Straight plc, (AIM:STT) the environmental and products services group, is pleased to announce its admission onto the Social Stock Exchange, the first platform to showcase publicly listed social impact businesses, which launched yesterday.

Underpinned by a robust admissions process, the Social Stock Exchange's key focus is to provide more information to the market and investors on companies with constructive social and environmental impact. The aim is to generate more investment, growth, and ultimately a global capital marketplace for common cause and greater good.

 Jonathan Straight, Chief Executive of Straight plc, commented:

 I am delighted to announce our admission to the Social Stock Exchange. A key factor in our decision to join was that it actively encourages investors to make investment decisions best aligned to their environmental and social values. This is clearly a platform which corresponds to our own interests and goals. I firmly believe that our business will benefit from the increased exposure to investors seeking social and environmental impacts through the deployment of their funds.

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