E-Waste and Producer Responsibility Rules Across the GCC, Compared
Country by country, what the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar require of producers, importers and retailers on e-waste and EPR in 2026.
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Analysis on UAE and GCC ESG, climate risk, and assurance.
Practitioner perspectives on regulatory developments, methodology questions, and the issues we see most often in client work, written by senior team members actively delivering engagements across the Gulf.
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How Extended Producer Responsibility Works for Electronics: What GCC Producers Can Learn from the EU, India and Africa
How EPR for electronics and batteries works in the EU, India and Africa, from producer status and registration to fees and audit, and what it means in the GCC.
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Recycled Plastic Content Audits: What GCC Exporters Need to Prove
What a recycled plastic content audit checks, the EU and UK rules behind it, the chain of custody models and schemes, and where GCC manufacturers and converters fail.
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Saudi Arabia's Extended Producer Responsibility: What the Waste Management Law Requires
Saudi Arabia is the only GCC state with EPR in primary law. Article 14 of the 2021 Waste Management Law, MWAN, penalties, and what producers should prepare.
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The UAE E-Waste Take-Back Duty Suppliers Already Have
Since May 2021 UAE suppliers of electronics and batteries must take back e-waste free, report monthly and pay for treatment. The rule and how emirates apply it.
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ESG Disclosure Rules in the GCC, Country by Country
What each GCC state requires of listed companies and banks on ESG reporting, IFRS S1 and S2, assurance and climate risk, as at 18 October 2026.
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Abu Dhabi Does Not Mandate Energy Audits. Here Is What It Mandates Instead.
No Abu Dhabi law makes a facility commission an energy audit. DSM Regulations, the Super ESCO, EAD reporting and Estidama create the demand instead.
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Abu Dhabi Environmental Compliance on One Page: Permit, Annual Report, GHG MRV and the Climate Law
What an Abu Dhabi facility owes EAD, as one chain: the environmental permit, the Q1 environmental data report, facility GHG MRV, and the Climate Law fines behind them.
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Choosing a GHG Verifier for Abu Dhabi Facility MRV
What EAD's MRV guidance requires of a GHG verifier: accreditation, reasonable assurance, independence, rotation and the 1 July notice, and how to choose one.
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Proving Savings on an Abu Dhabi Retrofit: the M&V Protocol and IPMVP Options A to D
How DoE's Abu Dhabi M&V Protocol works on ESCO retrofits: the four IPMVP options, baselines, routine and non-routine adjustments, and the report the invoice rests on.