TORONTO, May 13, 2021 /CNW/ - TMX Group has released
its second annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Report, detailing the company's progress in integrating
sustainability practices into its corporate strategy, business
processes and investment decisions.
The report, titled "The Future is Ours to Change," also
highlights TMX Group's initiatives to enhance ESG efforts
throughout Canada's capital
markets, including educational tools and services to empower
issuers to become ESG leaders in their own right and products to
position Canada as a world-leading
marketplace for sustainable investment and finance.
Highlights of TMX Group's 2020 ESG Report include:
- TMX Group's endorsement of the Sustainability Accounting
Standards Board (SASB) and a target to incorporate the
recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial
Disclosures (TCFD) in its ESG reporting in 2021.
- TMX Group's commitment to purchase carbon credits to offset its
GHG emissions and become net-carbon neutral in 2021.
- The establishment of an Employment, Diversity and Inclusion
(ED&I) Advisory Council, led by TMX CEO John McKenzie, to determine the company's
long-term ED&I policies, procedures and targets.
- An agreement with IHS Markit to facilitate broader ESG
reporting and data distribution for issuers listed on Toronto Stock
Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange.
For more information about TMX Group's sustainability and ESG
initiatives, please visit www.tmx.com/resource/en/807.
About TMX Group (TSX: X)
TMX Group operates global markets, and builds digital
communities and analytic solutions that facilitate the funding,
growth and success of businesses, traders and investors. TMX
Group's key operations include Toronto Stock
Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha
Exchange, The Canadian Depository for
Securities, Montréal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives
Clearing Corporation, and Trayport which provide listing
markets, trading markets, clearing facilities, depository services,
technology solutions, data products and other services to the
global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in
Toronto and operates offices
across North America (Montréal,
Calgary, Vancouver and New
York), as well as in key international markets including
London and Singapore. For more information about TMX
Group, visit our website at www.tmx.com. Follow TMX Group on
Twitter: @TMXGroup.
SOURCE TMX Group Limited