https://www.scmp.com/rss/511850/feed The next generation of business leaders is putting increasing emphasis and being vocal on diversity, equality, and inclusivity issues in the workplace. This SCMP Conversation event turned the spotlight to speakers representing those who stand to benefit from a proper implementation of inclusive strategies in the workplace; the same segments of our community who have the most to lose if there isn’t one. Speakers representing the LGBTQ+ community, minority groups and the disabled shared their... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Businesses like certainty. So why are they bullish on the business environment in Asia, as a new survey has found, even as uncertainty is on the rise? In a world of overlapping crises, uncertainty has become the new normal, forcing business leaders to put adaptability at the core of their strategy. Increasingly, executives must think about how to stay relevant in a rapidly changing environment and use diversity to their advantage to build more resilient and adaptable businesses. The... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3231043/how-businesses-still-upbeat-asia-can-adapt-uncertainty-new-normal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3231043/how-businesses-still-upbeat-asia-can-adapt-uncertainty-new-normal?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Aug 2023 07:45:17 +0000 The clock is ticking on gender inequality in listed companies in Asia. Stock exchanges in Hong Kong and South Korea recently implemented rules to make single-gender boards of directors a thing of the past, joining exchanges such as the National Stock Exchange of India that have similar rules in effect. However, the region still lags behind on many gender-related market metrics. Calls for greater diversity from policymakers, regulators, shareholders and civil society will only grow louder as... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3212791/how-stock-exchanges-can-help-asia-be-leader-gender-equality-and-diversity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3212791/how-stock-exchanges-can-help-asia-be-leader-gender-equality-and-diversity?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Mar 2023 08:30:07 +0000 As we celebrate women this week, here’s to two stand-out women lawmakers. First and foremost, cheers to trailblazer Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, who has been smashing glass ceilings throughout her career. She was the first woman in Hong Kong to be appointed director of immigration and later secretary for security. Last year, she became the first woman since the city’s return to Chinese rule to hold the post of convenor of the Executive Council. She founded a think tank and a political party, and has... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/hong-kong/article/3212210/international-womens-week-lets-celebrate-two-hong-kong-lawmakers-challenging-status-quo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/hong-kong/article/3212210/international-womens-week-lets-celebrate-two-hong-kong-lawmakers-challenging-status-quo?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Mar 2023 06:45:09 +0000 Hong Kong Disneyland is embarking on new initiatives to make the theme park more accessible to people with disabilities. It is the first Disney park in the world to provide sign language integrated into the body movements of performers at its shows, a practise it calls “theatrical interpretation” – starting with Halloween. The initiative is part of the park’s drive to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. “There’s a responsibility to live up to the promise that Walt Disney himself made when... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3195987/hong-kong-disneyland-makes-sign-language-part-show-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3195987/hong-kong-disneyland-makes-sign-language-part-show-world?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:15:09 +0000 It goes without saying that England is riding high on the women’s football team winning the Euro 2022 final. But behind the viral clips of the euphoric Lionesses gatecrashing their coach’s post-match press conference and the articles dissecting the minutiae of their victory, the reactions to the win reveal a very different – and less heart-warming – reality. Following the Lionesses’ victory, British radio shows were flooded with calls from women who felt vindicated, after being told over the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3187814/englands-lionesses-won-euro-2022-battle-gender-parity-sport-has?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3187814/englands-lionesses-won-euro-2022-battle-gender-parity-sport-has?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Aug 2022 06:43:34 +0000 Women are likely to fill 40 to 50 per cent of an estimated 2,000 new board seats at Hong Kong-listed firms in the next three years because of diversity listing rules and pressure to improve corporate governance, according to a veteran executive placement specialist. By 2025, women could occupy a quarter of all seats, up from 15.6 per cent of close to 20,000 directorships currently, said Kirti Lad, executive director at Meraki Executive Search & Consulting. To truly benefit from greater board... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3180348/diversity-pressure-listing-rules-will-lead-greater?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3180348/diversity-pressure-listing-rules-will-lead-greater?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Jun 2022 05:00:24 +0000 Mainland China-listed companies have stood out for having a higher proportion of female chief executives and chief financial officers compared with the global average, but women in the country still have low representation on corporate boards, according to MSCI. Some 6.4 per cent of the 636 mainland-listed companies included in the MSCI All Country World equity index – out of 2,887 total constituents – had female CEOs as of October of last year, up from 6 per cent in 2020. This is above the 5.4... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3169446/international-womens-day-mainland-chinese-firms-have-more-female?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3169446/international-womens-day-mainland-chinese-firms-have-more-female?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:47:23 +0000 Contributed by Sudesh Thevasenabathy, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Asia, Manulife Are you able to be your ‘true self’ at work? It’s definitely a loaded question, but how would you define being your true self? There are a number of ways to do so which can include visual elements, such as gender, race, physical disability, accent, or even the way you dress. Sometimes, it can be something non-visual like your sexual orientation, religion, non-visual impairment or an underlying mental... https://www.scmp.com/events/business/topics/scmp-conversations/article/3164920/creating-safe-space-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/events/business/topics/scmp-conversations/article/3164920/creating-safe-space-work?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jan 2022 07:55:09 +0000