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Friday, November 27, 2020 / 12:20 PM / by NSE / Header Image Credit: Twitter; @nsenigeria
The Nigerian Stock Exchange ("the Exchange" or "NSE")
will collaborate with the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) to host a
webinar on Responsible Investing (RI) and Economic, Social, and Governance
(ESG) integration on Tuesday, 1 December 2020.
Themed, "Responsible Investing: Challenges and
Opportunities for the Nigerian Investor", the webinar will lay the foundation
for engagements with investors and highlight the most pressing challenges and
opportunities for advancing RI imperatives in Nigeria. Interested participants
can register
to attend.
The event will be headlined by Ms. Nicole Martens, Director,
Middle East, and Africa, PRI, and will feature Mr. Bola Adeeko, Divisional
Head, Shared Services, NSE; Mr. Jude Chiemeka, Divisional Head, Trading
Business Division, NSE; and Ms. Anastasia Guha, Director of Northern Europe,
Middle East & Africa, PRI. These distinguished speakers will share valuable
insights on the international and regional trends in RI, as well as introduce
participants to tools and resources available for implementing RI in Nigeria.
Speaking about the event, Mr. Adeeko, said, "At The
Exchange, we are pleased to collaborate with PRI, the world’s leading proponent
of responsible investment to deepen the capacity of investors within our
ecosystem. For investors, there has been strong growth in sustainable,
responsible, and impact-focused finance over the past two decades. In response
to this, companies are making concerted efforts to improve engagement and
provide the information needed by investors to make sound investment decisions.
The NSE recognizes its unique role in promoting the creation of investment
instruments and adoption of practices that are focused on achieving
environmental and social impact and we will, therefore, continue to provide
platforms such as this webinar to foster engagement".
On her part, Ms. Martens commented, "The PRI thanks
the NSE for the invitation to co-host this webinar on the issues of Responsible
Investing and we look forward to this discussion with Nigerian investors. The
session will be focused on building capacity in responsible investment across
the country and PRI anticipates that the session will present invaluable
insights both for the PRI and participants alike in this regard. We will also
leverage the session to garner valuable feedback from Nigerian investors
regarding the potential opportunities and challenges with respect to RI in the
local context which would be used to design specialized programmes for future
sessions".
This workshop will be organised as the first in a
series of workshops aimed at empowering key stakeholders across the Nigerian
capital market on RI.
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