In October 2012, 253 companies listed on BM&FBOVESPA (57.95%) adhered to the exchange’s ESG Report or Explain recommendation, compared with 203 companies (45.31%) in May 2012.
According to the press release distributed by BM&FBOVESPA on December 17, 2012 “Report or Explain is a recommendation that BM&FBOVESPA launched this year at Rio +20 with the objective of easing the access of all stakeholders’ – especially investors and analysts – to information regarding companies’ business and sustainability practices, providing transparency to the market. The Exchange’s initiative encourages companies to register in their reference forms that they will publish sustainability reports.”
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