SECP in collaboration with UN Women holds premier ESG symposium.

ISLAMABAD -- The SECP in collaboration with UN Women held a premier ESG symposium to keep the momentum of discussion on ESG practices and facilitate sustainable investment. The symposium was a full day event attracting dynamic representation from private sector presenting their success stories, high level plenary discussion with key institutions and working session with key stakeholders providing aspirations and pledges for strengthening ESG ecosystem.

Ms. Musarat Jabeen, executive director, in her opening remarks said that ESG considerations are gaining traction as investors and companies are seeking long term value and alignment with sustainability and climate-related objectives. Ms. Sharmeela Rasool, Country Representative UN Women, Pakistan emphasized the significance of Women's Economic Empowerment Principles leading to inclusive economic growth and need for benchmarking best practices.

Ms. Sadia Khan, Commissioner SECP gave a detailed technical presentation on evolution of concept of sustainability, key initiatives of SECP and feedback on ESG roadmap by SECP. Representation from companies of diverse sector highlighted their journey in adapting ESG best practices.

The plenary discussion was led by Ahmed Iqbal with panellists comprising Farrukh Khan, CEO PSX, Ehsan Malik, CEO (PBC), Farrukh Rehman, Director...