Many WFE members participated in 'Ring the Bell for Gender Equality' to celebrate International Women's Day 2019.

Julie Becker, Head of the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX) & Member of the Executive Committee of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) shares the firm's green finance outlook for 2019 – the key green finance trends that we may see in the coming months.

B3 has announced the results of the second year of the 'Report or Explain for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)' initiative. This joint strategy with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sets down efforts by companies listed on B3 to publish sustainability or integrated reports that incorporate the SDGs - 17 global goals defined in 2015 by the United Nations.

Pakorn Peetathawatchai, President, The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) writes about how the exchange is leading the way in encouraging its companies to adopt sustainable practices and sustainability reporting.

Karim Hajji, CEO, Bourse de Casablanca writes about the exchange's commitment to promoting sustainable finance.

At the recent 58th WFE GA&AM in Athens, Arunma took part in a fireside chat with Nandini Sukumar, CEO, WFE where Arunma spoke about how “exchanges can contribute to boosting shared prosperity around the world by catalyzing financial inclusion and economic participation.” Following that appearance, we are delighted to include a special feature on Arunma in the magazine this month.

The WFE has published a set of five WFE Sustainability Principles that constitute a formal declaration by the WFE and its membership to take on a leadership role in promoting the sustainable finance agenda.

NSE recently partnered with Kinabuti Fashion Initiative to empower young people with entrepreneurial skills and financial literacy, writes Olumide Orojimi, Head, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE).

In this Q&A, Eugene Qian, President of UBS Securities, discusses the bank's role in promoting sustainable growth, following his participation at the WFE’s recent Fostering Growth in Global Capital Markets symposium in China.