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October News Highlights
This month includes news from BEVSA, Euronext, HKEX, LSE, LuxSE, and more. Monthly news highlights are compiled by the SSE to give an overview of the capital markets' sustainability news from that month.You can subscribe to our monthly news highlights by clicking here.SSE…
The UN SSE initiative welcomes BVNSA
The UN Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative welcomes Bolsa de Valores Nacional, S.A. (BVNSA) of Guatemala has solidified its commitment to transparency and sustainability by becoming a member of the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative. The SSE’s newest member joins a…
Exchange in Focus: HKEX publishes Guidance on Climate Disclosures
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has published guidance to listed companies on climate disclosures, as well as an analysis of IPO applicants’ corporate governance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) practice disclosure in 2020/2021.“As Asia’s…
Exchange in Focus: Saudi Exchange publishes ESG Disclosure Guidelines
The Saudi Exchange recently launched its new ESG Disclosure Guidelines as a useful resource to aid issuing companies understand the context, characteristics and market best practices in environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) disclosures. The guidance has been…
Stock exchanges join global finance community in race to zero at COP26
The UN SSE is proud to announce that six of its members have joined the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero: ◼ London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)◼ Singapore Exchange (SGX)◼ Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE)◼ Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX)◼ Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV…
Exchange in Focus: New law promotes sustainable finance in Costa Rica
Bolsa Nacional de Valores (BNV) of Costa Rica has been an active member of the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative in its commitment to promote transparency and sustainability in Central America. In a role of leading initiatives from the capital market with the purpose of…
The UN Sustainable Stock Exchange welcomes BEVSA
Bolsa Electrónica de Valores del Uruguay S.A. (BEVSA) has solidified its commitment to transparency and sustainability by becoming a member of the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative. The SSE’s newest member joins a network of now 109 stock exchanges around the world that…
New SSE Gender Equality Database
The United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative today launched its new SSE-IFC Gender Equality Database which tracks the gender balance of issuer’s boards. The database builds on the SSE Gender Equality workstream and the SSE’s analysis of the state of gender…
Exchange in Focus: The London Stock Exchange introduces new climate reporting guidance for issuers
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has launched its Climate Transition Offering for London-listed companies. It is the first stock exchange to publish climate reporting guidance based on the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE)’s Model Guidance on Climate Disclosure…
Derivatives exchanges partner with the UN on sustainability
Today at the UNCTAD World Investment Forum, the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative launched the SSE derivatives network. This marks the first time that derivatives exchanges are able to join the SSE as members. This expansion of the membership to include…