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Saudi Arabia now offers two routes to carbon credits. RVCMC is a PIF- and Tadawul-backed trading exchange, and GCOM is the domestic mechanism for Saudi-origin projects. Almost all credits sold through RVCMC so far originate outside the Kingdom, and whether a credit is authorised under Article 6 decides what a buyer can legally claim. For […]
CBAM’s Definitive Regime Is Live: What GCC Steel and Aluminium Exporters Actually Owe in 2026 The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entered its definitive regime on 1 January 2026, but a GCC steel or aluminium exporter owes very little in certificate cash for 2026, and nothing is payable until 30 September 2027. What is […]
Healthcare produces roughly 4.4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and most of it is indirect. In the GCC, three upstream sources carry a disproportionate share and are routinely left out of measurement: anaesthetic gases vented from operating theatres (Scope 1), single-use devices whose emissions are embedded at manufacture (Scope 3), and imported pharmaceuticals produced outside […]
On 11 June 2026, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) published Version 2.0 of its Corporate Net-Zero Standard, the framework most large companies use to set credible climate targets. The revision marks a change of emphasis rather than of principle. The first version rewarded the ambition of a target. The second is designed to test […]
Scope 3 Category 1, the cradle-to-gate emissions of purchased goods and services such as concrete, steel, and aluminium, accounts for the large majority of a construction company’s carbon footprint and is the most difficult category to report. In the GCC, the gap is wider because the library of verified Environmental Product Declarations is limited and […]
We’re glad to share that Mohammed AlNakhi has joined Coral’s Board of Advisors as Strategic Advisor, Energy & Net Zero. Mohammed knows the energy transition from the inside. With over two decades at bp, from hydrogen business development to his current role leading JV strategy and risk, and through Catalyst he’s spent years backing and […]
Burning rubbish to make electricity sounds like a magic trick. Waste disappears, the grid gets power, and a landfill the size of a neighbourhood never gets built. Dubai now runs a plant that does exactly this at a scale no other single site in the world matches. Sharjah got there first. Saudi Arabia plans gigawatts […]
The Trust Stack: Why ESG Software Has to Earn Three Kinds of Trust Most software asks you to trust it with your data. ESG software asks for something harder. It asks you to trust the numbers it gives back, then sign them, then hand them to a regulator, a lender, or an auditor with your […]
A stranded asset is a building that loses economic value well before the end of its useful life because external conditions shift, whether through physical climate damage, rising insurance costs, or new regulation. In the GCC, all three pressures are converging: the Gulf is warming faster than the global average, the most valuable waterfront stock […]