Norway fund to reject all-male boards in Japanese firms

NORWAY’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, will from now on vote against the nomination of all-male boards in Japanese companies, a senior fund official said today.

In a bid to promote diversity and gender equality, the fund, currently worth more than 15 trillion kroner (RM6.2 trillion), already rejects nominations to boards for companies in Europe and North America that do not include at least two women.