“Running a company sustainably goes beyond just profit”, says Vera Spender Koubek, Sustainable Finance Expert at LIBF. This conversation explores actionable strategies for embedding sustainability in business and corporate practices, …
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Twenty-seven companies in Dubai have been awarded the Dubai Chamber of Commerce’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Label, it was announced this week. The Label, launched in August and developed …
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Ever since Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to office in 2023 and told the world that Brazil is “back on the world stage,” the government has endeavored to establish itself as …
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Azerbaijan, which is set to host this year’s UN climate summit in November, has “critically insufficient” climate plans, according to an assessment from the Climate Action Tracker. The petrostate—the third …
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It has been nearly ten years since countries came together in Paris and agreed finally to get serious about averting a climate disaster. But while there is an emerging consensus …
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ActionAid – How the Finance Flows: Corporate Capture of Public Finance | Repo
A new report from ActionAid has found that climate-destructive sectors are benefiting from subsidies amounting to an average of US$677 billion in the Global South every year. According to the …
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UAE Mandates Women’s Representation on Boards of Private Companies
This week, the UAE Ministry of Economy issued a ministerial decision mandating that private joint-stock companies must increase women’s representation on boards. The decision, which will come into force in …
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As summer in the northern hemisphere draws to a close, hundreds of temperature records have been broken, and there is a roughly 95% chance that 2024 will beat 2023 as the hottest year since …
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Thomson Reuters, SAP Partner on ESG Reporting Compliance
Global content and technology company Thomson Reuters has announced a product integration partnership with SAP focused on ESG reporting compliance. The partnership with SAP is reportedly aimed at simplifying compliance …
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Emirates NBD Egypt has joined Chapter Zero Egypt, a climate governance association for business leaders in Egypt. The association, the first of its kind in Africa and the Middle East, …