Building on a successful pilot during the last school year 2020-21, Euronext and JA Europe have expenaded their entrepreneurship education programme, The Blue Challenge, to Denmark and Italy. Euronext and JA Europe will now be able to boost financial literacy and encourage innovation to limit climate change and to foster the Blue Economy amongst young entrepreneurs in nine countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

The programme aims to inspire students aged 16 to 18 about sustainable finance and help them develop core competencies such as teamwork, problem-solving and entrepreneurial skills.

The Euronext Blue Challenge is the flagship initiative of Our Society, one of five material impact areas within our ESG strategy. Through this collaboration, we will be able to boost financial literacy and encourage innovation to limit climate change and to promote the blue economy amongst young entrepreneurs.

In the course of the academic year, over 250 students will learn about sustainable finance while working on their own business projects supported by mentoring and webinars from Euronext volunteers. After national selections in April, country finalists will compete for the Euronext “Blue Innovation Award”.

From North to South, Euronext volunteers engaged during one week in the water-front clean-up initiatives, in celebration of the International Coastal Clean-Up Day and the European Sustainable Development Week.

Being the first exchange signatory of the UNGC Sustainable Ocean Principles, the conservation of the oceans, seas and marine resources, as consecrated in the United Nations' SDG 14, is a sustainable goal that is embraced by Euronext and it is dear to our community.

Euronext teams from across Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal offices rolled up their sleeves and walked miles alongside the water's edge, filling dozens of bags with trash, preventing it to end in the ocean.

Euronext Securities Oslo appoints Kristine Bastøe as CEO

Euronext Securities, the Euronext CSD network connecting European economies to global capital markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kristine Bastøe as the new Chief Executive Officer of Euronext Securities Oslo, with effect from 1 March 2022.

Kristine Bastøe has a broad and extensive experience in the financial industry, from working both in businesses and in consulting. She joined Euronext Securities Oslo in 2017 as a management consultant and from 2019 as a permanent employee in the role as EVP Head of Products. During this time she has been engaged in several cross-CSD business initiatives and building organisational structures across the four markets within Euronext Securities. She also brings with her substantial experience with transformation programmes from her time as management consultant.

Kristine Bastøe will lead the development of Euronext Securities Oslo, and bring a decisive contribution to Euronext’s strategy to pan-Europeanise and scale up Euronext Securities. As part of the new strategy, over the next three years Euronext Securities will be expanding its service offering, converging platforms across markets, scaling up its activities across Europe, and improving the customer experience, with one united team.

The retirement of the current CEO, Audun Bø, was announced earlier this year, and he will stay in the organisation until 30 June 2022 at the latest, giving time for a smooth and well managed transition.