Queen Rania of Jordan was a keynote speaker at the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency yesterday. As she spoke at the opening plenary session entitled, The Critical Dimensions of Sustainability Reporting Today, the queen mentioned the establishment of the Arab Sustainability Leadership Group. (ASLG). According to Rania, the ASLG “will scale up efforts throughout [the Middle East] region… by liaising with business leaders…offering support…sharing ideas…and showcasing successes. It will be the region’s voice on the global stage, ensuring that the Arab world not only catches up, but keeps pace with the front runners in this field.” 
Included in her conference agenda was a Royal Roundtable Lunch entitled, Climate Change and Adaption, which she attended with the Prince of Orange at the Okura Hotel.The Amsterdam Global Conference was organized by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The GRI “pioneered the development of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting framework and is committed to its continuous improvement and application worldwide. This framework sets out the principles and indicators that organizations can use to measure and report their economic, environmental, and social performance.”
Queen Rania's speech from the opening plenary session entitled, The Critical Dimensions of Sustainability Reporting Today, can be read here.
For more information on the Global Reporting Initiative, visit the official website.
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