Bursa bull charge to hit KL on Sept 27
BURSA Malaysia’s annual charity run, the Bursa Bull Charge, will hit the streets of Kuala Lumpur’s central business district on September 27.
Running its fifth edition this year, the Bursa Bull Charge brings together market players, partners and captains of industry to run in support of a beneficial cause.
The Bursa Bull Charge is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a more expressive and inclusive run to reflect Bursa Malaysia’s alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as part of the exchange’s commitment towards promoting sustainability across the wider capital market.
The event will see stronger integration of sustainability elements into key features of the event, in line with Bursa’s support of the five selected SDGs put forward by the Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative as relevant to stock exchanges.
The five SDGs are SDG5: Gender Equality, SDG8: Good Jobs and Economic Growth, SDG12: Responsible Consumption, SDG13: Climate Action and SDG17: Partnerships for the Goals.
In addition to the exchange’s emphasis on these five goals, the Bursa Bull Charge 2018 will also be extending its support to SDG4: Quality Education, by channelling a major part of the funds raised into educational projects focused on financial literacy and entrepreneurship.
The Bursa Bull Charge 2018 will also include a para-run and veteran runners, and see the return of a criterion for a female runner in each participating team to ensure wider inclusivity.
The event details are designed with responsible consumption in mind, from the use of eco bags and reusable or recyclable products, to the management of food wastage by arranging for donation of any leftovers to a food bank.
As part of the climate action focus, the Bursa Bull Charge will once again strive to be a carbonneutral event, by taking decisive measures to reduce or offset the carbon footprint, including encouraging participants to take public transportation to the event.
Since its inception in 2014, over 7,000 runners have participated in the Bursa Bull Charge with more than RM7 million disbursed for charity and various beneficial causes.
The Bursa Bull Charge tracks a 5km run through Kuala Lumpur’s Capital Market Trail that passes the headquarters of several of local capital market players.
The run categories include the 1.5km CEO Open, CEO Veteran & Para Run, a 5.0km Corporate Open, Veteran and Future Leader Challenge Run and a 3.0km Corporate Open and Veteran Run.
Bursa invites supporters of the Bursa Bull Charge participants to join in the fun.
Come and support your organisation’s running teams and enjoy an afternoon of fun-filled activities. Join the Bursa Bull Charge 2018!
Visit bullcharge.bursamarketplace.com for more details.