House of Rose Professional Pte Ltd (HORP) has revealed the 101 Best Global Companies for Women in Leadership this year. It’s just one of HORP’s many initiatives to help achieve Mission 2029. In short, Mission 2029 aims to quintuple the number of female CEOs and double the number of male CEOs (who actively advocate for diversity and inclusion) in the world’s 500 largest companies by 2029.
The 2020 Break the ceiling touch the sky 101 Best Global Companies for Women in leadership Index was compiled via an extensive assessment between April and July 2020 of over 10,000 C- suite executives on boards and management teams of the world’s 500 largest companies in 2019. The Index is based on research conducted by HORP and fact-based computation of gender diversity at the top by looking at the gender balance and percentage of women across boards and management teams at each company.
“A spot on the Index cannot be bought, influenced or negotiated,” confirmed Anthony A Rose, HORP Chairman and CEO, who is also best-selling author of Break the ceiling touch the sky: success secrets of the world’s most inspirational women: “The Break the ceiling touch the sky 101 Best Companies for women in leadership Index is based on fact and numbers. What the world’s largest Companies are actually doing today in terms of female executives on their Boards and their management teams, not on perception or what they will do tomorrow. We will repeat the Index annually. While we congratulate the 2020 101 Best Companies, we wish to encourage the efforts of thousands of other companies beyond these leading 101, who are also pursuing greater gender diversity focusing on specific goals and actions.”
TOP 101 COMPANIES FOR FEMALE LEADERS
The 101 Best Companies for women in leadership Index (listed in alphabetical order) include:
- 3M
- Abbvie
- Accenture
- Achmea
- Air France KLM
- Air Liquide
- Amazon
- American Airlines Group
- American Express
- Amerisource Bergen
- Anthem
- ANZ Banking Group
- Apple
- Arrow Electronics
- AT & T
- Bank of America
- Bank of Nova Scotia
- Best Buy
- BHP Group
- BT Group
- Cardinal Health
- Carrefour
- Centrica, UK
- Cisco
- Citi
- CNP Assurances
- Coca-Cola
- Commonwealth Bank
- Compass Group
- CVS Health
- Daimler
- Danone
- Deutsche Bank
- Deutsche Telekom
- Dollar General
- Enbridge
- Engie
- Equinor
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
- General Dynamics
- General Motors
- George Weston
- Goldman Sachs
- GSK
- Home Depot
- HP
- IBM
- ING Group
- Intel
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kroger
- L’Oreal
- Lockheed Martin
- Macy’s
- Maersk Group (Denmark)
- Manulife Financial
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
- Metlife
- McKesson
- Morgan Stanley
- National Australia Bank
- New York Life Insurance
- Nike
- Northrop Grumman
- Novartis
- Oracle
- Orange
- PepsiCo
- Phillips 66
- Pfizer
- Ping An Insurance
- Poste Italiane
- Procter & Gamble
- Progressive
- Rabobank
- Randstad
- RBC Capital Markets Europe
- Repsol
- Rio Tinto
- Roche Group
- Royal Ahold Delhaize
- Saint Gobain
- Sanofi
- Schneider Electric
- SNCF Mobilities
- Societe Generale
- State Farm Insurances
- Target
- TESCO
- ThyssenKrupp
- Toronto Dominion Bank
- Total
- Travelers Cos
- Unilever
- United Health Group
- US Bancorp
- Verizon
- Vodafone
- Walgreens
- Walmart
- Wells Fargo
- Wesfarmers
- Westpac Banking
- Woolsworth Group
- Zurich Insurance Group
LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Findings from the study, as well as best practices on women in leadership from the 101 Best Global Companies for Women in leadership Index will be showcased at the 2020 World Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky’s success and leadership summit, scheduled to take place on November 11-12, 2020.
“This is an important development in the mission for global gender diversity and inclusion at the very highest levels of leadership,” stated Bob McDonald, 8th Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, former Chairman, President and CEO of The Procter & Gamble Company and member of the Mission 2029 Global Advisory Council. He believes the latest initiative “provides an objective definition of the Companies leading on gender diversity at the top. The world’s 500 largest Companies generate $32.7 trillion in revenues and employ 69.3 million people and control one-third of the world’s GDP. We believe that by accelerating gender diversity at these 500 companies first through MISSION 2029 we can change the trajectory of global business for the better and influence a more sustainable, better world”.
GENDER EQUALITY COMMITMENT
Currently, under 3% of the world’s 500 largest companies are run by female CEOs. Yet research shows that gender diverse companies are financially more successful, more attractive as employers and to customers, gender diverse teams perform better than non-gender diverse teams and that gender diversity helps compliance, positive reputation and leadership decision making. Having over 70 Female CEOs amongst the Top 500 CEOs globally by 2029 and more male (champions for diversity) CEOs will help develop better diversity, leadership, business and a better world, according to HORP.
Natalia Shuman, Executive Vice President and CEO, Bureau Veritas North America believes that diversity and inclusion are “critical to our business success. Bureau Veritas is committed to gender equality and recognises the important contributions that diversity creates and how it positively impacts our business and generates innovation. We are delighted to partner with Break the Ceiling Touch the Sky® in the USA and Mission 2029”.
EQUALITY CHAMPIONS
Commenting on achieving a place on the index, Colleen Lindholz, President, Kroger Health, stated: “I’m proud of the role so many talented women leaders are playing to help businesses get back to growth despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic. Together, we are driving change, creating opportunity, and defining a more innovative, inclusive future. In healthcare, we see it every day in the more than 2200 Kroger Health pharmacies and 220 clinics across the USA. We are proud to once again champion the cause at the 2020 World Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky.”
Julie Hamilton, Chief Commercial Officer, of Diageo Plc, added: “The future is female. Research is indicating that women drive 70-80% of all consumer purchasing, through a combination of their buying power and influence.Given this reality, it is imperative we have more gender balanced leadership at the very top of organisations. At Diageo we believe that the fastest way to greater diversity at the top is to actively support greater opportunity for women to learn, grow and lead.”
James Michael Lafferty, CEO of Fine Hygienic Holding, agrees: “Diversity equals better business. More women at the top is a proven business builder so the time for analysis and reflection is over! At Fine Hygienic Holding we have proven just that by getting to 30% of women on our executive team and seeing the corresponding jump in business result (+82% increase in profit in 2019). Diversity is having a transformational impact on our relationships with customers and our business. We are delighted to continue our pioneering partnership with Break the ceiling touch the sky in the Middle East and I am personally delighted to be supporting Mission 2029 as a member of the Global Advisory Council.”
For more information on HORP’s 101 Best Global Companies for Women in Leadership, click here.
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