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Kuwait Times
a day ago
- Business
- Kuwait Times
Boursa Kuwait continues to earn recognition
European Magazine honors company for leadership in governance, sustainability and women's empowerment KUWAIT: Highlighting the company's dedication to sustainability, diversity and inclusion in the capital markets sector, Boursa Kuwait was recognized with two prestigious awards from The European magazine, receiving the titles of 'Best Sustainable Corporate Governance' and 'Women's Empowerment Champions'. The awards also underscore Boursa Kuwait's steadfast dedication to maintaining a robust governance framework that fosters transparency, accountability and long-term value creation, as well as its proactive approach to promoting gender diversity and empowering women within the organization and across the capital market apparatus. Commenting on the recognition, Boursa Kuwait's Senior Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications Naser Meshari Al-Sanousi said, 'These accolades are a testament to the tireless efforts and unwavering commitment Boursa Kuwait, reflecting our determination to lead by example in implementing sound governance practices, championing diversity and inclusion, and driving the sustainable growth of the Kuwaiti capital market.' Best Sustainable Corporate Governance Boursa Kuwait was awarded the Sustainable Corporate Governance Award in 2025 for its commitment to embedding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into its operations and corporate culture, ensuring that decision-making processes balance profitability with environmental and social impact. This commitment strengthened the company's reputation as a responsible stock exchange and positioned it as a role model for listed companies to follow. The company's track record in community sustainability leadership speaks for itself, as its organization and sponsorship of over 35 social, empowerment, educational, and environmental initiatives in 2024 demonstrate that Boursa Kuwait's approach goes beyond compliance and is focused on creating lasting, positive change. In addition, the exchange has established a comprehensive governance framework that aligns with international standards, enhancing transparency, fostering investor confidence, and promoting long-term market stability. This marks the third consecutive year that Boursa Kuwait has been recognized by The European magazine for its achievements in corporate governance, reinforcing the company's position as a benchmark for governance excellence within the Kuwaiti capital market and the broader Middle East region. Boursa Kuwait actively engages with its various stakeholders to ensure that governance practices are consistently refined and responsive to evolving global trends. These efforts contribute to the development of a transparent, resilient, and trustworthy capital market that supports the sustainable economic growth of the State of Kuwait. Women's Empowerment Champions The Women's Empowerment Champions award honors Boursa Kuwait's leadership in promoting gender diversity and inclusion, as well as supporting the integration of women within the capital market apparatus and the financial sector. Demonstrating a consistent commitment to gender equality and embedding principles into its broader Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework, the company's efforts have contributed to creating a platform for real change, in alignment with Kuwait's development goals and international diversity benchmarks. Boursa Kuwait's leadership also sets a benchmark for other exchanges in the region, organizing high-profile events featuring female leaders from Kuwait's finance and business sectors and setting a course to empower women in finance as well as inspire, shape and educate future generations. By fostering an environment where women can thrive, Boursa Kuwait enriches its own talent pool and contributes to the broader economic empowerment of women in Kuwait. Boursa Kuwait's Corporate Sustainability strategy stipulates ensuring initiatives apply and fall in line with the company's corporate social responsibility (CSR), industry best practice standards and investor expectations, creating strong and sustainable partnerships that ultimately achieve success and allow Boursa Kuwait to leverage the capabilities and strengths of other companies or organizations that have experience in different fields, and integrating sustainability efforts with the company culture, in order to achieve longevity and an ongoing impact that is carried on and instilled in the day-to-day operations of the stock exchange. As part of the strategy, Boursa Kuwait has launched many initiatives in partnership with local and international organizations, focusing on support for nongovernmental organizations and charity programs, financial literacy and capital market awareness, the empowerment of women, as well as environmental protection. As a trusted and respected entity within the global financial community, Boursa Kuwait continues to pave the way for sustainable growth and exemplify the power of responsible business practices. Through its unwavering dedication, Boursa Kuwait plays a crucial role in shaping a brighter and more sustainable future for Kuwait and beyond.
