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Issue 21 - SEPTEMBER 2019
www.bahrainbourse.comBAHRAIN BOURSE HOLDS WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABILITY AND
IR DIGITAL SOLUTIONS
Bahrain Bourse held a workshop
on Sustainability and Investor
Relation (IR) Digital Solutions
on 17
th
September 2019 as part
of its efforts to promote best
IR practices in the Kingdom
of Bahrain. The workshop
was attended by more than 30
representatives from listed
companies along with Middle
East Investor Relations Association
“MEIRA” Bahrain Chapter
memb e r s . The wo r k s hop
highlighted the importance of ESG
disclosure in meeting growing
investors’ demands for listed
companies which was presented
by Sustainability Excellence. In
addition, IR digital solutions
best practices were presented by
DirectFN Mubasher to shed light
on the importance of IR digital
tools in communicating effectively
with investors and stakeholders.
The workshop was concluded by
an open discussion addressing
questions from the attendees.
It is worth noting that Bahrain
Bourse and the Middle East
Investor Relations Association
(MEIRA) has officially launched
the MEIRA chapter in Bahrain
during April 2019 with the aim
of developing and enhancing best
practices in Investor Relations (IR)
across the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The founding members of
MEIRA chapter in Bahrain
include Aluminium Bahrain
(‘ALBA’), Bank ABC, Bahrain
Telecommunications Company
(‘Batelco’), Bahrain Bourse,
Ithmaar Holding, National Bank
of Bahrain, and SICO BSC (c).