For other analysis see The Gadhia Report produced for the UK Treasury entitled ‘Empowering Productivity: Harnessing the Talents of Women in Financial Services’, which notes that companies in the top quartile for gender diversity are 15 per cent more likely to have financial returns above their respective national industry medians.
The report also notes that in the UK, for every 10 per cent increase in gender diversity, earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) rose by 3.5 per cent. 15 See Central Bank of Ireland Gender Pay Gap Report 2018. 16 See Central Statistics Office report Women and Men in Ireland 2016. 17 See Central Bank of Ireland Strategic Plan 2019–2021.