Al Bawaba
3 days ago
- Business
- Al Bawaba
Boursa Kuwait Continues to Earn Recognition for Leadership in Governance, Sustainability and Women's Empowerment
Highlighting the company's dedication to sustainability, diversity and inclusion in the capital markets sector, Boursa Kuwait was recognized with two prestigious awards from The European magazine, receiving the titles of 'Best Sustainable Corporate Governance' and 'Women's Empowerment Champions'.The awards also underscore Boursa Kuwait's steadfast dedication to maintaining a robust governance framework that fosters transparency, accountability and long-term value creation, as well as its proactive approach to promoting gender diversity and empowering women within the organization and across the capital market on the recognition, Boursa Kuwait's Senior Director of Marketing and Corporate Communication Mr. Naser Meshari Al-Sanousi said, 'These accolades are a testament to the tireless efforts and unwavering commitment Boursa Kuwait, reflecting our determination to lead by example in implementing sound governance practices, championing diversity and inclusion, and driving the sustainable growth of the Kuwaiti capital market.'Best Sustainable Corporate GovernanceBoursa Kuwait was awarded the Sustainable Corporate Governance Award in 2025 for its commitment to embedding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into its operations and corporate culture, ensuring that decision-making processes balance profitability with environmental and social impact. This commitment strengthened the company's reputation as a responsible stock exchange and positioned it as a role model for listed companies to company's track record in community sustainability leadership speaks for itself, as its organization and sponsorship of over 35 social, empowerment, educational, and environmental initiatives in 2024 demonstrate that Boursa Kuwait's approach goes beyond compliance and is focused on creating lasting, positive addition, the exchange has established a comprehensive governance framework that aligns with international standards, enhancing transparency, fostering investor confidence, and promoting long-term market marks the third consecutive year that Boursa Kuwait has been recognized by The European magazine for its achievements in corporate governance, reinforcing the company's position as a benchmark for governance excellence within the Kuwaiti capital market and the broader Middle East Kuwait actively engages with its various stakeholders to ensure that governance practices are consistently refined and responsive to evolving global trends. These efforts contribute to the development of a transparent, resilient, and trustworthy capital market that supports the sustainable economic growth of the State of Empowerment ChampionsThe Women's Empowerment Champions award honors Boursa Kuwait's leadership in promoting gender diversity and inclusion, as well as supporting the integration of women within the capital market apparatus and the financial a consistent commitment to gender equality and embedding principles into its broader Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework, the company's efforts have contributed to creating a platform for real change, in alignment with Kuwait's development goals and international diversity Kuwait's leadership also sets a benchmark for other exchanges in the region, organizing high-profile events featuring female leaders from Kuwait's finance and business sectors and setting a course to empower women in finance as well as inspire, shape and educate future fostering an environment where women can thrive, Boursa Kuwait enriches its own talent pool and contributes to the broader economic empowerment of women in Kuwait's Corporate Sustainability strategy stipulates ensuring initiatives apply and fall in line with the company's corporate social responsibility (CSR), industry best practice standards and investor expectations, creating strong and sustainable partnerships that ultimately achieve success and allow Boursa Kuwait to leverage the capabilities and strengths of other companies or organizations that have experience in different fields, and integrating sustainability efforts with the company culture, in order to achieve longevity and an ongoing impact that is carried on and instilled in the day-to-day operations of the stock part of the strategy, Boursa Kuwait has launched many initiatives in partnership with local and international organizations, focusing on support for nongovernmental organizations and charity programs, financial literacy and capital market awareness, the empowerment of women, as well as environmental protection. As a trusted and respected entity within the global financial community, Boursa Kuwait continues to pave the way for sustainable growth and exemplify the power of responsible business practices. Through its unwavering dedication, Boursa Kuwait plays a crucial role in shaping a brighter and more sustainable future for Kuwait and beyond.
The Age
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
A piercing, poignant tale about love, loss and writing
FICTION Love Unedited Caro Llewellyn Picador, $34.99 Caro Llewellyn's Love Unedited is a piercing and poignant story of love, loss and writing that speaks to the magic of working with words, and the humanity too. Llewellyn's novel begins as the main character, Edna, meets her former lover at the Melbourne cafe The European and is transported back in time. I found myself transported back in time, too, to the kernel of truth that made me a reviewer. I remembered how when I was taking my final exams at school I used to live stream the PEN World Voices festival, and found myself caught up in the glamour and the gravitas as a global grouping of writers engaged in discussions about how writing can give hope, and courage, and takes hope, and courage, to produce too. This festival was directed by Llewellyn, who had relocated to New York after directing the Sydney Writers' Festival, and would later become chief executive of Australia's hub of literary writing, The Wheeler Centre. When I learnt Llewellyn had written a romantic roman-à-clef about an editor who worked with a literary author, I was ready to be caught up in the whirlwind romance of their work with words. There is plenty of romance to Love Unedited, and much of it is the romance of independence: work, travel and having the courage of your convictions. Llewellyn's protagonist Edna sees men on scooters in Coney Island and gets on the back of a motorcycle in Paris and the reader is swept up in the adventure of the journey. The romance of the novel is also of the kind more familiar from Shakespearean comedies: star-crossed lovers traversing oceans to be together only to find themselves separated by the tohu bohu of the exigencies of life. Edna falls in love with a serious writer marked by tragedy. What comes next is a romance that is between the novel and the reader, but Llewellyn shows hope and courage in the way she depicts a story that reads beautifully on the page and, beyond the page, carries a sense of longing and sacrifice familiar to the great love stories of our time. One of the story's most delightful surprises is the novel-within-the-novel that we realise we are reading when an Australian editor, Molly, living with an Italian chef, encounters Edna's story of love, loss, and what they ate. The story that unfolds between the editor and the writer is reminiscent of confrontations between master and pupil or author and subject that are familiar in coming-of-age stories such as the recent Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore film May December. As in Ian McEwan's Atonement, the lived experience of the story comes closer to tragedy than romantic comedy and the justice of love is best served when the writer uses her imagination to find the truest and most romantic ending for the story. In this way, Love Unedited is a great tribute to the courage it takes to write, and the hope we invest in books as readers.
