Beyond the buzz, we ask what ESG means for chemical supply chains and why talk about it now? The term ‘ESG’ has been around for more than a decade. It was coined in 2005 by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative in its ‘Who cares wins’ report that encouraged investment in strategies with non-financial…
Container shipping: the challenges and the solutions In a special interview with GPCA Insight Express, Christopher Cook, Managing Director – UAE, Oman, Qatar, Maersk, sheds light on the challenges and lessons learned from the container shipping crisis and shares his view on the “new normal” for the shipping industry moving forward The container shipping shortage…
Sustaining growth GPCA Insight Express speaks exclusively with Abdullah Al-Saadoon, CEO, SIPCHEM, about the company’s plans for expansion into new markets, pursuing new mergers and acquisitions and leveraging the current growth momentum Over the last year, Sipchem reported a net profit increase of 1,942% in 2021. Can you give us some insight into the reasons…
Energy security, climate, and the low-carbon transition By Paul McConnell, Executive Director, S&P Global Commodity Insights By the end of 2021, over 150 countries worldwide had committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by mid-century. Two further countries – China and Saudi Arabia – had committed to net-zero by 2060, with India choosing 2070…
Putting the “Transition” back into the Energy Transition By David Hanna, Argus VP of Business Development for North Asia The global shift from traditional fossil fuels to green energy is affecting all sectors, and petrochemicals is among the most heavily hit. But even before events in Ukraine and Russia unfolded in recent weeks, it was…
Where did all the containers disappear, and are they coming back? By Stuti Chawla, Kristen Hays, Heng Hui and David Lademan, S&P Global Commodity Insights At the end of 2019, when the coronavirus was just beginning to come into focus, no one could have predicted how disruptive it would be to the global economy and…
The 11th GPCA Plastics Conference concludes today at the Fairmont Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 26 May 2022 – The development of ‘circular’ polymers with recycled plastic content, investing in advanced recycling facilities as well as the announcement of key regional initiatives focused on sustainability demonstrate significant progress by the GCC polymer…
