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ESG Insight – Integrating Biodiversity and Carbon Markets: A New Horizon for Qatar’s ESG Future
Introduction In 2025, JPMorgan Chase and Carbon Direct provided six core principles to guide biodiversity integration. These principles focus on regulating project design with transparent reporting, adaptive management, and localized ecological objectives. Qatar is on a promising path in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, environmental preservation and innovation are the basis for Qatar National…
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ESG Insight – Why are ESG Reporting Standards Becoming Mandatory?
Introduction As investors, consumers, employees, and other stakeholders continue to gain awareness of sustainability, they have come to demand accountability from businesses. This, in turn, has left companies with no choice but to embrace “Environmental, Social and Governance” (ESG) measures in their strategic planning. ESG measures and reports on how business management is impacting the…
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ESG Insight – Why Stricter ESG Oversight is Driving Down Greenwashing Activities in Qatar
In the business world, it’s not uncommon to see companies try to get an edge over their competitors. Unfortunately, when it comes to ESG and sustainability, things can quickly take a deceptive turn. Greenwashing gets introduced into company operations and company’s disguise compliance failures in falsified positive narratives. However, it seems that increased ESG oversight…
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ESG Insight – Why Integrating Circular Economy Principles in GCC Construction is an Urgent ESG Imperative
Introduction: A Sector at a Crossroads The construction industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region is booming powered by mega projects like Saudi Arabia’s NEOM, and the UAE’s Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan. Yet, these projects could result in carbon emissions and potential environmental degradation. As governments across the GCC pledge net-zero emissions and…
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ESG Insight – The ESG Case for Circular Food Systems in the Gulf: Addressing Waste, Water, and Climate Vulnerabilities
Food waste, water scarcity, and climate risk are no longer isolated issues. They are strategic policy concerns that demand urgent, coordinated action across the Gulf. As these pressures intensify, governments must lead the shift toward circular food systems built on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) principles.
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ESG Insight – Grid-Ready and Green: Strategic Ways Qatar and the GCC Are Driving ESG Renewable Energy Growth
As the global energy landscape shifts, the Gulf is undergoing a profound transformation. This ESG Insight explores how Qatar and other GCC nations are rapidly scaling up their renewable energy capacity, modernizing grid infrastructure, and pioneering ESG finance instruments like green bonds. With strategic solar investments, localized clean energy supply chains, and ambitious hydrogen plans,…
