The Diversity Action Committee's (DAC) recommendation to make diversity policy disclosures and target setting part of the Code of Corporate Governance could not have come soon enough.
The recommendation strikes at the heart of Singapore's lacklustre progress on boardroom gender equality, which is this: The problem that can be ignored will not be solved. But while disclosure, target setting and regular monitoring represent a critical first step, regulators must do more to ensure that the disclosures...