SET Annual Report 2014

Annual Report 2014

3)Enhancing infrastructure

and capabilities

SET aims to enhance infrastructure efficiency and

service excellence to ensure competitive capabilities

sustainably, and prepare SET as a sustainable

organization model for businesses in Thailand.

Participation in the United Nations Sustainable

Stock Exchanges Initiative

SET became the first stock exchange in ASEAN

to announce intention to participate in the United

Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (UN

SSE Initiative), initiated by UN organizations namely

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

(UNCTAD), United Nations Global Compact (UN Global

Compact), United Nations Principles for Responsible

Investment (UNPRI) and United Nations Environment

Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). It aims at

building the network of stock markets, financial institutions

and investors around the world, to exchange views and

knowledge in the environmental, social and governance

(ESG) context, which will drive the world capital market

towards sustainability. SET’s participation in the SSE

Initiative is seen as a visionary step for the Thai capital

market in disseminating sustainable development

information, gaining acceptance worldwide.

In 2014, SET jointly declared the policy direction

and expressed opinions on sustainable development

of global capital markets at the Sustainable Stock

Exchange Global Dialogue 2014, as part of the World

Investment Forum 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. Three

key issues were in focus. The first issue was to promote

listed companies to disclose information on their ESG

operations. The second was to promote responsible

investment. The third was to promote financial

education. All these three issues were perceived as the

foundation to strengthen capital market in the long run.

SET has adopted these three issues in formulating its

sustainable development framework.