For more information, please contact the SSE team.
The webinar took place on 20 October, from 14:30 to 16:30 (CEST).
Gender equality is a top priority on the international sustainability agenda. Businesses are improving their practices, developing public-private partnerships, and investing resources to achieve gender equality. While it is increasingly recognized that advancing gender equality through business operations and value chains means better talent, higher productivity, more customers, and better societal outcomes, progress remains slow. To achieve the UN SDGs, we need to move much more rapidly.
Before joining this session, take a minute to see the SSE’s ranking of G20 stock exchanges based on boardroom gender balance. This will form the basis for much of the discussion.
About WIF
The UNCTAD World Investment Forum (WIF) is the pre-eminent global platform for investment and development. The Forum devises strategies and solutions for global investment and development challenges. The Forum offers a unique opportunity to influence investment-related policymaking, shape the global investment environment, and to network with global leaders in business and politics. For more information and the full programme of events, visit: worldinvestmentforum.unctad.org
CEO Roundtable
- Olga CantilloCEOLatinex
- Julie BeckerCEOLuxSE
- Leila FourieCEOJohannesburg Stock Exchange
- Delphine d’AmarzitCEOEURONEXT
- Mary Porter PeschkaDirector - Environment, Social and GovernanceIFC
- Julia HoggettCEOLondon Stock Exchange
- Diana ChanFormer CEOEuroCCP
Policy and Practice
- Melsa AraratGlobal Advisory BoardThe 30% Club
- Vuyo LeeDirector, Marketing & Corporate AffairsJohannesburg Stock Exchange
- Martine ValcinGlobal Manager, ESG Advisory, Knowledge and LearningIFC
- Hope JarkowskiHead of EquitiesNYSE
- Patricia TorresGlobal Head, Sustainable Finance SolutionsBloomberg
About the SSE
The SSE initiative is a UN Partnership Programme organised by UNCTAD, the UN Global Compact, UNEP FI and the PRI. The SSE’s mission is to provide a global platform for exploring how exchanges, in collaboration with investors, companies (issuers), regulators, policymakers and relevant international organizations, can enhance performance on ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) issues and encourage sustainable investment, including the financing of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The SSE seeks to achieve this mission through an integrated programme of conducting evidence-based policy analysis, facilitating a network and forum for multi-stakeholder consensus-building, and providing technical assistance and advisory services.