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Clifford Chance

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Statutory quotas and targets to improve gender balance within Dutch large company boards

17 February 2021

Last week, the bill introducing 1) a statutory diversity quota for supervisory boards (or the non-executive members of a one-tier board) of companies with a stock listing in The Netherlands, and 2) diversity related goal setting and reporting obligations for so-called 'large companies' was adopted by the Dutch House of Representatives; which is an important milestone in the enactment process of the bill.

The bill now has been sent to the Dutch Senate; the enactment is expected in 2021.

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