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What started as a one-off SEC filing, turned into a months long project to examine size and scope of gender-neutral terms in the S&P 500. Excited to share our findings in Bloomberg Businessweek/Bloomberg News that since 2020, the number of companies changing to "chair" or "chairperson" from "chairman" has more than tripled. Though the trend is slowing during a conservative-led backlash to DEI initiatives, potentially curbing a complete adoption from all companies in the index. Thanks to Andre Tartar for analyzing roughly 2,000 regulatory filings to unearth the trend in company bylaws and Raeedah Wahid for visualizing with some beautiful graphics. And to Zachary Fleming for the endless guidance. Read the full story below: https://lnkd.in/ep7QhbJ5

Today we've published a great data-driven Bloomberg Businessweek / Bloomberg News story looking at how the number of S&P 500 companies using the gender-neutral “chair” or “chairperson” board title has tripled since 2020. But the trend is slowing as the conservative-led backlash to DEI policies grows, potentially curbing this shift before it hits a tipping point. We analyzed company bylaws and other corporate governance language from more than 2,000 regulatory filings to uncover this trend; there's a methodology at the bottom of the story if you want more details. Zachary Fleming and Cameron Baker did a great job reporting out the story, speaking with several S&P 500 female chairs and even Nancy Pelosi, who as House speaker in 2021 drove Congress to adopt gender-neutral language. And Raeedah Wahid brought her graphics genius to the party, creating charts that clearly illustrate how this trend has played out, including a super-fun sort of stacked-area voronoi chart where you can explore some of the biggest S&P 500 companies across a few key industries. Click the link below to read our story and please share.

"The more valuable a company is, the more likely it is to have jettisoned the chairman moniker. Only 37% of the S&P 500 have made the change, but six of the so-called Magnificent 7 have done so. The exception: Nvidia Corp., which kept chairman when it updated its bylaws last month. Of the 15 largest publicly traded companies in the US, all but four — Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Walmart Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp., and Nvidia — use “chair” or “chairperson.”......(T)he three largest banks — JPMorgan, Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. — have all adopted “chair.” Citigroup Inc., with a female CEO, still uses “chairman,” as do Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc....." https://lnkd.in/giNqJWVx #boardofdirectors  #boardmatters #boardroom #boards #corporateboards #leadership #boardmembers #corpgov

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