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    Fearless Girl

    Overnight on the eve of International Women’s Day 2017, we placed Fearless Girl in New York’s financial district to ignite a conversation about the importance of gender diversity in corporate leadership.

    Sculpture by Kristen Visbal | Commissioned by State Street Global Advisors

    Sculpture by Kristen Visbal | Commissioned by State Street Global Advisors

    She moved to her new home in 2018 in front of the New York Stock Exchange — continuing to inspire people around the world.

    Did You Know?

    Since the launch of our Fearless Girl® campaign in 2017:

    2,146

    companies were identified for not having a woman on their board 1

    1,027

    companies of those identified have added a woman director 2

    720

    companies voted against in year six of the campaign 3

    1 Since 2017 and the expansion of the policy in 2023.
    2 Major indices in Australia, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore,United Kingdom, United States.
    3     January 2022 -December 2022.
    Source: State Street Global Advisors Asset Stewardship Team, December 31, 2022.

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    Driving Sustainable Value

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    Celebrating Women Breaking the Glass Ceiling

    On March 8th, 2021, we installed a broken glass ceiling surrounding Fearless Girl in New York to celebrate her 4th anniversary and International Women’s Day — symbolizing the many glass ceilings that women have shattered that continue to inspire all of us.

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    Her Home at the New York Stock Exchange

    Fearless Girl moved from her original location in December 2018 and is now installed in front of the New York Stock Exchange, where she stands as a symbol of the power and potential of women in leadership.

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    Fearless Girl in the News

    Fearless Girl’s First Year Helped Reshape Corporate Boardrooms

    In the year since State Street’s Fearless Girl statue started her showdown with Wall Street’s Charging Bull, the asset manager has faced a confrontation of its own in corporate boardrooms: pressing firms to add more women to their boards.

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    Fearless Girl Pays Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Justice Ginsburg

    Ginsburg, who was the second-ever woman to sit on the Supreme Court, wore these collars not just emphasize the overdue feminine energy she brought to the court, but also to encode meaning into her dress a sartorial strategy practiced by powerful women throughout history.

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    Investor State Street Uses Financial Clout to Get More Women to the Top

    Asset manager State Street Global Advisors, said it will pressure companies to provide more data about the number of women employed at all levels of management and will push for greater diversity at board level.

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    Lynn Blake on the Push for More Women on Boards

    Lynn Blake, State Street Global Advisors executive vice president, discusses the lack of diversity on corporate boards with Bloomberg’s Julie Hyman, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley on “What’d You Miss?”

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