At the 2012 Global Dialogue, a new phase of the SSE initiative was launched with the five participating stock exchanges — BM&FBovespa, Istanbul Stock Exchange, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Egyptian Exchange and NASDAQ OMX — making a public commitment to promoting sustainability in their markets and thus officially joining the SSE as Partner Exchanges.

Since the event, the Bombay Stock Exchange has also joined the group of SSE Partner Exchanges. UNCTAD, the UN Global Compact, the PRI and UNEP-FI, as the core organizer of the SSE Initiative, additionally committed to supporting stock exchanges in this strive towards responsible financial markets.

Front row, left to right: Corli Le Roux (Head of SRI, JSE); Edemir Pinto (CEO, BM&FBOVESPA), Supachai Panitchpakdi (Secretary-General, UNCTAD); Sandy Frucher (Vice-Chairman, NASDAQ OMX), Ibrahim Turhan (CEO, ISE).