Survey: Influence of women in sustainability being stifled by gender bias and systemic barriers

Cecilia Keating
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Gender bias, parenting duties, and a lack of interest in sustainability in general highlighted as most significant barriers hindering female executives' ability to influence corporate decision making

A major survey of women working in sustainability has found that more than half of participants felt they were either not heard in the office or able to be consistently influential in decision making....

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