Daan Elffers EMG Interview by Thompson Reuters, December 2015 “CSR Islamic Reporting Initiative for voluntary use by organizations reporting on people, planet and profit according to Islamic values and principles. While the IRI seeks to make CSR reporting standard practice for organizations across all sectors to advance economic opportunity responsibly in the Islamic world, the…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is in Bloomberg’s 2014 Top 10 Most Efficient Healthcare Systems in the world, beating the UK on tenth, and Switzerland on fifteenth place. It also takes the title as one of the fastest growing healthcare markets in the Middle East. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has rated another Gulf Corporation…
EMG has been presented with the ‘Gold Award’ at the 2015 Hermes Creativity Awards. The prize was awarded for a series of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) related cartoons that EMG had produced to promote awareness for CSR and Sustainable Development, which have been made available open source. The Hermes Creative Award is recognized and respected…
Health is increasingly becoming a focal point of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), largely due to the recognition that a healthy workforce and community are fundamental to the longevity of a business and success of an economy. Subsequently, this blog focuses on CSR health initiatives implemented by global corporations as part of their CSR programs. Many…
On a recent trip to Jordan, EMG founder Daan Elffers spent a morning with Mr Omar Alkurdi, the former Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the Government of Prime Minister Marouf Al Bakhitthe. Mr Alkurdi explained how investment in the country’s ICT infrastructure was focused, among other projects, on promoting e-services, such as…
2018 Sustainability training London 1 day, 2 days or 3 days modules Sustainability training London / Cambridge key focus areas: Fundamentals of Sustainability notion in GCC/ African markets Creating Sustainability Strategy for operations in Africa/ Middle East Sensitivity to the local context Best practice case studies and key learnings from SDGs Sustainability reporting standards and…
The CSR Qatar summit 2014 focussed on examining corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy development and options within sustainability practice. It provided a welcome opportunity for successful and award-winning organisations to discuss their strategies and how they assess performance and outcomes in this field. The summit built on the success of the previous year – the inaugural summit…
On a recent trip to Jordan, EMG founder Daan Elffers met with Mr Omar Alkurdi, Deputy Chairman of the Board at Jordan Petroleum Refinery. The refinery was built in 1958, and has been continually developed and expanded ever since, now boasting a production capability of 100,000 barrels of oil daily. The position of Jordan and…
The CSR Saudi Arabia Summit took place in Jeddah from 24-26 November and was attended by representatives from government bodies, non-governmental organizations, institutes of higher education and the private sector. A key feature of the summit was the focus on the need for corporations to invest in education. Opening remarks were delivered by chairman Daan…
On special invitation by Dr Sanaa Askool, Dean of Student Affairs, EMG founder Drs Daan Elffers and Drs Zeljka Davis were honoured to visit the highly regarded Dar Al-Hekma University for women’s education in KSA (Jeddah). In its young history since 1999, the Dar Al-Hekma has received a number of very high profile guests including…
As an active member of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), EMG was invited to attend the 23rd Annual Lecture and AGM on November 25th, held at Henderson Global Investors’ offices in Bishopsgate, London. EMG has long been an advocate of UKSIF’s mission to promote responsible investment and other forms of finance that…
On 1st December Qatar University hosted a ceremony to launch a special cultural exhibition entitled ‘The beauty of Islamic Manuscripts – the Leiden collection’. Those present at the ceremony included HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al Kuwari, Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage in Qatar, Prof Sheikha Abdulla al Misnad, President of Qatar University, HE…
