More Stock Exchanges Introduce Sustainability Reporting

As many as 21 more of the world’s stock exchanges could introduce sustainability reporting standards before the end of the year, bringing the total number to 38, an UNCTAD official said.
 
Seventeen stock exchanges already recommend their listed companies to report on environmental, social, and governance issues, but James Zhan, Director of the Division on Investment and Enterprise at UNCTAD, which co-organizes the Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative, said that 23 stock exchanges had committed to introduce new standards on sustainability reporting in 2016…Continue Reading Here.