There are several doubts about the validity of the claims in the reports made by the non-academic institutions mentioned by the author of this article.

Academics researching on the topic find no evidence whatsoever of what Ms. Smucker claims. On the contrary, it is a settled finding among academics that an increase in female representation on board of any company might negatively predict performance. The latest evidence of November 2019 put forward by Harvard University can be found here https://hbr.org/2019/11/why-investors-react-negatively-to-companies-tha…

The same findings were also confirmed by Bloomberg where flaws in the methodology of non-academic studies are shown more directly https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-25/when-women-join-corp…

These findings support previous ones about the effects on overall bio-demographic diversity on team performance and overall outcomes, which is shown to be deleterious https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228389271_The_Effects_of_Team_…

As a consequence, it is my opinion that this article possibly fails to comply with Standard V(A).
I conclude saying that it is pretty shocking to see that also one of the most world-renowned institutions in finance is being contaminated by political bias.