In a press release published on the internet site of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Initiative on March 7, 2016 Nasdaq announced “that its Nordic and Baltic exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius have committed to produce a guidance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure for listed companies by the end of 2016. Nasdaq Nordic is proud to join the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative’s “Campaign to Close the ESG Guidance Gap”.
Seven Nasdaq Nordic and Baltic exchanges are now committed to the guidance disclosure, meaning the campaign will have 15 exchanges with published guidance and 20 exchanges committed to publish guidance by the end of 2016.
You may read the press release on the SSE Initiative’s internet site.