Coalition formed over lack of women in energy leadership roles

Energy firms including Shell, Orsted and Scottish Power have signed up to a new initiative to increase the number of women in senior and middle management roles in the sector.

It comes amid new figures from the POWERful Women action group showing little progress on the issue has been made in the last year by the UK’s top 80 energy companies.

Women occupy just 13% of board seats, from 11% in 2017, and continue to hold just 6% of executive board seats with no change on last year.

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