There are clear signs of a return of interest of investors institutional For listed companies Italian. This is what emerges from the last Consob report On Corporate Governance, containing an addendum that photographs the intense interaction between companies, shareholders and other stakeholders. The report also confirms some tendencies that emerged in the last
More institutional in the capital of listed
2024, for the first time since the pre-placing period, shows an increase in the share of companies listed in Piazza Affari which have institutional investors in the shareholding, which they are 27% from 24% of the year before, in particular Foreign investorspresent in the capital of 21.5% of companies against 19% in 2023.
More and more attention to ESG themes
The report confirms, among other things, the growing also Attention of the boards of directors towards ESG themesrelating to the environmental, social and government sustainability of companies. At the end of 2023 the sustainability committees are present in the 68% of companies compared to 61% of 2022 and 20% in 2017.
And greater presence of women in the board
The study also highlights that the presence of women In the social bodies of the listed it stands to 43% of the positionstherefore above the minimum threshold set by law (40%). It is growing compared to the years preceding the percentage of companies in which the female gender is equally or more represented compared to the male one in the administrative body (19% of the board of directorscompared to 15% in 2023). However, women continue to cover the role of CEO rarely or President of the administrative body (respectively 2.2% and 3.5% of the assignments held by women).
The ownership of Administrative positions in more than one broadcaster listed (interlocking) concerns the 27.6% of women. The female figure is superior to that of men, as in previous surveys, but shows a gradual and continuous reduction that began in the most recent years after the maximum value of 34.9% reached in 2019.
The broadcasters who introduced the increased vote are 72 (vs. 74 in 2023), equal to 14.7% of the total market value. Among these, 10 broadcasters have provided for a strengthened vote.
