The latest board diversity disclosures

Here is a report from KPMG that includes statistics for the S&P 500 and Russell 3000 about board diversity disclosure as of the middle of 2024. The stats include:

Board gender diversity:
– 99% of the S&P 500 and 88% of the R3000 disclose board gender composition
– 53% of the S&P 500 and 25% of the R3000 disclose gender by individual director names
– 92% of the S&P 500 and 82% of the R3000 disclose the number or percentage of directors identifying as gender-diverse

Board racial/ethnic diversity:
– 98% of the S&P 500 and 85% of the R3000 disclose board’s racial/ethnic diversity
– 43% of the S&P 500 and 20% of the R3000 disclose race/ethnicity by individual director names
– 45% of the S&P 500 and 57% of the R3000 disclose the number/percentage of directors identifying with specific racial/ethnic categories
– 74% of the S&P 500 and 39% of the R3000 disclose the number/percentage of racially/ethnically diverse directors on the board