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00:00WITH THE CEO -- LET'S IT BACK TO THE CONVERSATION WITH HELENA MORRISSEY. YOU ARE A STRONG ADVOCATE OF DIVERSITY. CHANGING THE COMPLEXION OF BOARD ROOMS. WOMEN IN BUSINESS AND BOARDS. THE 30% CLUB. YOU ARE PUTTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND WOMEN ON BOARD TOGETHER. HELENA: -- THE WHOLE PARIS SUMMIT LAST DECEMBER. THE 2% WORLD AND LIMITING GLOBAL WARMING TO 2%. SHE AND I ARE COHOSTING A SEMINAR THIS MORNING IN LONDON. WE HAD THIS PREMISE THAT WHEN WOMEN ARE INVOLVED IN THE BOARDROOM THAN THE CONVERSATION CHANGES. IT IS NOT THE SAME OLD TOPICS BEING DISCUSSED. WOMEN'S PRESENCE WILL CHANGE THE PRIORITY OF WHAT THE BOARD LOOKS AT. OBVIOUSLY, IT DOES SOMETHING TO FURTHER THE ACTIONS AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE COULD BE HOPE IS THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME NEW ACTIONS LINKING THE TWO ISSUES, USING THE WOMEN TO SAY -- THE PRESENCE THERE. TO CHANGE THE THINGS THAT COMPANIES DISCUSS. MANUS: THIS IS A COMMON BELIEF HAVING WOMEN PRESENT CHANGES THE DYNAMIC OF CONVERSATION. THERE IS THE ARGUMENT WHERE I COME FROM -- REVERSE DISSEMINATION TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CATHOLICS -- REVERSE DISCRIMINATION TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CATHOLICS IN THE ROOM. IS IT A LACK OF WOMEN? MEN WHO THINK THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF WOMEN DIRECTORS AND WHETHER WOMEN AGREE. WHERE ARE WE IN THE DEBATE? WHEN YOU LOOK FOR TALENT, WHERE DO YOU FALL INTO THIS? HELENA: I THINK THERE IS A NUMBER -- THERE'S A GREAT NUMBER OF TALENTED WOMEN. [INDISCERNIBLE] CLEARLY WE NEED TO HAVE WOMEN STAYING IN THE WORKPLACE, BEING PROMOTED, GAINING THE SKILLS. THEY CAN INFLUENCE THE AGENDA. ONCE WE SAY TO A SEARCH FORM THAT YOU WANTED A VERSUS LATE -- THAT YOU WANT A DIVERSE SLATE. WE DID HAVE TODAY JOINING US, THE CHAIRMAN OF GLENCORE WHO -- WHICH WAS THE LAST FTSE COMPANY APPOINTING A WOMAN TO A BOARD. I KNOW THEY FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO FIND AN EXPERIENCED FEMALE

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