Tadawul to launch environmental index with MSCI by year-end, or Q1 2021: CEO

14/08/2020 Argaam

 

Saudi Arabia's stock exchange, Tadawul, plans to launch an environmental, social or governance (ESG) index in cooperation with global index provider MSCI by the fourth quarter of this year or first quarter of 2021, the bourse's chief executive, Khalid Al-Hussan, said in at a virtual event.

 

The index will include around 70 Saudi listed companies and will be based on MSCI standards.

 

"Globally we understand that ESG is becoming an investment requirement and we don't want to be behind this in the Saudi market," he added.

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