In March 2023, Prague Stock Exchange launched its first ESG guidelines for Czech companies, developed with the technical assistance of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and technical cooperation support from the TaiwanBusiness EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund. (source)

In 2022, the Prague Stock Exchange provided training on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD recommendations) in collaboration with the SSE, CDP and IFC. (source)

• START Market is a MTF market for Czech & innovative SMEs
  • START is a market for small innovative companies worth more than CZK25 million that want to raise new capital or whose owners want to withdraw partially or completely from the current business to capitalize their existing activities. The advantage of START over other similar markets in Europe is minimal costs for the issuer. The price of new capital is therefore competitive compared to any other form of funding or exit. (Source)

Prague Stock Exchange (PSE) is the largest and oldest organizer of the securities market in the Czech Republic. The PSE offers several markets suitable for different types of companies from the elite Prime Market for large companies to START Market for smaller and innovative Czech companies. PSE and its subsidiaries form the PX Group. In addition to the Exchange, the most important member in the Group is Central Securities Depository Prague (CSD Prague) which has a dominant position in the area of settlement of securities trades on the Czech capital market. PSE is a member of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE), and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) included PSE on its list of exchanges safe for investors by granting it the status of Designated Offshore Securities Market. (Source)