Women are underrepresented on S&P 500 boards. The average Board Gender Diversity Percentage for the S&P 500 is 24.0%, which is up from 15.3% eight fiscal years ago. The lower chart shows that at this trajectory, parity is projected to be reached in 2030. Within the S&P 500, the retailing (29.0%) and consumer services (27.7%) industry groups have the highest average representation, while the commercial & professional services (18.9%) and semiconductors & semiconductor equipment (18.9%) industry groups have the lowest. Board Gender Diversity Percentage (BGDP) is one of the over 400 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) component metrics that Refinitiv

In September 2015, 193 of the world’s governments adopted the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) as a blueprint for changing the face of the planet by 2030. They provide a universal framework for sustainable development through 17 different goals, each targeting a different aspect of a future that ensures prosperity and environmental protection for future generations. For investors, the SDGs represent both the power that the financial world can have in supporting a transition to the UN’s vision of the future and the ability to find sustainable investment opportunities. Many of the goals – for example, climate change, water quality