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How Stock Exchanges Can Advance Gender Equality

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Summary

This report examines the contribution exchanges can make toward SDG target 5.5: ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision making in political, economic, and public life, as well as the gender-specific targets under the other 16 SDGs.

Source
Issuer

SSE

Year

2017

Region

International

Issuer (type)

Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative (International)

Instrument type

Report

Disclosure instrument

No

Geographical scope

International

Mandatory or voluntary

Voluntary

Collaborators

UNCTAD; UNEP; UNGC; PRI; Emerging Market Sustainability Dialogue (EMSD); GIZ

Text analysis

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    • E focus: sustainable finance, environment
    • S focus: compensation, discrimination, diversity, diversity programme, employee turnover, employment policies, employment policy, financial inclusion, gender equality, gender pay, human right, human rights, recruiting, recruitment, children
    • G focus: esg reporting, esg reports, responsible investment, risk management, board diversity
    • SDG 5: Gender Equality
    • Education, Finance, Management, Professional services, Public administration