A flagship initiative of WSE which promotes and educates about responsible investments in Poland is the RESPECT Index project, established in 2009 as CEE’s first responsible companies index. The index portfolio includes companies listed on the WSE Main Market which follow the highest standards of corporate governance, disclosures and investor relations taking into account environmental, social and governance factors in their business. The companies in the RESPECT Index portfolio are selected in three steps of verification carried out by WSE and the Association of Listed Companies in the areas listed above as well as an audit performed by the project partner Deloitte. Eight editions of the survey have been completed to date with 16 to 24 companies included in the index portfolio at each time.

The RESPECT Index Project enjoys strong interest of companies listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange and indirectly helps to improve the standards of corporate social responsibility on the Polish market. In the eighth edition of the survey carried out in 2014, 24 companies were put in the index portfolio, including Warsaw Stock Exchange for the second consecutive time.

The return rate of the RESPECT Index was 64% from the first publication on 19 November 2009 until the end of 2014.