The Trustees of the IFRS Foundation have published a Consultation Paper to assess demand for global sustainability standards and, if demand is strong, assess whether and to what extent the Foundation might contribute to the development of such standards.The Consultation Paper…
In July 2020, the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative launched a new workstream to support exchanges in providing guidance to their market on climate disclosure. Now, the SSE has invited its Climate Disclosure Advisory Group to comment on the Zero Draft,…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) launched the “Sustainable CVM Series”, a new series of guidance documents on sustainable finance. In this first volume, the Regulator presents a guide focused on the inclusion of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) issues…
This month includes news from LuxSE, NSE, B3, MOEX 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 INITIATIVE NEWS…
For many fund managers and retail investors, ESG has moved from being a secondary consideration or even a non-existent one in the investment decision process to becoming the key consideration. Profit without responsibility to the environment or the wider society is no longer…
Earlier this year the SSE launched a new work-stream on the role of derivatives exchanges in promoting sustainable development. This project was born out of discussions with the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) as well as demand from a number of derivative exchanges that have…
The first edition of the Climate and Sustainable Financing Week in Latin America and the Caribbean took place from September 21 to 25, 2020. The event arises from the prevailing need to dialogue on the financial, fiscal and economic mechanisms that will allow us to continue the…
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) launched the LGX DataHub, a unique, centralised database of structured data on a vast range of sustainable securities. Built and managed by the sustainable finance team at LuxSE, the LGX DataHub addresses the complex data challenge that…
S&P Dow Jones Indices (“S&P DJI”) and B3 (Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão), the largest exchange in Latin America, announced the debut of the S&P/B3 Brazil ESG Index, the latest in S&P DJI’s growing family of global ESG indices based on some of the world’s most highly-…
This month includes news from BME, JSE, LSEG, NSE, SET 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 INITIATIVE…