REVEALED: Best Global Companies for Women in Leadership

For the second year running, House of Rose Professional Ltd (HORP) has revealed the 101 Best Global Companies for Women in Leadership Index. 

Global powerhouses such as Starbucks, Accenture, Kroger, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, HP, GlaxoSmithkline, UPS, Walmart, General Motors, Engie, Sun Life Financial feature on this year’s list. Approximately 51.78 % of the companies on the index are headquartered in the US, followed by France (12.5%), Britain (10.71%) and Canada (5.35%). Additionally, 12 out of 14 female-CEO led companies of the world’s 500 largest companies also appear on this year’s index. 

INVESTING IN DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

The 101 Best Global Companies for Women in Leadership Index is the annual study carried out by House of Rose Professional’s in a bid to achieve Mission 2029 for a Better World. Its 10 year goal is to shape a better world by quintupling the number of female CEOs in the worlds 500 largest companies from 14 (in 2020) to 70 in 2029; and doubling the number of male CEOs who are actively investing in gender diversity and inclusion, as reported. 

The 2021 rankings are based on HORP’s reviews of  over 10,000 executives on the boards and executive management teams of the world’s 500 largest companies. “This is a fact-based computation of gender diversity at the top of the world’s 500 largest companies. A spot on the index cannot be bought or influenced,” confirmed Anthony A Rose, Chairman and CEO, House of Rose Professional.

“Congratulations to the 2021 Break the ceiling touch the sky 101 Best Global Companies for Women in Leadership,” said Rose. “We also encourage the efforts of those companies that did not make it on this year’s index to continue to work towards greater gender diversity in their organisations with sincerity.”

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

Adding to his comments, Bob McDonald, President and CEO of Procter & Gamble, and member of the Mission 2029 Global Advisory Council, stated: “Gender diverse companies are financially more successful, better employers, greater innovators and better corporate citizens. We believe that by accelerating gender diversity at the world’s largest companies, we can accelerate global business and influence a more sustainable, better world. I encourage companies to join Mission 2029 for a Better World. Now more than ever before we should press forward for diversity, equity and inclusion.”

The “future is female”, according to Julie Hamilton, Chief Commercial Officer of Diageo Plc. “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.”

TOP FIRMS FOR WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP

This year’s 101 Best Global Companies for Women in Leadership (ranked in order) are:

1. Starbucks  (48.33)

2. Sun Life Financial (47.05)

3. ViacomCBS (46.87)

4. McKesson (44.44)

5. Northrop Grumman (42.85)

6. Citigroup (42.42)

7. L’Oreal (42.42)

8. Anthem (42.21)

9. Philips (40.9)

10. Deutsche Telekom (40.74)

11. Danone (40.72)

12. Compass Group (40)

13. Achmea (40)

14. Total (40)

15. JP Morgan Chase (39.28)

16. Procter & Gamble (39.13)

17. Cardinal Health (38.7)

18. Ranstad (38.46)

19. Woolworths Group (38.46)

20. BP/Fannie Mae/HP (37.5)

21. ThyssenKrupp (37.5)

22. LaPoste (37.5)

23. CNP Assurances (37.03)

24. GlaxoSmithkline (37.03)

25. Sanofi (37.03) 

26. 3M (36.66)

27. Best Buy (36.66)

28. Saint Gobain (36.66)

29. Aviva (36.36)

30. Commonwealth Bank Australia (36.36)

31. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance (36.36)

32. Comcast (36.11)

33. Credit Agricole (36.11)

34. Unilever (36)

35. Vodafone Group (36)

36. Walt Disney (35.48)

37. AmerisourceBergen (35.29)

38. M&G (35.29)

39. Zurich Insurance (34.78)

40. Coles Group (40)

41. Target (34.61)

42. UPS (34.61)

43. BT Group (34.61)

44. Schneider Electric (34.48)

45. American Express (34.37)

46. Air France KLM Group (34.37)

47. Coca-Cola (34.28)

48. Freddie Mac/BHP Group (33.33)

49. Dollar General (33.33)

50. Roche Group (33.33)

51. Facebook (33.33)

52. Goldman Sachs/ Pfizer/ING Group (33.33)

53. Deutsche Bank (33.33)

54. Poste Italiane (33.33)

55. Suncor Energy (33.33)

56. Orange (33)

57. SNCF Group (32.65)

58. Bank of America (32.5)

59. Volvo (32.35)

60. Enbridge (32)

61. Verizon Communications (31.81)

62. Kroger (31.81)

63. Walmart (31.66)

64. Oracle (31.57)

65. Caterpillar (31.57)

66. Aegon (31.57)

67. Bank of Nova Scotia (31.11)

68. General Motors (31.03)

69. Prudential Financial (30.43)

70. CVS Health (30.43)

71. Legal & General Group/MetLife (30.43)

72. Equinor (30.43)

73. Nike (30)

74. Lockheed Martin (30)

75. Bristol-Myers Squibb (29.67)

76. Fedex (29.44)

77. Johnson & Johnson (29.16)

78. Rio Tinto Group (29.16)

79. Progressive (29.16)

80. Repsol (29.1)

81. Accenture (28.84)

82. Tesco/ US Bancorp (28.57)

83. Societe Generale (28.57)

84. Bank of Montreal (28.57)

85. Cigna/Engie/Liberty Mutual Insurance Group (28)

86. Maersk Group (27.77)

87. Travelers (27.77)

88. HCA Healthcare (27.58)

89. Cisco Systems (27.27)

90. Intel (27.27)

91. Morgan Stanley/Novartis (27.27)

92. George Weston (27.27)

93. ConocoPhillips (27.27)

94. Dow (26.92)

95. Wells Fargo (26.66)

96. Walgreen Boots Alliance (26.66)

97. Archer Daniels Midland (26.47)

98. Arrow Electronics (26.31)

99. Petronas/J Sainsbury (26.31)

100. Daimler (25.92)

101. Honeywell International (25.92)

For details on last year’s 101 Best Global Companies for Women in Leadership, click here.