Feroz Hossain – Oxford Impact Group

A Proposal for Supporting and Enhancing Riyadh Air’s Sustainability Strategy

Green air travel and global sustainability is a top priority for many airlines for 2030. A rise in consumer awareness, as well as a broader acceptance of the sector’s impact on global carbon emissions, has encouraged those in the industry to rethink their attitudes towards climate change. As a result of sustainable commitments becoming the norm, standards always get higher and it is increasingly difficult for companies to be

International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) issued IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards

In June 2023, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) issued the first two standards, IFRS S1 (General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information Standard) and IFRS S2. These Standards reflect the redeliberations of the ISSB, which were informed by extensive feedback from stakeholders and aim to establish a comprehensive global baselineof sustainability-related disclosures to meet the needs of capital markets. IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial

More than US $186 billion allocated to implement Saudi Green Initiative – His Excellency Mr. Adel Al-Jubeir

In Middle East and North Africa Climate Week 2023 on October 8, 2023, His Excellency Mr. Adel Al-Jubeir – Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Saudi Climate Envoy said that more than $186 billion has been allocated to implement the Saudi Green Initiative, which includes 77 initiatives. During a panel discussion on the first day of the Middle East and North Africa Climate Week 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,

Saudi ESG guidelines is a blueprint for sustainability performance

Saudi Arabia is committed to implementing sustainable development and attaches the highest priority to this endeavor, as commensurate with the Kingdom’s specific context and national principles. The Saudi Exchange issued Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure guidelines to promote sustainable growth in Saudi Arabia on October 28, 2021. The guidelines demonstrate Saudi Exchange’s continued commitment to support more than 200 listed companies and also prospective companies looking to list. These

Professor Shouming Chen

Global Advisory Member, China Shouming Chen is Full Professor of Innovation & Strategy in the School of Economics and Management at Tongji University in China. He received his Ph.D. in Management from Fudan University. His research interests include strategic management, innovation, corporate social responsibility, and business ethics. His work has been published in such journals as Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Human Resource Management, Asia Pacific Journal

Professor Dr. Mohammad Nurunnabi

PhD, SFHEA, FRSA, FAIA (Acad), CMBE, FFA, FIPA, CMA, CPA Founding President & CEO – Global, Saudi Arabia Professor Dr. Mohammad Nurunnabi, PhD (Edinburgh), SFHEA, FRSA, FAIA (Acad), CMBE, FFA, FIPA, CMA, CPA is the Founding President & CEO – Global, Oxford Impact Group (OIG). He is also the Founding Director of – Center for Sustainability and Climate (first sustainability and climate think tank in Saudi Arabia), Aide to

Professor Mané Beglaryan

Global Advisory Member, Armenia Mané Beglaryan joined AUA in 2011 initially teaching in the Political Science and International Affairs (PSIA) program and, subsequently, at the School of Business and Management. She has been a full-time lecturer at CBE since 2012. In 2018 she assumed a position as assistant professor teaching courses in Foundations of Management, Organizational Behavior, Social, Legal and Ethical Environment of Business, HRM, Managing People and Organizations and

Professor Luis Velázquez Contreras

Global Advisory Member, Mexico Professor Luis Eduardo Velázquez Contreras is a senior sustainability researcher with over 30 years of experience as an Industrial Engineer. Dr. Velazquez holds a doctoral degree in engineering science with a major in Cleaner Production and Pollution Prevention from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He has been a sustainability research intern at several higher education institutions, such as the Center for Health and the Global Environment

Professor John W. Gunn

Global Advisory Member, United States Professor John Gunn is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown Law Center Georgetown University, United States. He was a tax partner with Ernst & Young for 32 years. Prior to 2007, at Ernst & Young, he focused on tax planning for business combinations. In 2007 he moved to Ernst & Young’s National Tax Group in New York. He worked in the Tax Advisory and

Professor Gabriel Puron Cid

Global Advisory Member, Mexico Professor Gabriel Puron Cid of the Public Administration Department of the Center for Economic Research and Teaching, A.C. (CIDE) in Mexico. Member of the research system, Level II, of the National Institute of Science and Technology (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología – CONACYT). His research agenda includes auditing and control entities, financial transparency, budget management, performance evaluation, electronic government, technological innovations, open government, smart cities.