Gender Equality Improves Your Bottom Line

There are economic upsides when both genders are taking part in the decision making processes. However Denmark is at the bottom in terms of women in top positions. It’s a waste of talent, says Heidi Rottbøll Andersen, working to create gender balance at the top of some of the world’s largest companies

The companies that come closest to having equal numbers of men and women in management, have a 55 percent higher EBIT than companies with few or no women at the top, Heidi Rottbøll Andersen, founder and director of the consulting firm Living Institute, says. She has advised several hundred companies on diversity over the years.

Your Danish Life – the expat Magazine, September 2nd 2015