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BVC’s Leadership in Sustainable Finance

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The UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative is pleased to announce that the Guangzhou Futures Exchange (GFEX) has joined both the main SSE network and the SSE Derivatives Exchanges Network, becoming part of a global platform committed to advancing sustainable, transparent, and resilient capital markets.

The United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE) initiative is pleased to welcome the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE) and the South Pacific Stock Exchange (SPX) as its newest members.

Geneva — The United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE) initiative has welcomed two new members from mainland China: the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) and the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE).

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.

On 24 July 2013, the SSE initiative and NYSE Euronext organized a special reception and closing bell ceremony to commemorate NYSE’s partnering with the SSE to promote sustainable capital markets. NYSE Euronext’s commitment signals the significance of sustainability to the private sector globally.

(29 October 2013) The Nigerian Stock Exchange is the latest exchange to have joined the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Initiative, at a bilateral meeting with UNCTAD on the sidelines of this year’s annual conference of the World Federation of Exchanges, in Mexico City.

The Warsaw Stock Exchange published the new portfolio of the socially responsible company index RESPECT. In the seventh edition of the project, 23 companies listed on the Main Market have been successfully verified for parameters of corporate social responsibility and put in the index portfolio. They include the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

LONDON, 2 June 2014 – The London Stock Exchange (LSE) Group today announced that it will partner with the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative, joining nine other exchanges in the US, Europe, Africa and Asia to promote sustainable business practices among publicly listed companies worldwide.

Bogotá – The Colombian Securities Exchange (BVC for its Spanish initials) today announced that it will partner with the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative. Colombia is now the second Latin American exchange to join the SSE, along with ten others from the US, Europe, Africa and Asia.