Black Women CEOs in the S&P 500 Double Last week, Dow announced that Karen Carter, the current President of Packaging and Specialty Plastics, will succeed Jim Fitterling as CEO on July 1st. She will become the first woman to lead … Read More
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Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For, EEO-1 Data Explosion, IBM’s ‘Illegal DEI’ and Proxy Season Update
Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For Fortune released its 100 Best Companies to Work For a couple of weeks ago. It remains one of our preferred measures of external validation for corporate culture and employee sentiment for three reasons: (1) it … Read More
Proxy Season Update: Board disclosure is disappearing—40% report nothing
Nearly a quarter of the Russell 3000 has now filed, and the shift is clear: board-level disclosure is continuing to pull back—both in depth and consistency. Our board transparency score—which measures the share of demographic characteristics companies disclose—previously included LGBTQ+ … Read More
2026 Proxy Season Kickoff: Board Diversity Stalls and Disclosure Fades
Proxy season is starting to ramp up. More than 100 proxy statements have already been filed this week, with another ~200 expected next week. By April, filing volume typically accelerates to 300–400 per week. I just returned from the Council … Read More