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Daily Brief ESG: Challenges in Using Cash and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Challenges in Using Cash, Even in Companies with 30%+ Female Board Members, with Excellent Practices


Challenges in Using Cash, Even in Companies with 30%+ Female Board Members, with Excellent Practices

By Aki Matsumoto

  • The two groups with the highest percentages of female board members (companies with over 30% and 20%-30%) are consistent with the characteristics of companies in which overseas investors primarily invest.
  • Companies with over 30% female board members show superior values in many of Board Practices and Key Actions evaluation items. This may be due to improved engagement by overseas investors.
  • Companies with no female board members have the lowest values in most Corporate Governance Practices items. Therefore, percentage of female board members indicates the seriousness of improving corporate governance practices.

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