Coral Reefs and Coastal Development in the GCC: What an ESIA Has to Cover
Gulf corals already live near their thermal limit, which changes how any additional stressor is read. The three impact pathways, and why turbidity catches projects out.
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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.
2026
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Mangroves in the UAE: Blue Carbon, Offsets and What Developers Must Assess
Mangroves carry three arguments stacked on one habitat. Why planting is not sequestration, why hydrology matters more than clearance, and what a project nearby triggers.
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Biodiversity Credits, and How They Differ From Carbon Credits
The carbon analogy breaks immediately, because biodiversity is not fungible. What a credit tries to represent, how to judge a scheme, and an honest read on maturity.
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TNFD Explained: Nature-Related Disclosure for GCC Companies
TNFD borrows its structure from TCFD, but nature does not behave like climate. The four pillars, the LEAP approach, and what is worth preparing now.
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What Is Biodiversity, and Why Is It Suddenly in Company Reporting?
Biodiversity, ecosystem services and natural capital are three different things. What each one means, who is asking you about them, and whether it applies to you yet.
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Getting the Dubai Chamber CSR Label: What the Assessment Looks For
What the CSR Label is, who issues it, and how to judge whether your company is ready. Written from assessment method, because the detailed criteria are not published.
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CSR in a Family Business: Why the Next Generation Is the Whole Story
Family businesses give more than most and evidence it least. Why assessors treat the family question separately, and what documented involvement actually means.
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How to Prove Your CSR Actually Happened
Every CSR claim eventually meets somebody who asks for proof. Here is the evidence hierarchy assessors use, and how to rank your own before someone else does.
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Building a CSR Strategy From Scratch: The First 90 Days
A practical sequence for the first three months. Inventory what you already do, choose a small number of themes, then build the frame that holds it together.
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When CSR Earns You Credibility, and When It Reads as Greenwashing
Credibility is not earned by doing good. It is earned by being checkable. Four tests you can apply to your own CSR claims before you publish them.