The Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative is pleased to announce the first global "Ring the Bell for LGBTIQ+ Equality" initiative.
Scheduled as in-person or virtual bell-ringing ceremonies at participating stock exchanges between 14-23 May 2025 to mark the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, the initiative aims to galvanize support from stock exchanges, businesses and LGBTIQ+ organizations worldwide to advance LGBTIQ+ equality, inclusion and human rights.
The SSE is working alongside the UN Global Compact, UN Human Rights (OHCHR), Koppa - The LGBTI+ Economic Power Lab and the Partnership for Global LGBTIQ+ Equality to organize the initiative.
The private sector has a critical role to play in advancing inclusion and the equal rights of LGBTIQ+ people. The "Ring the Bell for LGBTIQ+ Equality 2025" event represents a unique opportunity to unite stock exchanges, businesses, civil society and LGBTIQ+ organizations to raise awareness, advance global conversations, strengthen partnerships and create a more inclusive environment that respects and values everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals’ core principle of leaving no one behind and the UN Standards of Conduct for Business on Tackling Discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people that have received support from more than 400 companies worldwide.
To participate please register here:
About our Partner Organizations:
United Nations Global Compact
As a special initiative of the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Global Compact is a call to companies worldwide to align their operations and strategies with the Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment, and anti-corruption. Our ambition is to accelerate and scale the global collective impact of business by upholding the Ten Principles and delivering the Sustainable Development Goals through accountable companies and ecosystems that enable change. With more than 20,000 participating companies, 5 Regional Hubs, 62 Country Networks covering 77 countries, and 14 Country Managers establishing Networks in 20 other countries, the UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative — one Global Compact uniting business for a better world. For more information, follow @globalcompact on social media and visit our website at unglobalcompact.org
UN Human Rights (OHCHR)
We are the leading United Nations entity on human rights. We promote and protect all human rights, speak out objectively in the face of human rights violations, and help elaborate the standards that are used to evaluate human rights progress worldwide. We help empower people through research, education, and advocacy activities, contributing to increased awareness and engagement by the international community and the public on human rights issues. We assist Governments through our field presence to help prevent abuses and contribute to defusing situations that could lead to conflict. Our monitoring and analysis feeds sensitive decision-making and development programming. We also provide capacity-building and legal advice to thousands, supporting the development and judicious enactment of laws and policies the world around. Learn more at: https://www.ohchr.org and https://www.unfe.org/. Follow us on LinkedIn: United Nations Human Rights, X: @UNHumanRights and @free_equal, Facebook: @unitednationshumanrights and @free.equal, Instagram: @unitednationshumanrights and @free.equal, TikTok: @unitednationshumanrights
Koppa: The LGBTI+ Economic Power Lab
Our mission is to unleash global LGBTI+ economic power through knowledge, financing, and connection, changing systems to create a more equitable future. We focus on innovation and bring the power of our broad networks, our understanding of the ecosystem, and hands-on experience in expanding economic opportunities for LGBTI+ people.
Our priorities:
Unleash economic power: Create new funding pathways for LGBTI+ economic development interventions by capturing best practices to encourage replication and action.
Activate data: Develop new data products to empower communities, change systems of exclusion and accelerate investment. Increase the volume and quality of LGBTI+ data that is collected and utilized at the international, national and sub national levels to improve LGBTI+ livelihood outcomes.
Unlock finance: Provide a range of interventions to accelerate and strengthen the field of LGBTI+ inclusive finance throughout the capital stack thereby encouraging the volume and value of financing for LGBTI+ communities.
Accelerate talent: Build the bench for LGBTI+ economic development talent and investigate pathways to sustainable income generation for LGBTI+ individuals and CSOs.
Learn more at https://koppalab.org/ or follow us on our socials: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/koppa-power-lab/ ; Instagram - @koppa_lab ; Facebook - @KoppaLab
PGLE
The Partnership for Global LGBTIQ+ Equality (PGLE) is a coalition of organizations committed to leveraging their individual and collective advocacy to accelerate LGBTIQ+ equality and inclusion globally and drive positive change. PGLE works in collaboration with the United Nations and the World Economic Forum to advance global progress for equality and social and economic inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer people by:
- Operationalizing the United Nations Standards of Conduct for Business Tackling Discrimination Against LGBTI People by providing tools and resources for companies to advance and implement LGBTIQ+ inclusion globally
- Leveraging the World Economic Forum’s platform to support committed business leaders in accelerating LGBTIQ+ workplace inclusion and promoting human rights for all
Organizing and raising awareness of best practices and benchmarks to assist companies in meeting their commitments and responsibilities to global LGBTIQ+ equality