For the event programme, list of speakers, and press coverage please click here. Read our Climate briefing document for more info on how stock exchanges can contribute. (Paris, 7 December) As political leaders from around the world gather in…
(Beijing, 10 November 2015) The United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative co-hosted the third annual China SIF (Social Investment Forum) taking place in China’s capital city Beijing on 10 November. The forum’s thematic focus this year was on green…
For the event programme, list of speakers, and press coverage please click here.(Helsinki, 4 November 2015) Today, eight stock exchanges from Nordic countries joined the UN’s Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative. The announcement came at a special gathering of the…
(Helsinki, 4 November 2015) The Chair of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) Sustainability Working Group (SWG), Evan Harvey announced at the SSE Regional Dialogue in Helsinki earlier this month the release of new WFE recommendation on ESG reporting. The…
(Geneva, 25 October 2015) Tunisia’s stock exchange has made a public commitment to the sustainability and transparency of capital markets in the newly transitioned country by becoming a United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Partner Exchange.Shortly after signing its…
(New York, 24 September 2015) – As world leaders gather in New York to launch the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), capital market leaders are gathered to welcome these new global goals on sustainability. Chief capital market regulators and CEOs of stock exchanges,…
London- Worldwide, less than 1/3 of stock exchanges provide written guidance to their listed companies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure. In response to this, the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative, along with a diverse…
Abuja- The United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative, through the United Nations Environment Program’s Finance Initiative and Nigeria’s Financial Services Regulation Coordinating Committee (FSRCC), have brought together senior officials and Board Members across…
Bogotá– Today, the Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative and the Latin American Sustainable Investment Forum (LatinSIF) are unveiling scholarships for five selected SSE Partner Exchanges plus other representatives from the capital markets in the region to participate in…
Seoul- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and CEO of the Korea Exchange (KRX) announced today the commitment of KRX to the UN’s Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative.Joining the UN Secretary-General in Seoul to welcome KRX to the SSE initiative was James Zhan…