June News Highlights
This month includes news from Vienna, DSE, Nasdaq, Shanghai, Dublin, HKEX, Italy, JPX, LuxSE, Malaysia, Warsaw, NZX, SET, BME and more.
Exchange in Focus: Italian Sustainability Day: Borsa Italiana grows ESG dialogue, second year in a row
(2 July 2018, Milan) For its second year running, Borsa Italiana hosted its Italian Sustainability Day bringing together both issuers and investors to exchange views on ESG strategies, sustainability data and reporting methods. More than 500 participants registered for the event, up from 300 participating in the inaugural event last year.
IOSCO having active dialogue on sustainability
(9 July 2018, London) The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) brought together a group of regulators, stock exchanges, investors, issuers, financial services providers, civil society and international organizations to discuss the role securities regulators have in encouraging sustainable investment.
July News Highlights
This month includes news from BVM, BCBA, Ljubljana, Borsa Italiana, HKEX, BME, Bursa Malaysia, Nigeria, NYSE, EGX, SET, JPX, LSEG, Shenzhen, Nasdaq Nordics and more.
Exchange in Focus: Amman Stock Exchange fulfills commitment to publish guidance on sustainability reporting
(29 August 2018) Amman Stock Exchange issued the publication titled “Guidance on Sustainability Reporting”, as fulfillment to its commitment to provide written guidance for its listed companies on ESG reporting.
August News Highlights
This month includes news from BELEX, JPX, DSE, ASE, Deutche Börse, B3, NSE Nigeria, Nasdaq and more.
September News Highlights
This month includes news from BNV, BVP, NYSE, Nasdaq, B3, Shanghai, LuxSE, SZSE, NSE, LSEGroup, Borsa Italiana and more.
WFE launches Principles for Sustainable Exchanges
(4 October 2018) The World Federation of Exchanges has formally launched its “Principles for Sustainable Exchanges” at the WFE Annual Meeting in Athens. These principles mark a major milestone in the evolution of WFE members’ engagement with sustainability.
Mongol Securities Exchange becomes SSE Partner Exchange
(15 October 2018) The Mongol Securities Exchange (MSX), a privately owned stock exchange in Mongolia, has made a public commitment to promoting sustainable and transparent capital markets in their country by partnering with the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative. MSX is the second Mongolian stock exchange to partner with the SSE.
Exchange in Focus: Quito stock exchange commits to supporting the SDGs
(22 October 2018) The Quito Stock Exchange joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative by signing a commitment letter to promote sustainable and transparent capital markets. The SSE initiative was launched by then Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, in 2009, and is organized by UNCTAD, the UN Global Compact, UNEP-FI and the PRI.