Our Impact
Providing the Gulf Region with a local, credible and independent organisation that has international and regional expertise and combines global best practices with locally relevant imperatives.
Providing the Gulf Region with a local, credible and independent organisation that has international and regional expertise and combines global best practices with locally relevant imperatives.
- Gulf Region focus
- Competitiveness-drive
- Non-profit independent organisation
- Created by business, for business
- Strategic partnership with the United Nations Global Compact
- Established in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Partnerships
10 Years of Fostering Corporate Governance in the Gulf Region
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Our Evolution
September 2010
Pearl Initiative launch at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
April 2010
Inaugural Board Meeting
November 2011
First Programme Activity on Integrated Reporting with Prince of Wales’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S).
October 2011
First Roundtable on Anti-Corruption held at the World Economic Forum Summit in Jordan.
September 2011
The Pearl Initiative office opens at American University of Sharjah.
September 2012
First Roundtable Forum at United Nations, New York
May 2012
CEO Summit on Ethical Leadership in Abu Dhabi
February 2012
First Student Workshop held at the American University of Sharjah
November 2013
Inaugural Joint Pearl Initiative Nazaha Forum in Riyadh
September 2013
Strategic Partnership with UN Global Compact
May 2013
Awards for First Saudi Student Case Study Competition
May 2014
Joint Roundtable Forum with Mumtalakat on Corporate Transparency and Governance in Bahrain
December 2015
Publication of the first practical guide on anti-corruption titled “At a Glance: Anti-Corruption Good Practice”
October 2015
Launch of a 3-year collective action Programme with Siemens Integrity Initiative on “Implementing Integrity Practices in Private and Publicly
October 2015
Signing MoU with His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S)
May 2015
Inaugural Regional Forum with United Nations Global Compact in Dubai
November 2016
The Pearl Initiative Honours HRH The Prince of Wales with ‘Champion of Sustainability’ Award.
October 2016
The launch of the Business Pledge for business leaders in the gulf region,
October 2016
2016 Gulf Business Leaders Survey on SDGs
October 2016
The Pearl Initiative & United Nations Global Compact Second Regional Forum “Sustainability in Action: Business and the UN Global Goals”.
May 2016
“Implementation of Integrity Related Policies” Student Case Study Competition, Bahrain.
April 2016
Finance Leaders First Circle of Practice Meeting, click here for more information.
September 2017
Women in the Economy project is launched in collaboration with Nama Women Advancement Establishment
August 2017
The Pearl Initiative launches its Governance in the Philanthropic and Non-Profit Sector programme.
May 2017
The Pearl Initiative partnered with Cambridge Judge Business School to deliver the Corporate Governance and Effective Board Leadership
May 2017
The Pearl initiative GCC Wide Student Case Study Competition Awards Ceremony
March 2017
The Pearl Initiative launched the launches the Corporate Governance in MSMEs programme.
September 2019
United Nations ECOSOC Awards Special Consultative Status to the Pearl Initiative
July 2019
Launched joint project with Tharawat Family Business Forum on family business board dynamics
May 2019
The Corporate Governance Fundamentals” online platform for Gulf Region MSMEs is launched
