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Home | AXA IM to expand its gender diversity voting policy for both developed and emerging market economies

AXA IM to expand its gender diversity voting policy for both developed and emerging market economies

AXA Investment Managers announces the expansion of its gender diversity voting policy in order to enhance its influence on companies, globally, to improve governance standards.
Ana Andrés

Business Development Manager at RankiaPro

2020/07/08

From 2021, AXA IM will target listed companies in developed market economies where at least one-third of the Board of Directors is not gender diverse. This new 33% diversity target will enable AXA IM to hold all companies in which it invests to the same high standards of achieving greater diversity, as well as advancing the issue of gender diversity in the developed world.

In addition to these changes, AXA IM will also be targeting listed companies in emerging market economies from this year, as well as Japan, where the Board of Directors does not comprise of a minimum of one female director (or 10% of the board for larger Boards).

AXA IM has and will continue to push all companies, in both developed and emerging markets, to disclose and report against their executive committee gender diversity policy and targets. AXA IM will be holding companies accountable with respect to these targets and will seek to put pressure, through its engagement efforts, on companies that continue to fall short of their defined target or market best practice to explain shortcomings and how they intend to address the situation.

AXA IM may also use its voting power at a company general meeting as a tool to address concerns at companies that fail to provide appropriate disclosure and measures on executive committee diversity and have no credible plan to address the topic.

Studies show that a well-balanced and gender-diverse Board of Directors leads to higher profitability and value creation, overcomes issues of group think, triggers debates and innovation, and leads to stronger diversity of representation across the organisation. These changes are in line with our belief that we must hold Boards of Directors accountable to best governance standards in their role as guardians of sustainable performance. The introduction of our 33% target for listed companies in the developed world and new policy for companies in emerging markets and Japan, is the next critical step for us as we continue to build on our voting policies around gender diversity, and make the most of our rights as an investor to engage companies in productive dialogue that makes a tangible difference.

Yo Takatsuki, Head of ESG Research and Active Ownership at AXA Investment Managers

AXA IM’s gender diversity engagement in 2019 focused on pressing companies to proactively seek gender equality at every level of the corporate hierarchy. AXA IM also improved how it incorporated gender diversity considerations into its voting at AGMs, by voting against the following:

  • Approval of the company’s report and accounts or a relevant director for all-male boards at companies in developed markets;
  • The chairman of the nomination committee at companies in the UK FTSE All Share Index where less than a quarter of the board is female;
  • The chairman of the nomination committee or relevant director at US companies with lower than 20% female board representation.

This saw an increase in the number of votes against companies where AXA IM had voted against companies on gender diversity considerations, from 45 companies in 2018 to 245 companies in 2019. From January to May 2020 this year, AXA IM voted against 230 resolutions at 186 meetings based on gender diversity issues.

As long-term stewards of our clients’ investments, we believe that the interests of shareholders are best served where the Board of Directors is structured in a manner to ensure that there is an appropriate diversity of skills, knowledge and experience amongst the directors on the board which is suitable for the requirements of the business.

Yo Takatsuki, Head of ESG Research and Active Ownership at AXA Investment Managers
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AXA IM to expand its gender diversity voting policy for both developed and emerging market economies