This quarter's webinar will feature an update on the SSE Academy’s 2024 program of free training. Having now trained over 3,000 market participants on the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards and Gender Equality in Capital Markets, we’ll share with you what we’ve learned from these interactive training workshops. This will include the most frequently asked questions we receive, the most commonly misunderstood concepts, and what market participants want more training on. You’ll get a chance to hear from markets that have hosted training, and you’ll have the opportunity to book a free training session for your market.
The call will also feature an update on the growth of the Net Zero Exchange Group (an official Race to Zero Partner) and on the roll out of the SSE’s “active” member category.
With 3 more exchanges joining during COP28, the Net Zero Exchange Group is now 11 members strong, This group is part of the Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance and under the umbrella of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero. During the call, you’ll hear updates on the work of this group and how your exchange can also participate in this climate action focused group.
During the meeting, the SSE team will also give an overview of the SSE’s “active member” category introduced last year. The SSE Governing Board has requested the introduction of a new structure to categorize the membership of the SSE: to ensure the quality of the initiative and align SSE practices with other UN-convened industry networks; to encourage all members to follow up on their commitment; and to acknowledge the contribution of very active members in particular. An “active member” is an exchange that actively engages, through various sustainability activities as tracked by the SSE database, to the development of sustainable financial markets. On the call, the SSE secretariat will provide a briefing on which criteria need to be fulfilled to receive the status.
The SSE Governing Board has requested the introduction of a new structure to categorize the membership of the SSE. As such, the SSE initiative introduced the “active member” category, which is an exchange that actively engages, through various sustainability activities as tracked by the SSE database, to the development of sustainable financial markets. The SSE team presented the currents and future activities of the SSE Academy on GRI standards, Gender Equality and climate disclosure related training. During the afternoon call, the exchanges also heard from Bloomberg and GapSquare which partner with the UN SSE on Gender Equality training. Finally the SSE team detailed the in-person events which will take place during the World Investment Forum 2023, in particular the Global Dialogue in Abu Dhabi and COP28 in Dubai. There were questions from the audience on training and the events held by the SSE for World Investment Forum.
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The Q1 call was attended by 39 participants from 28 organizations, including 21 exchanges and 7 other market participants (51% women, 49% men).
