UAE Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) 2026: What Producers Must Do
UAE EPR in 2026: the e-waste and battery take-back duty in law since 2021, the 2025 MOCCAE and Tadweer pilot, and what is still to come.
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Analysis on UAE and GCC ESG, climate risk, and assurance.
Practitioner perspectives on regulatory developments, methodology questions, and the issues we see most often in client work, written by senior team members actively delivering engagements across the Gulf.
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How New GCC Environmental Rules Feed Your ESG Report
CBAM, the UAE plastic ban, EPR, the Climate Law and new GCC disclosure mandates all land in one place: your ESG report. A 2026 map of what connects to what.
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Kuwait Makes ESG Reporting Mandatory: The 30 June 2026 Boursa Deadline
Boursa Kuwait Premier Market companies must publish a sustainability report under CMA Circular 04 of 2025, due by the end of Q2. Who is in scope and what is required.
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CBAM or a GCC Carbon Price? Who Should Keep the Revenue
CBAM lets exporters deduct an explicit carbon price paid at home, but the GCC has only voluntary markets. Should the Gulf introduce a domestic carbon price and keep the revenue?
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CBAM 2026: What the Definitive Regime Means for GCC Aluminium & Steel Exporters
The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism entered its definitive regime in January 2026. What it costs GCC aluminium, steel and fertiliser exporters, and how to prepare.
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Tadawul ESG Disclosure Guidelines: What Saudi-Listed Companies Need to Know
What the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) ESG Disclosure Guidelines are, why ESG reporting in Saudi Arabia is still voluntary, and how listed companies prepare credible reports.
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IFRS S1 and S2 in Qatar: The ISSB Standards Reach the Gulf
IFRS S1 and S2 are mandatory in Qatar from FY2026 for Main Market listed companies, banks, insurers and QFC firms. What the standards require and how to prepare.
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ESG in Qatar: QSE Guidance, QFMA Governance, and What Listed Companies Should Do
How ESG reporting works in Qatar: the QFMA mandate for IFRS S1 and S2 on the Main Market, the voluntary QSE guidance, QCB and QFC rules, and what listed companies should do.
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The UAE National MRV System and IEQT: How to Actually Report Your Emissions
MOCCAE's Integrated Emissions Quantification Tool at mrv.ae is the federal platform for UAE emissions reporting. How registration works, what the tool does, and how to prepare.
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Federal Decree-Law 11 of 2024: The UAE Climate Change Law and Your MRV Obligations
The UAE Climate Change Law applies to every entity that emits, free zones included. What Article 6 requires, when MRV duties trigger, and the penalty for getting it wrong.