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Year-on-year figures on female representation remain alarmingly low. This lack of diversity and talent lowers companies’ ability to innovate and meet the urgent challenges of the energy transition.
The latest data shows that the energy sector remains significantly below the 33 percent by 2020 target for women on FTSE boards and has a long way to go before meeting POWERful Women’s target of 30 percent for women in executive director roles by 2030.
The prevalence of all-male boards and the extremely small number of companies with any female executive directors remains disappointing.
“Our energy industry is sitting centre stage of the green recovery” said Ruth Cairnie, Chair of POWERful Women. “It has to transform itself completely and support the transition for all other sectors. Yet, woefully, we still lack the diversity we need in the top ranks. This year’s figures show that we are ignoring a vast pool of female talent – only 18 out of 80 comp