Background and purpose of the report In recent years, diversity has received greater focus within Danish companies – and with good reason. A number of companies sees the potential and understands how to take advantage of the commercial advantages that diversity holds. In this report we focus on diversity within Danish corporate managements and across all management levels, because diversity is not only about employees, but also about diversity at the management level. Management is highly instrumental in fostering a desirable company culture, and hence in promoting the benefits of diversity. Tamar Kibar, ISS Catering Services At ISS, we have worked with diversity for a number of years now. This report is about the attainment of commercial targets via diversity within corporate leadership. We have therefore conducted a survey of diversity across all management tiers within Danish companies. The outcome of the surveys were compared with the companies’ financial ratios in order to demonstrate the advantages of actively pursuing diversity. In order to increase the scale and hence the validity of the survey, we went beyond ISS to examine data from a large number of other Danish companies. The compilation of the report was the outcome of a joint project between ISS and proacteur. The study’s profiles are shown in Figure 1: Study profiles ISS Mangfoldighedsrapport — G 6,012 leaders Age Under 35 yrs 12.1% 35-50 yrs 39.8% Over 50 yrs 47.9% 321 companies 12 industries/sectors Seniority 0-5 yrs 6-10 yrs 11-15 yrs 16-20 yrs 21-25 yrs 26-30 yrs Over 30 yrs 44.4% 26.7% 13.8% 8.2% 3.6% 2.0% 1.4% Gender Women 25.2% Men 74.8% Ethnicity Danish 94.7% ethnicity Non-Danish 5.3% ethnicity Education Phd 1.5% Master 44.0% Bachelor 25.4% High school 4.8% Skilled trade 4.4% Public school 0.4% Other/not stated 19.6% Figure 1 Study – method and process The purpose of the study was to establish the degree of diversity that exists among large and medium-sized Danish companies, and to examine whether a financial advantage may be derived from ensuring diversity in the composition of company management. 4 Proprietary information ISS World Services A/S - Copyright © 2016
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