/KASE, September 30, 15/ – On September 24, 2015 Kazakhstan Stock
Exchange became partner exchange to the United Nations Sustainable Stock
Exchanges Initiative (SSE Initiative).
SSE Initiative originally was created by the United Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon in 2009 and offers a global platform for exchanges to show
leadership and understanding of the sustainability-related opportunities and
challenges facing the capital markets today.
The initiative co-convened by the United Nations supported Principles for
Responsible Investment, the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and
the United Nations Global Compact. More than 20 leading exchanges from all
continents have joined this initiative named "the best sustainability idea" by
the Forbes magazine.
Participation in SSE Initiative will provide Kazakhstan Stock Exchange with an
access to global experience in the field of improving the transparency and
stability of capital markets. Kazakhstan Stock Exchange is joining the SSE
Initiative in line with Kazakhstan’s determination to promote an efficient and
sustainable development of financial organizations and companies from the real
sector of the country’s economy. Joining the initiative will help support the
sustainability ideas of the government of Kazakhstan and Central Bank,
promoting good corporate governance, as well as environmentally and socially
sustainable market as fundamentals for development of the International
Financial Center "Astana".
More information is available on KASE website in Russian at
http://www.kase.kz/files/press/ru/releases/15_09_28_UN_SSE_rus.pdf
[2015-09-30]