As global financial markets prioritize transparency, sustainability, and corporate accountability, countries worldwide are integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards into their financial regulations. The adoption of the International Financial …
Corporate Social Responsibility
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The results are in, and the lion’s share of opinions reflects a desire for regional consolidation and assimilation of CSR practices by the private sector. Raji Hattar, chief sustainability and …
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The Gulf countries’ Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) are maturing and growing in importance, but these enormously wealthy bodies have yet to pay serious systematic attention to their corporate social responsibility …
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Currently, the CSR scene across the Gulf is rather static. Fortunately, some industry leaders believe it has started to “become a main concern” on the “region’s agenda” in recent years, …
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Since the formation of the UAE in 1971, the country used the early oil revenue to kick-start a series of projects and investments that would lay the foundations for long-term …
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Although people may not be aware of it, in part because of the fancy Western-sounding name for it, Islam has much of corporate social responsibility in its teaching. As sharia …
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Corporate Social ResponsibilitySpecial Report
Raising work and living conditions for the Gulf’s migrant labor
Toiling in the desert has have become a corporate social responsibility (CSR) issue in the Gulf countries. There are roughly 9 million migrant workers in the Middle East, most of …
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Explaining corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the GCC is quite a daunting task — while the definition is globally uniform, its role across the Middle East is not. Although the …
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Abdali As the developer’s of Amman’s new downtown, Abdali Psc. “made it a priority to address the needs of Amman and take into consideration the social and environmental aspects of …
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In order for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to be effective, the corporate world believes that CSR should wholly support the business objectives of the companies involved. Without doing so, CSR …