Corporate News

Report on Business magazine announces Women Lead Here

New annual feature examines executive gender diversity in Canada

March 27, 2020

Today Report on Business magazine unveiled the findings of Women Lead Here, a new annual benchmark of executive gender diversity in corporate Canada.

“We know women continue to be under-represented in the executive levels of Canadian corporations,” says James Cowan, editor, Report on Business magazine. “Through Women Lead Here, we wanted to create a standard for other companies to measure themselves against while also demonstrating that inclusive leadership is good for business.”

To find corporations who are leading in advancing gender equality in leadership positions, Report on Business evaluated the 500 largest publicly-traded companies in Canada as determined by our annual Top 1000 list. Reporters analyzed the top three tiers of executive leadership to measure the ratio of female-identifying to male-identifying individuals, as well as factors including the companies’ profitability, revenue growth, and three-year return.

In its inaugural year, 73 corporations earned the 2020 Women Lead Here seal. The stories of what they are doing to advance gender equity are in the April issue of Report on Business magazine and online at tgam.ca/WomenLeadHere

Winning companies and gender-equity leaders will meet to discuss successes, lessons learned and next steps at the Women Lead Here Summit, now taking place September 18 at The Globe and Mail Centre.