Implementation of the Moscow Exchange Sustainability Roadmap in 2024
UN SDGs and topic number | Objectives and impact rating | Stakeholders | Activities | Implemented in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Genuine corporate governance and business ethics | ||||
G1  | Corporate governance system (6.7) | Moscow Exchange shareholders | Increasing the proportion of women in corporate governance bodies | The proportion of women on corporate governance bodies amounted to 19% (19% in 2023) |
Conducting an evaluation (internal and external) of the Supervisory Board | Yes | |||
G2  | Business ethics and compliance (6.6) | Employees Market participants and their clients Suppliers and contractors | Share of employees who successfully completed anti-corruption training | 99.1% |
Carrying out preparatory activities for Group certification according to the ISO 37301:2021 standard for effective compliance | Yes | |||
Proportion of incidents investigated/addressed regarding possible violations of the code of ethics | 100% | |||
G3 | Supply chain management (5.4) | Suppliers and contractors | Approval of the Supplier Code of Conduct of PJSC Moscow Exchange | The Code was approved by the Management Board |
Establish a pilot procedure for familiarisation with the Supplier Code of Conduct for medium and high value suppliers | Yes | |||
G4  | Expanding partnerships for sustainable development | Professional associations Development institutions ESG agencies | Implementation of the cooperation plan with ESG Alliance | Yes |
Implementation of joint activities with the Russian Climate Partnership | Participation in two events | |||
Respect for human rights, equal opportunities and staff engagement | ||||
R1  | Employee engagement and efficiency (5.5) | Employees | Conduct an employee engagement survey | Yes |
Developing solutions based on the results of employee engagement assessments at company and unit level | Yes | |||
R2  | Learning and development (5.6) | Employees | Average number of training hours per year per employee | 22 hours |
Number of training hours for senior managers, functional managers and male/female specialists | Number of training hours for senior managers: 132/140. Number of training hours for functional managers: 65/66. Number of training hours for specialists: 15/11. | |||
R3 | Diversity and equal opportunities (5.5) | Employees | Assessing the level of employer brand attractiveness | Yes |
Number of employees with disabilities | 25 people | |||
R4 | Health, safety and well-being of employees (5.5) | Employees | Number of work-related injuries | 0 |
Organisation of training and testing of knowledge of occupational safety requirements for employees | Yes | |||
Automation of introductory briefings on occupational safety | Yes | |||
Environmentally friendly and trusted market infrastructure | ||||
E1  | Risk management (6.0) | Moscow Exchange shareholders | Development of the sustainability risks and opportunities management system | Yes |
Integration sustainability risks and opportunities into financial reporting in accordance with IFRS S1 and S2 | Yes | |||
E2  | Information security (8.3) | Market participants and their clients | Conducting an audit according to ISO 27001, ISO 22301 (external or internal) | Yes |
Compliance with the operational reliability regime under information threats conditions | 100% | |||
Share of completed planned business continuity plan (BCP) testing activities | 100% | |||
E3 | Sustainable technological development (7.9) | Market participants and their clients Moscow Exchange shareholders | Availability rate of real-time trading systems | 99.95% |
Number of load tests of trading systems | 1 | |||
E4 | Eco-efficiency and low-carbon development (4.1) | Regulators and government authorities Employees Professional associations, development institutions and ESG agencies | Identification of environmental aspects in accordance with ISO 14001:2015 standard | Yes |
Water consumption intensity, m3/ RUB million of revenue | 0.1 | |||
Waste generation rate, t/ RUB million of revenue | 0.002 | |||
Share of green energy consumption | 88% | |||
Reduction of electricity consumption | Growth of 0.3% | |||
Development of a major repair project based on the requirements of the Clever standard | Cancelled | |||
E5  | Market access and customer outreach (5.0) | Clients of the personal finance platform Finuslugi Market participants and their clients | Conducting an assessment of the integral Customer Satisfaсtion Index (CSI) (CSI) | Yes |
The number of active clients who made at least one trade on the stock market during the month | 3.9 million | |||
Advanced practices of responsible investing | ||||
А1 | Developing exchange-based sustainable financing (5.6) | Issuers Market participants and their clients | Volume of new bond issues in the Sustainability Sector | RUB 52.8 billion |
Number of events to stimulate placements in the Sustainability Sector | 5 | |||
А2 | ESG indices and market data (5.5) | Professional associations, development institutions and ESG agencies Market participants and their clients | Development of a methodology for one new ESG index | 1 |
Development of the ESG module of the Corporate Information Center | Postponed | |||
А3 | Growth sector and Innovation and Investment Market (5.9) | Issuers Market participants and their clients | Volume of placements in the Growth Sector | RUB 12.0 billion |
А4 | Registry and trade in carbon units (5.8) | Issuers Market participants and their clients Regulators and government authorities Professional associations, development institutions and ESG agencies | Launch of the registry operator functionality in terms of accounting for quota fulfillment units | Yes |
Organisation of exchange trading of carbon units | Two auctions were held | |||
A4 | Registry and trade in carbon units (5.8) | Issuers Market participants and their clients Regulators and government authorities Professional associations, development institutions and ESG agencies | Launch of test trading of certificates of origin of electricity | Postponed |
Ensuring participation in exchange trading of certificates of origin of electricity for the target client base | Postponed | |||
Initiation of a dialogue with BRICS countries on mutual recognition of certificates of origin of electricity | Yes | |||
А5 | Informing issuers about sustainability trends, standards and practices (5.5) | Issuers Market participants and their clients Regulators and government authorities | Implementation of requirements for disclosure of non-financial reporting by issuers in the listing rules | Requirements implemented |
А5 | Informing issuers about sustainability trends, standards and practices (5.5) | Issuers | Updating and presentation of the Guidelines for Best Sustainability Practices | Yes |
Conducting ESG events for issuers and other stakeholders | 5 | |||
Conducting a survey of issuers on sustainability awareness | Yes | |||
Ringing the Bell and conducting a roundtable in support of equal career opportunities | Yes | |||
А6 | Improvement of Moscow Exchange’s ESG disclosure and ESG ratings (6.7) | Moscow Exchange shareholders and investors Professional associations, development institutions and ESG agencies | Preparation and disclosure of a Sustainability Report with professional assurance | Yes |
Updating ESG-Databook | Yes | |||
Updating the website page on sustainable development | Yes | |||
Updating Sustainability Roadmap | Sustainability Roadmap has been updated and approved by the Executive Board | |||
Number of upgrades of Moscow Exchange PJSC ESG ratings | One: first cluster of ESG ranking of NRA | |||
Trusted relations with local communities | ||||
Т1 | Financial literacy of retail investors (5.9) | Market participants and their clients Educational and medical institutions, residents of the region of presence | Number of people who participated in financial literacy events organised by the Exchange | >850 thousand people |
Number of unique clients in the trading system | 35.1 million | |||
Т2   | Charity and sponsorship (4.5, 3.8) | Educational and medical institutions, residents of the region of presence | Share of expenses for charity and sponsorship from planned net profit | >0.5% (RUB 379.8 million) |
Conducting an assessment of the effectiveness of charity | Yes | |||
Implementation of the assistance program of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Meshchera National Park” | Implemented | |||
Т3 | Business, educational and image events (7.2) | Market participants and their clients Educational and medical institutions, residents of the region of presence Regulators and government authorities Professional associations, development institutions and ESG agencies | Number of business, educational and image events that the Moscow Exchange organised or supported | 287 |
Coverage of business, educational and image events that the Moscow Exchange organised or supported | >100 thousand people | |||