30percentcoalition.org

What It Is

This is the official website of the US non-profit organization **30percentcoalition.org (Thirty Percent Coalition). Founded in 2011, it is the first cross-sector collaborative organization in the US focused on gender diversity on the boards of public companies. Its core goal is to promote women, including women of color, to hold 30% of board seats at publicly traded US companies, and it is an advocacy non-profit working in the gender equality space.

Core Functions and Achievements

The website openly shares the organization's mission, operating model, and past results. The organization is divided into three committees advancing different strategies:

• The Institutional Investors Committee reaches out to public companies with no women on their board, coordinating a coalition of institutional investors holding over $3 trillion in assets under management to send joint letters, and files shareholder proposals for companies that do not respond positively.
• The CEO & Board Leadership Committee mobilizes CEOs, board chairs, and other industry leaders to advocate among peers, and launched the Champions of Change initiative.
• The Public Sector Committee pushes for supportive resolutions and improved diversity disclosure requirements at all levels of government.

According to data on the website, as of the last public update, over 100 target companies added their first woman director through the organization's work.

Pros, Cons, and Who It's For

Pros: This organization fills a gap for demand-side advocacy for board gender diversity in the US, and integrates resources from corporations, investment firms, the public sector, and non-profits. Its achievements are quantifiable and verifiable.
Cons: The latest updates on the website stopped in 2016, and the organization has not been active for a long time, and may have ceased operations. It also does not publicly disclose detailed membership fee standards, so information transparency is lacking.

This website is only suitable for reference by institutions and researchers focused on US corporate governance and gender diversity issues.

Accessibility from China

This website is currently directly accessible via the public internet. Pages load normally with no access restrictions.