Highlights

• Denominator acquires Equileap to expand access to human capital data and gender equality metrics worldwide.
• The combined dataset now spans 5.5 million companies and includes 1,800 workplace-related data points.
• Insights apply to investors, supply chain risk, corporate benchmarking, and ESG due diligence.

Denominator, known for its work in social and human capital data, has acquired Equileap, recognised for its gender equality and diversity data.

Since 2016, Equileap has been linked to investment strategies linked to more than USD 15 billion managed by investors. The combined organisation now reaches many of the world’s largest asset managers.

This development brings together workplace-related insights that connect employee practices to financial outcomes for investors and businesses.

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Expanding data depth and global scale

The Equileap gender dataset previously included about 6,000 companies. By moving into the Denominator system, the reach now extends to 5.5 million public and private companies worldwide. The data spans workplace diversity patterns, labour conditions, employee turnover, and sentiment.

Equileap’s methodology continues in its original structure. Clients retain full visibility into how scores come together. They may also tailor models based on standardised human capital metrics.

AI-enabled insights stand at the centre of the next phase

Denominator’s technology fills research gaps and converts human capital information into usable insights for investment portfolios, procurement screening, corporate comparisons, and media analysis.

Anders Rodenberg, CEO of Denominator, said that specialised data linked to workplace equality gives investors information that aligns values with financial performance.

Meantime, Diana van Maasdijk, CEO of Equileap, notes that joining Denominator expands the impact of gender equality analysis worldwide.

In a nutshell, the combined platform is moving toward access to 10 million companies by year-end. Users can now work with more than 1,800 individual data points spanning workforce demographics, governance bodies, labour incidents, and organisational structure.

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This information plays a growing role in understanding how human capital supports long-term value and resilience, as well as influences investment decisions, supply chain risk evaluation, corporate benchmarking, and ESG due diligence, thereby helping investors and companies recognise how people-related practices shape performance.

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