書が13日、発表された。（写真は資料写真）
　ハンプトン・アレクサンダーレビューによると、ＦＴＳＥ１００企業における今年の取締役構成員の女性比率は３２．４％で、昨年の３０．２％から上昇した。
　２０１１年に始まった同調査では、２０２０年までにＦＴＳＥ１００企業すべてで、女性取締役比率３３％とする目標を掲げており、その数値は目標に近づきつつある。
　調査責任者のデニス・ウィルソン氏は、「取締役や上級管理職に関しては、常に大きな課題が伴う部分となってきた。しかし今後は、トップの職に女性が就かない理由に対処するため、任命過程のあらゆる段階に焦点を当てる必要がある」と語った。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2019/11/14-17:13）

The number of female directors at top UK companies increased in 2019 but more is needed to correct an overall gender imbalance in leadership, a report showed Wednesday.
A total 32.4 percent of all board positions at companies trading on London's benchmark FTSE 100 index are held by women, up from 30.2 percent last year, according to The Hampton-Alexander Review.
The ten-year Review, launched in 2011, is on track to meet its target of 33 percent of all FTSE 100 board directors being women by 2020.
If this progress continues into 2020, our targets for women on boards will be met, said the Review's chair Philip Hampton.
Whilst this is a key indicator of change at the top, strengthening the number of women in executive positions is critical to achieving long-term gender balance.
He added: We are still a long way from reaching the target for women in senior leadership roles below board level. Unless half of all appointments made this year go to women, our target for 2020 is not going to be met.
The data, which was collated in mid-October, also showed that 29.6 percent of board roles on companies listed on London's second-tier FTSE 250 index are held by women.
That was up considerably from 24.9 percent the previous year.
The Review's chief executive, Denise Wilson, said strong foundations have been laid and significant progress has been made since the journey began in earnest in 2011.
She added: The very senior jobs were always going to be the hardest of challenges, however a stronger focus is now required at every stage of the appointment process to address the reasons why top jobs aren't going to women.