CertifHy Pre-Certification vs Full Certification: What They Are and When You Need Each
CertifHy pre-certification vs full certification explained: the design-stage dry run, the operational audit process, timelines, and when each one applies.
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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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Carbon Credit Project Types: Nature-Based to Engineered Removals
The main carbon credit project types — nature-based solutions, renewable energy, methane capture, cookstoves and engineered removals — and how their credit quality differs.
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How to Improve Your ESG Rating: A Practical Guide
A practical, honest guide to improving your ESG rating — from knowing which rating matters to gap analysis, disclosure wins and genuine performance, without gaming the score.
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Green Ammonia Certification and the Co-Mingled Storage Problem
Green ammonia certification explained: how mass balance chain of custody works, why book and claim is not allowed, and how co-mingled storage is handled.
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Financed Emissions for Jordanian Banks: PCAF, IFRS S2 and the Data Challenge
Why financed emissions are the hardest part of IFRS S2 for Jordanian banks: the Scope 3 Category 15 requirement, PCAF, data-quality scoring, and the data gap.
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Additionality Explained: What to Know Before Starting a Carbon Project
What additionality means, how it is tested (financial, regulatory, common-practice, barrier), and the baseline, permanence and leakage concepts every carbon project must address.
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The EU ESG Ratings Regulation: Rating Agencies Now Need Approval
What the EU ESG Ratings Regulation introduces — ESMA authorisation of rating providers from July 2026 — and what direct supervision means for raters and rated GCC companies.
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Sustainable Islamic Finance in Jordan: Green Sukuk and the Road Ahead
The Islamic finance pillar of Jordan's Green Finance Strategy: the planned Sharia-compliant sustainable finance framework, green sukuk, and CIBAFI principles.
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Top Carbon Credit Registries Compared
A comparison of the main carbon credit registries — Verra, Gold Standard, ACR, Climate Action Reserve and Puro.earth — what each specialises in, and how to choose.
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How to Register a Carbon Project: The Full Lifecycle
A step-by-step guide to registering a carbon-credit project — from methodology and PDD to validation, registration, verification and issuance — and how long each stage takes.