Tasalsul barhne wale mausam tabdeeli par mukhlisana amal karna, mohafizat, samaji, aur tijarati maqasid mein izafah ki bunyad hai. Anay wale Joint United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai ESG behtareen amal ki mawafiqi ka aik moqa faraham karta hai.
DUBAI – Climate change par malumat ka beshumar majmoa se wazeh hai ke tasalsul barhne wale mausam tabdeeli par mukhlisana amal karna, mohafizat, samaji, aur tijarati maqasid mein izafah ki bunyad hai. Yeh loosely defined tanazur abhi tak tajwez ka aik hissa hai, lekin anay wale Joint United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai business leaders aur policymakers ke liye aik moqa hai ke wo ittefaq karain ke ESG maqsad-e-azmat 2050 tak zero emission hasil karne mein kis tarah madadgar sabit ho sakta hai.
Sound ESG strategies jo ke mazboot standards, saaf metrics, aur sakht compliance procedures par mabni hoti hain, tamam sectors ke liye firms ke liye tijarat fazool faisle lene mein madad karti hain. Is ke natijan mein companies ko qarz aur eqit financing ko khula karne mein asaan hojata hai, sath hi sath unko shohrat hasil hoti hai.
ESG ke ilawa ke faide ke sath, ESG ab aik tijarati zarurat ban chuki hai. Jahan global race zero emissions hasil karne ki taraf barh rahi hai, wahan naye ittefaqat aur ham ahangay banane wale firms ko apne ESG strategy ko wazeh karna zaruri hai aur, ahem baat hai, isko kis tarah se amal mein laya jaye, iski tafseel bhi bayan karni padti hai. Is se ESG ko COP28 par stakeholders ke wide range se support hasil karne mein aur bhi zyada ahmiyat hasil hoti hai.
ESG ne Middle East mein COP28 ke liye tezi se pace pakar li hai: is saal PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) ne kiye gaye survey ke mutabiq, is region ke taqreeban do teesray hisse ke firms ne last 12 months mein aik formal ESG strategy apna liya hai. Yeh kuch saal pehle to is region mein is tanazur ko le kar kisi ne bhi serious nahi liya tha. Aur yeh trend jari rahne ka izhar karta hai, kyun ke 66% survey ke mutabiq, respondents chahte hain ke apke CEO aur board ESG se mutalliq masail par mazeed waqt dain.
Is ke elawa, yeh ke 40% respondents umeed rakhte hain ke COP28 se governments ESG infrastructure ko behtar banayein aur har qisam ke sabz nashari mein izafah ke liye inaamat faraham karein, is climate summit ki ahmiyat ko wazeh karti hai. Alhamdulillah, United Arab Emirates is reform mein aage hai, jis mein ESG framework ka asar net-zero economy ki raah mein hai. Aik environment ke hawale se, UAE ne aglay saat saal mein $54 billion renewables mein invest karne ka elan kiya hai aur $4.5 billion Africa mein climate projects ko finance karne ka wada kiya hai. In bari raqam ko COP28 se pehle maobilize karna, aur social aur governance investments ko support karne ke liye baray initiatives ko shuru karna, yeh UAE ka commitment ESG ko summit aur uske baad mein support karne ka saboot hai.
Banks bhi apna hissa ada karna hoga, jis mein ESG ko mustaqbil tijarat mein kya kirdar hai uski malumat ko barhane ka, aur yeh bhi dekhne ka ke kya kafi sabzi nashari products – jese ke Sharia-compliant instruments – available hain taake customers ki ziada demand ko pura kia ja sake. Iske elawa, ESG reporting metrics ko behtar banane ka aur apne andar aur sector-wide data collection ko streamline karne ka zimma bhi hai. Jab ke is tarah ke tabdilein waqt leti hain, aik fori hal yeh hai ke in-house training ko behtar banaya jaye tak ke staff ko ESG factors ko investment decisions aur overall bank strategy mein behtar shamil karne mein madad mile.
Aik maqool shift resource management mein pehle se hi shuru ho chuki hai. Aaj, PwC survey ke mutabiq, Middle Eastern companies mein se 27% ka chief sustainability officer hai, aur takreeban adhe in individuals ko primarily ESG ke liye zimmedar hai. Isi tarah, is saal sirf 20% respondents ne kaha ke CEO ke paas overall control hai ESG ka, jo ke pichle saal kareeb 55% tha. Corporate leaders is region mein clearly in principles ko zyada ahmiyat de rahe hain.
Jab ke bade corporates ko hariyat nashari framework mein chalna asaan hai, waise he chote aur darmiyani companies (SMEs) ko mazeed support ki zarurat hai aur unhe neglect nahi karna chahiye – khaas kar UAE ki economy mein. Mid-2022 mein shaya hui government data ke mutabiq, mulk mein 557,000 SMEs hain, jo ke non-oil GDP ka 63.5% hissa hain, aur yeh tadad 2030 tak aik million tak barh sakti hai. Agar ESG ko kaamyab bana jana hai, to ye companies ke liye har size mein ek ahem hissa ban jana chahiye.
Global warming aik wujoodiy khatra hai, lekin is challenge ke zor parne ke natijan mein be misal josh-o-jazbah peda ho raha hai: governments aur business leaders naye frameworks aur intehai tajaweezi iqdamat qubool kar rahe hain taake tezi se aur aham progress ho climate action mein. COP28 in Dubai is process ko aur bhi tezi se barhaye ga, khaas kar jab ESG implementation par ittefaq banane ki baat aayegi.