Monthly Archives: January 2022

KPMG names new ESG leader for the Middle East: Fadi Al-Shihabi

In line with its global $1.5 billion-backed ESG ambition, KPMG is stepping up its investments in the Middle East ESG practice. Newly appointed to lead the charge is Fadi Al-Shihabi, who has assumed the role of ESG Leader at the start of this month.

[Via ESG News]

  • Betty Moy Huber and Sarah Fortt to lead environmental, social and governance team with London partner Paul Davies
  • ESG is “a front and center concern” says New York managing partner

Latham & Watkins has hired Betty Moy Huber and Sarah Fortt as leaders of its

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IBM looks to sustainability with acquisition of emissions data company Envizi

[Via ESG News]

IBM announced that it has acquired Australian startup Envizi to add to its package of ESG (environmental, social and governance) offerings to help measure environmental impact up and down the supply chain.

[Via ESG News]

  • Digital Hub to include team of ESG and digital transformation experts based in Saudi Arabia who will leverage recently announced cloud partnership with Virtual Vision to deploy ESG applications in-Kingdom
  • Plan includes joint development of new innovative AI-powered technologies focused on decarbonization and waste reduction targeting
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ESG Takes off in Asia

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Exchange-traded funds focusing on environmental, social and governance themes have been one of the fastest-growing market segments in a couple of years, but so far have yet to reach the acceleration in Asia as they have in the U.S. and

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Greece’s Eva Kaili elected Vice-President of the European Parliament

  • Greek MEP, Eva Kaili, was elected one of the European Parliament’s (EP) 14 vice-presidents on Tuesday.
  • Kaili, who was elected for the Movement for Change (KINAL) party and sits with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group, received 454 votes.
  • She came fifth out of nine candidates and was thus elected to the position
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