The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) hosted its first Sustainability Conference on the 25^th of October with the participation of a large number of the business community’ leaders, experts and executives to discuss ways to launch initiatives to enhanced the degree of the sustainable development’ adoption in the business community.
 
The conference witnessed high‐level of governmental participation. The opening speech was delivered by Mr. Ashraf Salman, Minister of Investment, Dr. Ghada Waly, Minister of Social Solidarity, Mr. Sherif Samy, Chairman of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) as well as the participation of the head the UN women program in Egypt, and the advisor to the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) during the conference sessions.
 
The conference was reviewed the successful initiatives carried out by the Egyptian private sector in sustainable development and their impact on the company's performance and on society as a whole.