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September News Highlights
This month includes news from NYSE, WFE, BVP, FMA, EBA, SET, EGX, B3, Nasdaq, SZSE, ESMA 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…
SSE signs Exchange of Letters with industry association WFE
New York City, 27 September 2019 – The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, and the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (“SSE”) initiative, have formalised their deepening partnership with the two organisations agreeing…
SSE celebrates ten year milestone alongside UNGA in New York
(26 September 2019) In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative gathered high level capital market stakeholders and SSE partners alongside the UN General Assembly meetings and Climate Action Summit. To commemorate…
A More Sustainable Future for the UN SSE
(26 September 2019) Since its founding ten years ago, the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative (SSE) has grown to 90 exchanges, listing 50 thousand companies valued at over 86 trillion USD, and it is still growing. This illustrates that participating in a conversation on…
Embedding sustainability into stock exchange operations, UN and industry publish joint report
Geneva, Tuesday 24 September 2019 – The United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative today launches a new guidance for exchanges prepared in collaboration with the the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry group for exchanges. The joint…
Exchange in Focus: BVP Sustainable Finance Panel
(September 2019) The Panama Stock Exchange (BVP) held its XX Investor Forum, an annual event aimed at sharing innovations in the financial market of Panamá and its region. Sustainability was at the center of this year’s edition. The Forum traditionally attracts many…
Exchange in Focus: National Stock Exchange of Costa Rica- International Release Green Award
(September 2019) The National Stock Exchange of Costa Rica (BNV) received the “Green Award”, a recognition for outstanding use of renewable energy. The Stock Exchange is the first in Central America to receive this recognition, representing one more effort that Costa Rica makes…
Exchange in Focus: Egyptian FRA requires women on boards
(September 2019)  Dr. Mohamed Omran, Chairman of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), has announced that amendments to the listing rules in the Egyptian Exchange have been proposed to ensure women’s representation on the governing board of companies. Dr. Omran issued…
Exchange in Focus: Panama exchange lists first green bond
(11 September 2019) The Panama Stock Exchange (BVP) has listed its first green bond, issued by CIFI, a financial institution in Latin America specializing in infrastructure and energy financing.  The proceeds of the green bond will go towards green projects including: wind power…
August News Highlights
This month includes news from Santiago Exchange, LuxSE, B3, NSE, MOEX, Bursa Malaysia, ASX, SET, ESMA, CSA, DNB, STOXX, UBS, Warsaw Exchange, NYSE, Euronext, HKEX and more. Monthly news highlights are compiled by the SSE to give an overview of the capital markets sustainability…