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ESG disclosure:
Tools for building quality capital market
SET encourages companies to disclose their sustainability
performance in the SEC Form 56-1 and sustainability
report (using GRI reporting framework), showing an
integration of environmental, social and governance
concerns into business operations. This will enhance
corporate communication with stakeholders. It will also
create trust among domestic and foreign investors on
the listed firms’ potential. SET has published the
“Guidelines for Sustainability Reporting”
and held
on workshops on sustainability reporting since 2012. In
2015, SET organized two courses on how to report on
ESG performance; in total, SET has held eight courses
for 531 participants from 289 listed companies. SET
also offered another course on sustainability reporting in
accordance with the GRI framework for 28 participants
from 18 companies.
SET surveyed listed firms on their disclosure of
sustainability information and found that in 2014, 585 listed
companies (92%) disclosed their ESG performance
in the SEC Form 56-1. Among these were 479 companies
listed on SET and 106 companies listed on mai. A total
of 55 companies used the GRI framework.
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