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April 2024 News Highlights

This month includes news from Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, Amman Stock Exchange, Bahrain Bourse, Boursa Kuwait and more. Monthly news highlights are compiled by the SSE to give an overview of the capital markets' sustainability news from that month. You can subscribe to our monthly news highlights by clicking here.

SSE INITIATIVE NEWS EVENTS 

March 2024 News Highlights

This month includes news from the Amman Stock Exchange, BIVA, B3 and more. Monthly news highlights are compiled by the SSE to give an overview of the capital markets' sustainability news from that month. You can subscribe to our monthly news highlights by clicking here.

SSE INITIATIVE NEWS EVENTS 

SSE Launches toolkit for exchanges to help guide markets on the new IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards


 (16 January 2024) In response to demand from SSE Partner Exchanges for support on the new sustainability disclosure standards recently launched by the IFRS Foundation, the SSE and its partners developed a toolkit to help exchanges and market participants. This toolkit includes a new Model Guidance that has been reviewed by the IFRS International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). 

UNEP-FI launches integrated governance report

UNEP-FI is pleased to introduce the report Integrated Governance – A new model of governance for sustainability as its newest contribution to the sustainable investment field. Developed in collaboration with leading governance experts from Harvard Business School and UNEP-FI’s Asset Management Working Group (AMWG), it was launched on 16 June at the margins of the International corporate International Corporate Governance Network’s (ICGN) Annual Conference in Amsterdam.

Tunis Stock Exchange joins UN initiative, focused on promoting sustainable economic growth

(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 commitment to the initiative, Tunis Stock Exchange CEO Mr. Bilel Sahnoun said they “will be focusing on increasing listed companies’ transparency and commitment to environmental, social and corporate governance issues.”