Identifying and Navigating Barriers to ESG Strategy Implementation: Perspectives of Corporate Senior Leaders in a MENA Context
ESG戦略実施における障壁の特定と克服：MENAコンテクストにおける企業上級リーダーの視点 (AI 翻訳)
Andrew Mackenzie, Matthew Brown
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日本語
本論文は、UAEの大手企業のシニアサステナビリティリーダー12名へのインタビューに基づき、MENA地域におけるESG導入の障壁を分析。戦略的不明確さ、内部コミュニケーション、フレームワーク、報告・規制、および限られた知識・専門性、不適切な組織インフラ、一貫性のない政府政策などがESG採用を阻むことを明らかにした。効果的なESG統合には、明確な基準、整備されたインフラ、支援的な政策環境が重要と結論づけている。
English
Based on interviews with 12 senior sustainability leaders in the UAE, this paper examines barriers to ESG implementation in the MENA region. Findings reveal strategic ambiguity, communication issues, framework/reporting challenges, limited expertise, unsuitable infrastructure, and inconsistent policy as key obstacles. The study proposes a framework for embedded ESG integration supported by clear standards, aligned infrastructure, and enabling policies to enhance operational efficiency and transparency.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本ではSSBJや有報でのESG情報開示が進む中、中東MENA地域の事例は、新興市場におけるESG実装の障壁を理解する上で参考になる。特に、規制環境の不整合や組織内部の能力不足という課題は、日本企業が海外展開する際の示唆を含む。
In the global GX context
This paper provides valuable insights into ESG implementation barriers in an under-researched region (MENA), relevant to global practitioners facing similar challenges in emerging markets. While not directly focused on climate disclosure, the findings on regulatory inconsistency and internal capabilities complement the broader ESG and transition finance discourse.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Useful for scholars studying ESG adoption in emerging markets and organizational barriers.
🏢実務担当者:Offers a framework for identifying and addressing ESG implementation challenges in large organizations.
🏛政策担当者:Highlights the need for consistent ESG policies and supportive infrastructure to foster adoption.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Effective ESG implementation remains a critical yet persistently underachieved organisational priority, particularly in emerging markets where reporting standards, leadership capabilities, and regulatory environments remain inconsistent. This paper aims to develop an interpretive framework that senior leaders in large organisations can apply with contextual nuance to navigate ESG implementation, measure performance, and improve organisational outcomes. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with 12 senior sustainability leaders across multiple industries in the UAE, against a backdrop of growing investor demand, expanding ESG assets and ambitious regional sustainability targets, the study employs thematic analysis to examine the barriers and complexities shaping ESG adoption across the MENA region. The findings reveal two overarching motifs: barriers, encompassing strategic ambiguity, internal communication, frameworks, reporting and regulation; and compounding complexities, including limited ESG knowledge and expertise, unwillingness or inability to identify problems, unsuitable organisational infrastructure and inconsistent government policy. Together, these factors not only hinder effective ESG adoption but generate broader organisational uncertainty around ESG's measurement, relevance, and long‐term strategic value. The paper contributes a conceptual framework demonstrating that embedded, well‐governed ESG integration, supported by clearer standards, aligned infrastructure, and enabling policy environments, can meaningfully enhance operational efficiency, transparency and organisational performance.
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