OCTOBER 2015

REBUILD IT FROM SCRATCH

Social contract: time to rewrite it
Lebanese must rewrite the old social contract

Waste management: a collective duty
Organizations, local governments and individuals must come together to make large scale recycling a viable reality

Oil & Gas: stopping the spil
Preventing corruption with new transparency laws

Protests: The leaders of a leaderless movement
The change for the streets, by the streets

Overview
New studies help de-risk Lebanon’s off- and onshore

Transparency
A new draft law seeks to safeguard future revenues

Q&A: Fouad Makhzoumi
Fouad Makhzoumi is searching for a secular future for Lebanon’s oil and gas sector

Onshore/offshore prospectivity
New studies help de-risk Lebanon’s off- and onshore

Q&A: Minister of Energy Arthur Nazarian
Executive talks oil and gas with energy minister Arthur Nazarian

Comment: Iran & GCC in Lebanon
With sanctions on the way out, only political barriers prevent Iranian investments in Lebanon’s energy sector

Garbage plans compared
From top down to bottom up, neither strategy is without barriers

The business of recycling
Good for the planet but not immensely profitable

Packaging & Recycling
Environmentally friendly practices make their mark on the Lebanese restaurant business

Upcycling profile: Junkyard
Mar Mikhael venue gives junk a second chance

Fitness in Lebanon: Overview
Being in shape is a fast growing business in Lebanon

Lebanon gym profiles
Executive checks out four of Lebanon’s top fitness centers

Q&A: Gordon Campbell Gray
Le Gray hotel continues to invest despite circumstances

Quilvest and Blom
A new partnership hopes to bring in smart investment

Alpha banks performance
The alpha hounds of Lebanon’s banking sector still perform as needed in H1 2015

Beirut Art Fair
SO MUCH CREATIVITY, SO LITTLE INFRASTRUCTURE

Nehna wel Amar wel Jiran
BEIRUT COMES TOGETHER THROUGH PERFORMING ARTS

IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL GAME
MEGAPLAY GAME JAM INSPIRES LOCAL TALENT

Company bulletin

Sami Atallah: Lebanon’s oil and gas
Transparency is paramount if Lebanon’s oil and gas industry is to succeed