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Dear SSE community,

Welcome to the October edition of the UN SSE’s Month in Brief. This month took us to Yerevan for the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17) and to Doha for UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum.

In Yerevan, we convened five events on how capital markets can support global biodiversity goals. Together with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), we launched a new Action Plan, How Exchanges Can Integrate Nature Into Markets. It draws on examples from exchanges around the world to help our network identify practical steps, from guiding listed companies on disclosure to developing financial products that support biodiversity. In Doha, MSCI Chairman and CEO Henry Fernandez joined our Executive Dialogue to discuss how investors and companies use sustainability data to understand emerging risks and opportunities.

In this edition, you will also find our new Market Monitor on clean energy investment, produced with technical support from S&P Global Energy. Our Partner Spotlight also highlights the International Sustainability Standards Board’s consultation on nature-related disclosures. 

Looking ahead to November, we invite you to join us at our events at COP31 in Antalya for discussions on climate reporting, carbon markets and the role of exchanges in the climate transition. You will also find upcoming SSE Academy workshops on nature, gender equality and sustainability reporting to share with colleagues across your markets.

Thank you for your continued engagement and collaboration.

Over 20 markets are participating in the inaugural Ring the Bell for World Children’s Day campaign, led by the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE) initiative and UNICEF. On or in the days leading up to 20 November, exchanges will ring their opening or closing bells to highlight how listed companies and investors can support children’s rights and well-being. Exchanges interested in participating are invited to contact the SSE team.

Henry Fernandez, Chairman and CEO of MSCI, delivered the keynote at the UN SSE Executive Dialogue on 25 October in Doha, Qatar, during UNCTAD’s ninth World Investment Forum. Fernandez described sustainability data as “structural intelligence” that helps investors and corporate leaders understand emerging risks and opportunities across companies and industries. The Dialogue brought together stock exchange leaders and capital market experts to share experiences from their markets and discuss how exchanges can advance sustainable finance. Read the full story.

The UN SSE convened five events during the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia, from 22–27 October, exploring how capital markets can support implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Discussions brought together stock exchanges, regulators, investors and standard setters to address nature-related disclosure, board oversight, capacity building and sustainable bond markets. A key highlight was the launch, with TNFD and partners, of How Exchanges Can Integrate Nature Into Markets, a practical Action Plan for exchanges and regulators. Sessions also explored how ISSB and GRI standards work together and how regional bond markets can mobilize finance for nature. The programme underscored the role of exchanges in translating global biodiversity objectives into practical market action. Read more.

The UN SSE and TNFD have launched How Exchanges Can Integrate Nature Into Markets, a practical Action Plan to help stock exchanges and regulators advance nature-related action. Organized around four areas—Establish, Activate, Enable and Educate—the publication outlines steps to strengthen governance, improve disclosure, support nature-related financial products and build market capacity. Developed with input from 65 experts across 39 countries, it draws on practical examples from exchanges worldwide. Exchanges can adapt the actions to their mandates, resources and market priorities, supporting implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. We encourage our network to explore the resource and share it with relevant colleagues and market participants. Learn more and download the Action Plan.

In October, the UN SSE released Clean Energy Investment – Trends, Costs and Scenarios, a Market Monitor produced with technical support from S&P Global Energy. The report finds that global spending on clean energy technologies has overtaken investment in oil and gas exploration and production. Looking ahead to 2030, it identifies solar power, wind power and battery storage as key areas for investment growth. It also compares costs across regions and highlights the growing importance of investment in electricity grids to support electrification. Read the Market Monitor.

More SSE Academy workshops are coming up soon! Workshops are hosted by SSE Partner Exchanges and invitations are managed directly by the host exchange. Please visit the event pages below to register, and for a list of all future workshops, please click here.

In October, SSE Partner, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) opened a consultation on a proposed Practice Statement on nature-related disclosures. IFRS S1 already requires companies to report material information about nature-related risks and opportunities that could affect their prospects. Drawing on the work of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), the proposal explains how companies can show investors where and how their businesses depend on or affect nature, how  those relationships create risks or opportunities, and the financially material information they should disclose about these risks and opportunities. We encourage SSE Partner Exchanges to share the consultation with listed companies and investors and to submit feedback by 19 February 2027. Read more.

Bolsa Institucional de Valores (BIVA), together with strategic partners including the UN SSE, invites our network to the fourth edition of Mexico Investment Week UK on 17 November 2026 in London. The event will connect Mexican issuers with institutional investors and financial institutions from the UK and across Europe. Participants will explore investment opportunities across Mexico’s key industries, how geopolitical developments are shaping the country’s investment outlook, and the growing role of sustainable finance in its capital markets. Register for Mexico Investment Week UK.

 

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