Sustainability Report 2017

Sustainability Report 2017 28 1 Defined as listed companies provided ESG performance information in line with the GRI reporting framework with stakeholder and materiality analysis and the GRI Content Index. 2 Selected from listed companies with revenues of over USD 1 billion. There were 46 Thai listed companies. • SET promoted ESG disclosure through workshops which highlighted local and international sustainability reporting standards. The activities in 2017 are as follows: o SET supported the Thai Institute of Directors in the evaluation of Corporate Governance Report (CGR) of Thai listed company. Listed firms were also provided with recommendations to develop their corporate governance practices. In 2017, the average CGR score of listed firms was reported at 80%, reaching a record high in 7 years. o Approximately 11% of listed companies disclosed ESG information in line with the Global Reporting Initative (GRI) reporting framework. 1 o According to Corporate Knights and AVIVA’s study entitled “Measuring Sustainability Disclosure 2017”, SET was the only Asian stock exchange that was ranked in the top ten, out of 55 global stock exchanges, for outstanding ESG disclosure of listed companies 2 . • SET encouraged potential listed companies to participate in world-class sustainability assessment. SET organized DJSI Exclusive Training courses from basic in-class training to advanced in-depth consultation to prepare invited companies for the annual DJSI assessment. In 2017, 17, out of 36 Thai listed companies invited to participate in the assessment, were selected as DJSI members, the 4 th highest number of companies from all Asian capital markets. In addition, 35 Thai listed firms were also selected to be included in the FTSE4Good Emerging Indexes, the highest number in ASEAN. • SET encouraged listed companies to participate in the SET’s annual ESG evaluation for Thai listed firms. In 2017, a total of 90 listed companies participated in the evaluation with the average ESG score equivalent to 66%, the same as last year. All participating firms also received SET’s recommendations for their ESG performance improvement. Average CGR score of listed companies, the highest in 7 years. 80 % o SET promoted ESG information disclosure through the annual report. In 2017, 98% of listed companies disclosed ESG information in their annual reports in compliance with the SEC’s 56-1 form. In 2018, SET will develop the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines for listed companies to promote ESG disclosure to meet international reporting standards. SET will also promote investors to use ESG information for their investment decision making. (102-21) (417-1)