The issue: Gender equality

Female leadership is crucial, given there are only 6% female CEOs in the S&P 500. But gender diversity is not only necessary at the top; it’s equally important across all levels of a company, from the boardroom to executive, management and workforce levels.

Asset managers like Vanguard are investing in companies that score poorly on gender equality – and they’re using workers’ retirement plan savings to do so. Through Vanguard, the retirement plans of companies like Amazon and Comcast are investing millions in publicly-traded companies with poor gender balance and poor adoption of policies promoting gender equality.