Qatar among leading countries focused on ESG – The Peninsula

Qatar among leading countries focused on ESG – The Peninsula

Doha: Qatar has been focused on environmental sustainability especially when it comes to generating an ecosystem for investment, said a senior official during an industry roundtable discussion yesterday.

The third day of Qatar Economic Forum, Powered by Bloomberg hosted a roundtable session entitled ‘ESG 2.0: Ensuring Sustainability in an Evolving World’ which shed light on how companies are positioning themselves to investors.

Addressing the roundtable discussion, H E Ambassador Bader Omar Al Dafa, Special Envoy for Climate Change and Sustainability at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shed light on sustainability in Qatar. He noted: “The process has already started here and Qatar is one of the leading countries with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies, whether it is the public or the private sector. It is more important to educate the public about ESG and the more educated they are the better response we will have in dealing with sustainability”.

H E Sheikh Ali Alwaleed Al Thani, CEO of Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) Qatar said: “When it comes to ESG in Qatar, and especially ‘E’ and the ‘S’ were enshrined in our National Vision back in 2008 before this topic went into the mainstream. Qatar very much focuses on environmental sustainability especially when