Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainability
Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 interlinked goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". The SDGs, set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and intended to be achieved by the year 2030, are part of a UN Resolution called the "2030 Agenda".
UAE Sustainability
Agenda
The UAE focuses on achieving sustainable development goals that would enable access to clean energy, adequate and affordable food, quality education, health care, sustainable economic growth, healthy ecosystems and increased resource efficiency, as all these issues resonate strongly in the country. The UAE also pledged to "leave no one behind" and to shift the world to a sustainable and resilient path.
Capital Marke Authority’s Sustainability Efforts
Goal 5: Gender Equality
The Authority has encouraged and supported the representation of women on the boards of local publicly listed companies by amending the Chairman's Decision No. (3/R.M) of 2020 regarding the approval of the Governance Guide for Public Joint Stock Companies.
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
An initiative to empower, employ, and train youth to work in the securities and commodities sector through the Financial Markets Pioneers Program.
Goal 17: Partnership for the Goals
The Authority has taken the lead in developing a comprehensive roadmap to advance and promote sustainable and green capital markets in the United Arab Emirates.
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