Citing this year’s edition of an FLB report on women in listed companies, the newspaper said only a small share of major firms on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) meet the EU “Women on Boards” directive requirement that at least 33% of board and supervisory board members be women.
The report found that six in 10 GPW-listed companies have no women at all on their management boards, while almost one in three also have all-male supervisory boards. Poland, it said, remains well below the EU average share of women in such roles, which stands at 35%.
According to the newspaper, women accounted for 11.5% of management board members and 13% of supervisory board members in 2014, when FLB first conducted its study. By the end of last year, those shares had edged up only to 13.6% and 18.7% respectively, for a combined share of 17.1%.
Rzeczpospolita said the EU’s Women on Boards directive, adopted three years ago and due to take effect from the end of June 2026, was expected to be a turning point. The rules will apply to companies with at least 250 employees and annual turnover above EUR 50 million or a balance sheet total exceeding EUR 43 million.
However, the paper noted that the latest FLB data show little sign that companies are stepping up preparations for compliance with the new requirements.
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Source: PAP, Rzeczpospolita