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December 2023 and January 2024 News Highlights

This month includes news from the Botswana Stock Exchange, Boursa Kuwait, Bursa Malaysia, Colombo Stock Exchange, and more. Monthly news highlights are compiled by the SSE to give an overview of the capital markets' sustainability news from that month.

SSE contributes to Arab Federation of Exchanges Annual Conference

(24 April 2019) The Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative joined the International Finance Corporation (IFC), S&P Dow Jones Indices, and the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS) to discuss the latest trends in ESG and impact investment at the Arab Federation of Exchanges (AFE) 2019 Annual Conference in Cairo.

Stock exchanges and academics join forces to enhance progress on SDGs

Abu Dhabi, 18 October 2023 - The United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative launched the SSE Academic Working Group at the UNCTAD World Investment Forum with eleven founding members from academic institutions in six countries from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.

COP28: SSE Contributes to Oxford Master Class on Governing a Transition to Net Zero

4 December 2023

SSE Academy Head Dr. Tiffany Grabski was invited to present at the Oxford Net Zero Master Class on Net Zero Policy and Regulation. Dr. Grabski spoke about the role of capital markets in building capacity to facilitate the transition to a zero-emissions economy, highlighting the importance of convergence of standards with built-in flexibility for local adaptation.