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CSE completes two back-to-back sold out Digital Trainings

CSE completes two back-to-back sold out Digital Trainings

The two successful October trainings (02-06 October and 07-09 October) focused on ESGs and Circular Economy. The trainings included executives from various sectors including Financial, Energy, NGO’s etc.  As always, CSE tailored the training to the unique needs of its participants.   A good portion of the discussion during both trainings focused on the rise and importance of ESGs and […]

Actionable CSR insights for corporations in the UAE that shape the new normal

Actionable CSR insights for corporations in the UAE that shape the new normal

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing massive economic turmoil in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries through simultaneous shocks: drop in domestic and external demand, drop in oil prices, reduction in trade, disruption of production, fall in consumer and investor confidence, and tightening of financial conditions. At the same time sustainability risks, including air pollution, coastal degradation […]

The imperative of business resilience planning; How is Dubai coping.

The imperative of business resilience planning; How is Dubai coping.

Business resilience became the ultimate popular phrase while also a great necessity when one of the unprecedent strikes in global economy made its appearance following the unexpected virus of Covid-19. Many organizations learned maybe the tough way that if they wanted to maintain their business operations, their human assets and overall brand equity they had […]

How do “green bonds” contribute to sustainable development?

How do “green bonds” contribute to sustainable development?

Nikos Avlonas President and Founder of Center of Sustainability and Excellence Visiting Professor University of Illinois   Not a new film of the popular series, a new type of bond known as “green bonds” are  an investment tool which can, with what they generate, contribute to tackling climate change. As a consequence, more capital managers […]

Can MENA catch up to the rising sea level problem?

Can MENA catch up to the rising sea level problem?

2020 seems to have boarded the World on a terrifying train. The bewildering stops have compelled people to reflect and explore all possible means in order to still go through it by living the essential moments we are granted on this earth yet not neglect that proactivity at this point is key to being on […]

Canada Oil in the Era of Uncertainty

Canada Oil in the Era of Uncertainty

How the places that supply oil to Cascadia are reacting to the pandemic Oil markets went wild this spring. When the economic distress of coronavirus lockdowns hit, oil futures jumped well into negative pricing territory and oil company stock prices fell radically. The situation was so grim that pipeline operators were actually telling oil companies to stop […]

How Canada can plan a sustainable pathway for the economy amidst the pandemic

How Canada can plan a sustainable pathway for the economy amidst the pandemic

A number of environmental organizations in Canada are calling on the government to add Sustainability to its economic recovery measures that highlight both workers and efforts to address the climate crisis.   Why does a sustainable recovery matter for Canada? Even before the pandemic struck, the world was dealing with pressing climate crises that will […]

Moody’s views and strategy on the future of ESG ratings presented at CSE Certified Sustainability Program Digital Version 11, 12 & 15 of June 2020

Moody’s views and strategy on the future of ESG ratings presented at CSE Certified Sustainability Program Digital Version 11, 12 & 15 of June 2020

Participants at the Certified Sustainability Practitioner Program Digital Version welcomed Anna Zubets Anderson, Vice President – Senior Analyst at Moody’s Investors Service in New York.   As this program focuses on key challenges that professionals have to face in the field of Sustainability, Supply Chain, Corporate Responsibility, Sustainable Development, Circular Economy all in light of the new normal, Anna presented Moody’s […]

Sustainability should be high on the agenda at G7 USA summit

Sustainability should be high on the agenda at G7 USA summit

Just a few months into navigating COVID-19-related constraints, leaders of the G7 will meet in the USA, most likely in September, as governments move from ‘rescue’ to ‘recovery’ mode.  Recently, leading voices from politics and businesses[1] in the US strongly suggested that recovery measures should be guided by sustainability principles, promoting a ‘green’ recovery. Indeed, […]