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Governance | 71.7%
The share of SBF 120 boards — covering the CAC 40 and other listed companies — that had an ESG committee in 2022.
Governance: climate makes its way into the boardroom
According to the IFA-Ethics & Boards barometer, France's large listed companies pay more attention to ESG than their German or British counterparts.
Greener and more diverse corporate governance
At France's large companies, environmental and social responsibility weighs ever more heavily with boards and supervisory boards. Those boards are also more gender-balanced, more diverse and younger.
Three quarters of SBF 120 boards now have an ESG committee
Committees devoted to social and environmental responsibility, a purpose written into the articles, pay tied more closely to non-financial criteria — environmental and social issues feature ever more prominently in the boardrooms of France's large companies.
Women in leadership, ESG, employee directors: the law has made French companies more virtuous
Employee representation, women on executive committees, attention to societal issues — according to the IFA/Ethics & Boards barometer published on Thursday, France's large companies had better-balanced governance bodies in 2022 than in the past. Often under legal compulsion.
Are France's large companies more responsible?
The sixth IFA-Ethics & Boards barometer sets out the progress French groups have made on environmental, social and governance matters.
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