Sustainability Segment News Today

The Global Green Technology and Sustainability market size was valued at USD 12739.56 million in 2021 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 16.41% during the

‘This instrument aims to create gender diversity. It was targeted at participation of women-owned businesses in the economy through its supply chain’: Valdene Reddy, director of Capital Markets at the JSE.

Barloworld has listed two gender bonds on the JSE in a bid to increase female participation in its leadership structures and supply chain.

The market for financial products to support renewable energies and the transition to sustainable business practices continues to evolve, with sustainability-linked bo...

The global landscape for sustainability standards and frameworks is evolving so rapidly that stock exchanges are becoming vital partners in helping companies

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (the "FSCA") has approved amendments to the JSE Debt Listing Requirements (the "Requirements") so as to introduce a new issuance platform stemming...

While sustainable finance frameworks have been seen as a niche document for businesses to have, the environment is rapidly changing and within a few years they will become the standard way of raising sustainable finance.

The JSE will set up two new segments to track the bonds: a Sustainability Segment and a Transition Segment.

JSE, which runs Africa’s biggest stock and bond exchanges, said it has changed its listing requirements to increase exposure to the rapidly growing environmental, social and governance investment sector and to allow the sale of bonds to raise funds to fight climate change.