TASE has published its first ESG questionnaire for the TASE-listed companies as a means to increase their ESG involvement and allow investors better access to ESG-related information, in line with international standards.
Only 70 of the TASE-listed companies publish full ESG reports, as compared to 90% of the companies included in the S&P-500 Index, according to the Israeli stock exchange. TASE has 3 ESG indices: TA-125 Fossil Free, Cleantech, and the veteran Maala Index. The objective is to launch additional ESG indices in the future in collaboration with an international index editor, which will allow the public to invest in companies that publish a full or condensed ESG report, based on the questionnaire.
Source Link – Tel Aviv Stock Exchange aims to increase exposure with ESG questionnaire for listed companies – FinanceFeeds
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Associate Director, Investment Banking
Prachurjya has over 16 years of experience in investment banking with Acuity Knowledge Partners. At Acuity, he has led sector and product-specialist pilot teams across Capital Markets, ESG, Debt Advisory, Loan Syndications, Metals & Mining and Real Estate. He has been actively involved in setting up and on-boarding new ESG Advisory, ESG DCM and Sustainable Finance teams for various bulge bracket investment banks. Within DCM and Rating Advisory, he has been instrumental in helping the clients achieve over 30% in annual savings on both regular and adhoc tasks through standardization of the outputs and deployment of our proprietary BEAT tools.
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Puja has 7 years of extensive experience in ESG, Climate Change & Sustainability and she is supervising the ESG team at Acuity. She also has diverse experience in conducting ESIA, EHS compliance audits, ESG Risks and Controls, EHS & ESG Due Diligence assessments. Prior to joining Acuity, she was working with companies like KPMG Global Services, EY India and ERM India. She has expertise in provisioning extensive research requirements for clients through preparation of Peer Benchmarking, Target Compilation, Sustainability report, Sustainable Finance Updates and Sectoral ESG Thematic Detailing Engagement.
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