Publications

 

Responsible Investment

A short introduction with MENA Perspective
2018

MENASG_Responsible_Investment_Insight_Report_2018_CoverAfter ten years of Lehman Brothers collapse the question remains, is it enough, as an investor, to merely manage your financial risk and ignore all other non-financial factors?
It was painful to the whole world to see the global economy melting due to the absence of acting upon fiduciary obligation.
The good news is that recent years have seen a number of institutional investors integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their activities and guidelines and  systematically including analysis of ESG risks and opportunities in their respective due diligence processes.

This report is meant to be an introduction to the responsible investment with some focus on MENA region.

 


GCC Countries, Sustainability Profile (2011 – 2015)

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Lately the GCC Countries were going through progressive and structural change with ambitious plans for future till 2030. To understand that we need to look to the last critical five years and compare them with best in class.

My new report is trying to do that in a simple tone and it is

 

 


International Environmental Law

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the role of stakeholder engagement and public diplomacy in policy development
ABDURAHMAN ALSUM

The aim of this book is to explain how the engagement of the public is vital for creating an environmentally sustainable future.
Governments alone cannot solve the major ecological problems of our time. Only through building partnerships within a well-informed and empowered civil society, within the framework of good governance and respect for human rights, this challenge can be met.

The book originally submitted as a final essay for Diploma, International Environmental Law, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), 2011