NASDAQ OMX Helsinki the first 'Green Office' Exchange in the world

Helsinki, December 15, 2010— NASDAQ OMX Helsinki has been granted rights to the WWF Green Office designation as the first Green Office Exchange in the world.

WWF's Green Office is a practical environmental program for companies, which aims to reduce the environmental impact of offices, to slow down climate change and to increase staff's awareness of ecological consumption by encouraging them to act in an environmentally friendly way.

President of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Lauri Rosendahl, said: "For NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, the idea for the program was originally presented as an employee initiative. Awareness of environmental issues is constantly increasing and we wanted to do our part to make the necessary changes, similar to what many of our listed companies on the Helsinki Stock Exchange have already done. In addition, this project represented a way for the Helsinki team to do something good together and it has already received a lot of interest in the other offices of the NASDAQ OMX group. We strive to make this a Finnish export product inside the NASDAQ OMX group."

"The management team and personnel at NASDAQ OMX Helsinki has shown an exemplary commitment to the program. Furthermore, the right staff functions have been represented on a very active Green Office team. The company has developed a tailored environmental program of its own, which will be easy to implement and develop further. The work has only just begun", said Eeva Heckwolf, Green Office Specialist and office inspector for WWF.

WWF awards the Green Office designation to offices fulfilling the criteria of the Green Office program. WWF will review the office premises on a regular basis. NASDAQ OMX Helsinki is committed, among many things, to reducing energy consumption this year by 10 % and next year by a further 5 %, to recycle and sort out waste and to resile using disposable plates and cups.

 

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with approximately 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on  Facebookand  Twitter.

 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Kristiina Ylikunnari,+ 358 9 6166 7274, kristiina.ylikunnari@nasdaqomx.com

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