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[email protected]. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This paper was prepared in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative, a joint initiative of UNCTAD, UN Global Compact, UNEP Finance Initiative and the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment. The paper was prepared by Tiffany Grabski (UNCTAD & PRI) and Anthony Miller (UNCTAD) with substantive contributions from Richard Bolwijn (UNCTAD), Danielle Chesebrough (PRI & UN Global Compact), Elodie Feller (UN Environment FI), Will Martindale (PRI), and Melanie Paty (PRI), with additional research support from Kan Li and Peter Wey (interns).