Markets commit to promoting sustainable, long-term investment and improved ESG disclosure and performance among their listed companies
Euronext NV, Europe’s main stock exchange, has joined the United Nations’ Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative, which aims to bolster corporate transparency and encourage socially responsible, long-term investment.
Euronext on Monday announced that its five markets — in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London and Paris — have committed to promote sustainable, long-term investment and improved environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure and performance among their listed companies. Euronext also plans to continue launching products that support sustainability alongside financing goals, including green bonds, sustainable indexes, and commodities.
“Joining the SSE initiative and partnering with the UN and our industry is another milestone in Euronext’s support for best practices in the environmental, social and governance fields, as well as for corporate social responsibility,” says Stéphane Boujnah, CEO and chairman of the managing board of Euronext NV, in a release.
“As the leading pan-European exchange, operating regulated markets in five countries in Europe, Euronext has a responsibility to create a productive dialogue between investors and issuers, and encourage issuers to communicate their efforts in corporate sustainability. We look forward to participating in the Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative as a global forum for sharing best practices on capital markets,” Boujnah adds.