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Conference "Gender Inclusion and Sustainable Development" and the opening ceremony of "Ring the Bell for Gender Equality"
Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC (hereinafter - the Exchange, KASE) together with the International Finance Corporation (hereinafter - the IFC) held the annual opening ceremony of Ring the Bell for Gender Equality, which included the conference "Gender Inclusion and Sustainable Development" on March 4, 2022.
Ring the Bell for Gender Equality trade opening ceremony to draw global attention to gender inclusion perspectives and support for gender equality in the context of sustainable development policies, ESG principles and green finance.
KASE is holding this ceremony for the 5th time as part of implementation of the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (UN SSE Initiative), which KASE joined in 2015. This action around the world is traditionally supported by UN Women, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Women and Index Funds and the World Federation of Exchanges. More than 100 stock exchanges around the world host the opening ceremony in 2022.
Speakers at the international event were Gulchehra Abdullayeva, Deputy Director of the Securities Market Department of the Financial Market Regulation and Development Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Yerlan Burabayev, Managing Director of the Centre for Development of the Stock and Insurance Sector of the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan; Saule Sabiyeva, Head of Green Technology of the Climate Policy and Green Technology Department of the Ministry of Environment, Geology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan; Adalat Abdumonapova, Project Manager of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange and the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange.
Participants discussed the role of gender inclusiveness in climate risk management, measures and initiatives of the financial regulator to develop ESG principles in the domestic financial sector, and promoting equal opportunities in access to green finance. Special attention at the event was paid to the topics on implementation of green taxonomy in Kazakhstan, ESG and gender agenda in venture capital business. The discussion included issues related to providing opportunities to SMEs through the issuance of green bonds.
Ring the Bell for Gender Equality trade opening ceremony to draw global attention to gender inclusion perspectives and support for gender equality in the context of sustainable development policies, ESG principles and green finance.
KASE is holding this ceremony for the 5th time as part of implementation of the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (UN SSE Initiative), which KASE joined in 2015. This action around the world is traditionally supported by UN Women, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Women and Index Funds and the World Federation of Exchanges. More than 100 stock exchanges around the world host the opening ceremony in 2022.
Speakers at the international event were Gulchehra Abdullayeva, Deputy Director of the Securities Market Department of the Financial Market Regulation and Development Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Yerlan Burabayev, Managing Director of the Centre for Development of the Stock and Insurance Sector of the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan; Saule Sabiyeva, Head of Green Technology of the Climate Policy and Green Technology Department of the Ministry of Environment, Geology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan; Adalat Abdumonapova, Project Manager of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange and the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange.
Participants discussed the role of gender inclusiveness in climate risk management, measures and initiatives of the financial regulator to develop ESG principles in the domestic financial sector, and promoting equal opportunities in access to green finance. Special attention at the event was paid to the topics on implementation of green taxonomy in Kazakhstan, ESG and gender agenda in venture capital business. The discussion included issues related to providing opportunities to SMEs through the issuance of green bonds.