From Compliance to Capacity: ESG Reporting, Strategy & Execution Across the Gulf

📅 Date: Thursday, 24th July 2025 | 5.30 pm (UAE time, GMT +4)
💻 Mode: Live Online Training
💰 Fee: USD 150
⏱ 3-Hour Live Session

🔍 Overview

This masterclass is designed for companies across the GCC that have recognized the urgency of ESG, but are struggling to execute beyond surface level compliance. As regulatory bodies in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, and other Gulf nations begin enforcing climate disclosure frameworks and ESG related corporate obligations, many organizations are finding themselves underprepared.

This GCC focused ESG reporting masterclass is for business leaders, sustainability professionals, and operational heads who are asking: “What comes after the checklist?” It’s for those who know ESG is now a strategic imperative, but don’t yet have the internal structure, data systems, or capacity to turn intent into measurable progress.

With a focus on turning regulatory pressure into business opportunity, this session walks participants through how to establish ESG governance, create a credible reporting framework, and build a realistic decarbonization roadmap aligned with national and global sustainability benchmarks.

🧭 What You’ll Learn

1. Where GCC Companies Stand Today: The Execution Gap
We begin by identifying where most companies in the region fall short, not in awareness, but in execution. You’ll gain insights into:

• Why many ESG reports in the region lack consistency, comparability, or strategic relevance

• The pitfalls of third-party dependency: outsourced reports that don’t reflect internal capacity or ownership

• The difference between ESG “reporting” and ESG “performance,” and why the latter matters more to investors, regulators, and customers

2. Regulatory Alignment Across the GCC: What to Expect in 2025–26
You’ll get a practical overview of what’s required now, and what’s coming:

• UAE: The Securities & Commodities Authority’s (SCA) mandatory ESG reporting guidelines, ISSB alignment, and new climate assurance requirements

• Saudi Arabia: Tadawul’s ESG Disclosure Guidelines and growing pressure on listed companies under Vision 2030

• Qatar: National Climate Change Action Plan and ESG frameworks tied to the financial sector

• Oman: ESG policy pilots linked to Net Zero 2050 and national investment strategies

We’ll show you how to design a compliance forward ESG reporting structure that works across borders, whether you’re a UAE headquartered firm with GCC subsidiaries, or an expanding regional player.

🏗️ Building ESG Capacity Internally

This section dives into how to build your in-house ESG engine:

• Establishing ESG governance structures: Do you need a Chief Sustainability Officer? What should an ESG Committee oversee? Who owns data? Who approves disclosures?

• Understanding materiality: How to conduct stakeholder materiality assessments that reflect what matters most to your business, investors, and regulators

• Data mapping: How to inventory your data sources, both quantitative (GHG emissions, energy use, water intensity) and qualitative (HR policies, DEI practices, board independence)

• Developing ESG KPIs: Learn to define, monitor, and improve metrics that align with business strategy and global standards (GRI, ISSB, SASB)

You’ll also be introduced to CorpStage ESG 360 our platform that allows you to centralize, audit, and report ESG performance across your organization with real-time control.

🌱 Decarbonization Roadmaps: From Intent to Execution

We’ll help you develop a decarbonization roadmap that moves from vague sustainability goals to measurable action plans:

• Setting short, medium, and long term emission reduction targets

• Identifying operational hotspots (e.g., Scope 1 emissions from generators, Scope 2 from energy grids, Scope 3 from purchased goods, logistics, or downstream activities)

• Estimating ROI of reduction interventions such as solar implementation, building retrofits, process optimization, or procurement changes

A live case study will show how companies in the GCC (e.g., construction firms, logistics operators, manufacturers) have achieved early wins in emissions reduction without major capital outlay.

You’ll then use our interactive tool to draft your own basic decarbonization strategy outline.

📄 ESG Reporting Done Right

Now that you’ve defined your data, KPIs, governance, and roadmap, we’ll explore how to transform it into a credible ESG report:

• Structuring your ESG disclosures using globally accepted frameworks

• Aligning your reporting with national regulatory guidance (e.g., SCA, Tadawul, QFMA)

• Leveraging the ESG report as a business development and stakeholder trust tool, not just a compliance burden

You’ll see sample outputs generated through CorpStage ESG 360, including:

• Executive ESG dashboards

• Visual reporting templates

• Integrated emissions + ESG narrative summaries for board and investor presentations

🎯 Who Should Attend

This masterclass is tailored for:

• ESG, sustainability, and strategy leaders

• Compliance officers and risk managers

• CFOs and investor relations heads

• Board members and senior executives preparing for ESG accountability

• Regional teams based in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait

✅ Key Takeaways

• A step-by-step capacity roadmap for internal ESG ownership

• Stakeholder materiality matrix template

• A decarbonization planning worksheet

• Access to CorpStage ESG 360 for emissions and ESG data management

• A Certificate of Participation and post-event resources