Aly Shah
4 مايو 2021
Businesses in the financial and non-financial services sectors in the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) and internationally, are increasingly embedding environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) considerations in to their processes and practices.
Businesses in the financial and non-financial services sectors in the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) and internationally, are increasingly embedding environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) considerations in to their processes and practices. There are multiple reasons for focus on ESG integration, including to name a few (which are elaborated on later in this paper), the ever-increasing global focus on sustainable development (and by extension on sustainable finance and investment); changes in investment approach by investors; the approach to ESG integration by regulators; and not least, the advantages of ESG considerations being part of investment decision-making process and business practices.