Omar Rabie and Dina El-Saiedi discuss ESG in relation to investment and data protection in Egypt, in Chambers Expert Focus 2024

The Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) standards in Egyptian companies were not introduced until recently, in 2021. It was predicted that, by 2023, maintaining high ESG scores would be mandatory and the majority of Egyptian companies would utilise their high scores to incentivise investors and improve Egypt’s overall foreign investments.