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Promotion of financial education
about finance and investment
In 2014,
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)
participated in the United Nations Sustainable Stock
Exchanges Initiative (SSE Initiative) which was co-organized
by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD), United Nations Environment Programme Finance
Initiative (UNEP FI), United Nations Global Compact and
UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
SSE initiative is aimed at exploring how exchanges can
work together with investors, regulators and companies to
enhance corporate transparency, and ultimately performance
on ESG issues, as well as promotiong the responsible and
long-term approaches to investment. The UN Sustainable
Stock ExchangesGlobal Dialogue 2014 conference inGeneva,
Switzerland reaffirmed three significant aspects to advance
capital market in a sustainable manner:
Direction of the Capital Market
towards Sustainable Development
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SUSTAINABLE
STOCK
EXCHANGE
FINANCIAL
EDUCATION