Comment: Sustainable transition and ESG evolvement – Gulf Digital News

Comment: Sustainable transition and ESG evolvement – Gulf Digital News

In light of the recent rapid developments in sustainability measures and ESG (environmental, social and governance) applications across the globe, there have been several topics that have sparked interest across many sectors in the economy.

These topics, for example, are supply chain sustainability, ESG regulations and sovereign going-green initiatives.

Among these, green bonds and e-waste have become a rather popular segment that requires significant attention as we embark upon 2022.

E-waste, or electronic waste, is the term used to describe discarded electronic appliances such as mobile phones, televisions and computers.

Considering our remarkable use and disposal of electronic appliances, e-waste is considered to be the most rapid contributing factor towards society’s overall toxic waste at an astonishing rate of 70 per cent.

This highlights the importance of e-waste treatment. There are many ways in which e-waste can be treated, such as introducing aspects of digitalisation to the management of e-waste, creating a value chain for e-waste that considers a circular system, implementing specific regulations and laws targeted towards e-waste management, and utilising financial instruments to develop these technologies.

The aspect of digitalisation in e-waste will surely enhance the efficacy of circular management which emphasises on the value chain. Digitalisation will also contribute towards facilitating