Middle East primed to lead the transition to ESG compliance – MENAFN.COM

Middle East primed to lead the transition to ESG compliance – MENAFN.COM

(MENAFN - TOH PR) Dubai, UAE – 05 September 2021: Savills, the leading global real estate advisor, today launches its Middle East Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report, which aims to understand the status quo of ESG compliance across the real estate and construction sector and the way forward. Savills research analysed the various factors impacting the ESG strategies across real estate developments in the Middle East. Following the release of the report, a webinar dedicated to the topic will be hosted by Sophie Chick, Head of World Research at Savills who will be joined by Nadimeh Mehra, Vice President of District 2020; Qais Bader Alsuwaydi, Expert at the UAE Ministry of Climate Change & Environment; Rob Devereux, Chief Executive Officer at ICD Brookfield, and Dan Jestico, Sustainable Design Director at Savills. Together the panellists will discuss sustainability principles, regional and global ESG best practices, government initiatives, challenges on implementing ESG principles and the way forward for ESG and real estate in the Middle East. Sophie Chick, Head of World Research at Savills said: "The environmental challenges facing us are very real. The fact that the built environment accounts for 40% of global annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions demonstrates the