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About the training

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has developed a set of recommendations and guidance to help organisations assess, report and act on their nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities. 

Published in September 2023, the TNFD recommendations provide a set of general recommended disclosures structured around four pillars: governance, strategy, risk and impact management, and metrics and targets. They build on the approach pioneered by the TCFD, extending it beyond climate to nature and biodiversity.

To support capital market participants in understanding and implementing nature-related financial disclosures, the UN SSE has partnered with the TNFD and guest experts (including S&P Global) to deliver dedicated training to exchanges and their markets. 

This training introduces participants to the TNFD recommendations and guidance and highlights practical tools to begin assessing nature-related issues and preparing TNFD-aligned disclosures.

Training format

  • Hosted by UN SSE Partner Exchanges at no cost to the exchange
  • Developed in collaboration with the TNFD and delivered with expert facilitators from UN SSE, TNFD and guest speakers
  • Delivered online as an interactive workshop
  • Includes presentations, case examples and practical exercises based on real-world nature-related issues
  • Q&A throughout the session for live interaction with experts

Participants

Employees of listed companies and other capital market actors are encouraged to participate, particularly those working in:

  • Governance and leadership
  • Strategy and business development
  • Risk management and internal control
  • Investor relations and corporate reporting
  • Sustainability / ESG, including biodiversity, nature and climate
  • Finance and treasury

Content

This training programme is designed to build participants’ understanding of nature-related financial disclosures and provide an entry point to applying the TNFD recommendations and guidance in practice.

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

  • Understand why nature is relevant for your organisation
  • Identify what resources are available to manage & disclose nature-related issues
  • Understand how to identify, assess and manage nature-related issues
  • Understand who requires this information and how to best integrate it into public disclosures

The training emphasises connections between nature-, climate- and broader sustainability-related disclosures, including how TNFD can complement emerging standards and regulatory requirements.

Training modules

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How to participate

The training will be delivered via stock exchanges around the world. The exchange hosts the training, convening its local market participants and other relevant stakeholders, while the UN SSE and partners deliver the technical content. There is no cost to the exchange to host the training.

For the 2025 pilot:

  • Participation is by invitation only and limited to UN SSE Partner Exchanges, SSE Official Supporters, IKI-TNFD project partners and other recognised SSE/TNFD partners.
  • Participants will have an opportunity to provide feedback to shape the global rollout of the training from 2026 onwards.

For the global rollout (from 2026):

  • Stock exchanges and regulatory authorities that wish to host a market training on nature-related financial disclosures can contact the SSE team directly.
  • Market participants wishing to join a training workshop are encouraged to subscribe to the SSE mailing list to receive updates on open sessions and hosting exchanges.
     

Technical Assistance

The SSE works with stock exchanges to advance climate and nature action in their markets through donor-sponsored technical assistance. Exchanges interested in deeper support on TNFD adoption, market guidance or regulatory alignment are invited to contact the SSE team.

Donor Support

This training program has been made possible through the financial contributions made by SSE Official Supporters.

Mission Supporters

 

Become an Official Supporter of the SSE

If your organisation would like to become an SSE Official Supporter, please reach out directly to the SSE team.

If you would like to become a Major Projects Supporter, the SSE team will set up a call with you to discuss project details and funding opportunities. It is common to fund an existing project that has no resource allocation yet, but it is also possible to discuss new areas of collaboration.


If you would like to join our group of Mission Supporters, we will send you a personalised invoice for 10,000 USD. As soon as we have received the funds, we will add your logo to our list of Official Supporters and share with you your Official SSE Supporter logo.

We will also ask for a quote from your organisation to use on our Official Supporters website to showcase your participation in the Official Supporters programme. If you are already a UN SSE member, we will link your logo to your factsheet, so that your exchange’s page gets more visibility. If you are a non-exchange stakeholder, we will ask you to fill in a short questionnaire, so that we can introduce your organisation or company to our network and show what role you play in supporting sustainable finance.

 

Benefits of supporting the SSE

The SSE is the largest network to communicate exchanges’ sustainability activities in various ways, including:

  • Direct communication with policymakers: As an initiative launched by the UN Secretary-General, the SSE regularly convenes policymakers from securities regulators to ministers of finance to communicate the challenges and successes of exchanges in promoting sustainable finance.
  • UN flagship reports: Trends and updates on stock exchange sustainability efforts are featured annually in the United Nations World Investment Report.
  • SSE Academy: The SSE provides market education programmes at no cost to exchanges to assist them in their efforts to keep market participants up to date on the latest standards and trends in ESG disclosure and sustainable finance. 
  • Online database: The SSE maintains the largest online database of stock exchange ESG activities. This is the most visited page on the SSE website and widely used as the authoritative source for exchange activities on sustainable finance.
  • SSE events: The SSE organises its flagship event which happens every two years, the SSE Global Dialogue, as well as other national or regional events. We also work with stock exchanges to assist them in the development of their own events and workshops and we organise sessions at other global forums such as the UN Climate Conferences (COPs).Social media: SSE tweets have received over 1 million impressions and our Linkedin page has over 3,300 followers.
  • Newsletter: Approximately 3,000 subscribers receive a monthly highlights newsletter covering stock exchange and securities regulator sustainability activities.
  • “Exchange in Focus”: Articles published on the SSE website highlight your exchange’s or organisation’s leadership and enable exchanges to illustrate their sustainability action on the ground.

In addition to enabling the SSE to strengthen and broaden its activities in providing technical assistance, research, and consensus-building activities for its members, SSE Mission and Major Project Supporters also receive a number of unique benefits:

  • Official recognition of your status as an SSE Official Supporter on the SSE website. 
  • Major Projects Supporters who are funding a database, publication or event, will have their logo and or name appear on the relevant page and or product.
  • Official Supporters will be recognized through a number of the SSE’s media platforms including social media and in its monthly newsletter. In addition, your logo will be shown at the end of every SSE Quarterly Webinar.
  • Members of the Official Supporters program will have the first opportunity to reserve a seat at an SSE event and will be offered speaking opportunities at most SSE events and other activities. This includes the Global Dialogue and the UN Climate Conference. We will also invite your CEO to be interviewed for SSE TV (in-person at our studio on the NYSE trading floor or virtually). 
  • A yearly impact report will be shared with all SSE’s Official Supporters combined with an annual consultation call to share SSE work plans, results and impacts.