Brazil Study Finds Measurable Gains in Women’s Leadership as Firms Deepen Diversity Tracking

Overview

• Women now hold 43% of leadership roles at the companies surveyed, up from 41% in 2022.
• Black and brown women in leadership reached 12%, a rise from 7% in the previous edition.
• Mandatory unconscious-bias training became standard at 43% of companies, while voluntary programs fell to 36%.
• Use of monitoring tools surged, with internal barrier-identification surveys rising from 15% to 75% and diversity censuses from 59% to 91%.
• The 2025 edition assessed 173 medium and large firms with Ipsos methodology, recognized 28 organizations across sectors, and named Nestlé the overall highlight, with findings discussed in a Live do Valor event on Nov. 14.