Sydney Morning Herald
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
A piercing, poignant tale about love, loss and writing
FICTION Love Unedited Caro Llewellyn Picador, $34.99 Caro Llewellyn's Love Unedited is a piercing and poignant story of love, loss and writing that speaks to the magic of working with words, and the humanity too. Llewellyn's novel begins as the main character, Edna, meets her former lover at the Melbourne cafe The European and is transported back in time. I found myself transported back in time, too, to the kernel of truth that made me a reviewer. I remembered how when I was taking my final exams at school I used to live stream the PEN World Voices festival, and found myself caught up in the glamour and the gravitas as a global grouping of writers engaged in discussions about how writing can give hope, and courage, and takes hope, and courage, to produce too. This festival was directed by Llewellyn, who had relocated to New York after directing the Sydney Writers' Festival, and would later become chief executive of Australia's hub of literary writing, The Wheeler Centre. When I learnt Llewellyn had written a romantic roman-à-clef about an editor who worked with a literary author, I was ready to be caught up in the whirlwind romance of their work with words. There is plenty of romance to Love Unedited, and much of it is the romance of independence: work, travel and having the courage of your convictions. Llewellyn's protagonist Edna sees men on scooters in Coney Island and gets on the back of a motorcycle in Paris and the reader is swept up in the adventure of the journey. The romance of the novel is also of the kind more familiar from Shakespearean comedies: star-crossed lovers traversing oceans to be together only to find themselves separated by the tohu bohu of the exigencies of life. Edna falls in love with a serious writer marked by tragedy. What comes next is a romance that is between the novel and the reader, but Llewellyn shows hope and courage in the way she depicts a story that reads beautifully on the page and, beyond the page, carries a sense of longing and sacrifice familiar to the great love stories of our time. One of the story's most delightful surprises is the novel-within-the-novel that we realise we are reading when an Australian editor, Molly, living with an Italian chef, encounters Edna's story of love, loss, and what they ate. The story that unfolds between the editor and the writer is reminiscent of confrontations between master and pupil or author and subject that are familiar in coming-of-age stories such as the recent Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore film May December. As in Ian McEwan's Atonement, the lived experience of the story comes closer to tragedy than romantic comedy and the justice of love is best served when the writer uses her imagination to find the truest and most romantic ending for the story. In this way, Love Unedited is a great tribute to the courage it takes to write, and the hope we invest in books as readers.
The Irish Sun
24-04-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Tottenham are just famous for being famous, like Gemma Collins – they should not be part of Premier League's Big Six
SHOULD Son Heung-min end up lifting the Europa League trophy for Tottenham, it will only start the argument — not finish it. Win their first silverware since 2008 and some will claim Spurs are back among the Big Six, others may say English football's ultimate fancy Dans never went away. 2 Tottenham's place in the Big Six comes with question marks that won't go even if they win the Europa League 2 Tottenham are famous for being famous — like Gemma Collins All while it's a reasonable shout to suggest they should never have been in it in the first place. Spurs did well to overcome Eintracht Frankfurt in the last eight. A cracking achievement, given how hopeless they are on the home front this season. Monday night's The European quest is impressive of late and hopefully they'll go all the way and bring the trophy back next month. Read More on Football If they do, it will finally end an agonising wait for glory stretching back 17 years — about the same time as it takes to walk from the ground to Seven Sisters Tube. The 2008 League Cup final success over Because that came almost a decade after they had bagged the same trophy. North London's original football club have never been serial winners. Most read in Football So what exactly is it that makes so many people within the game class them as members of the so-called Big Six? And in an age of fluid wealth, when clubs can be transformed overnight with foreign investment, maybe it's time to dismiss the idea of an elite enclave. How Enzo Maresca can transform Chelsea to challenge for Premier League title Defining the size of a football club has no universal measure. It's genuinely surprising that as football lurches towards total automation, some smart-arse has not conjured up a Stephen Hawking-style algorithm to calculate it to ten decimal places. Capacity of ground multiplied by number of honours, then dividing that by length of time between trophies is one possibility. Money in the bank, times international players, minus number of losses squared, all over position in the league table? Football today bears no resemblance to the 1980s. Back then it was easier to work it out as money didn't muddy the equation so much. Life was simpler. Along with Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Everton, Behind the competition They have a lovely, big ground. Stamford Bridge is tiny by comparison — but Chelsea are now by far the most successful club in London. Newcastle are awash with Saudi cash and winning this season's Carabao Cup means they have won as much as Tottenham since 2008. Aston Villa are waking up from a decades-long coma. They entertained us in the Champions League this season and are fighting hard to get back in it. Manchester City were poor neighbours of United for donkey's years. Eddie Large was their most famous fan. Yet this season is a write-off, even though they may yet win the FA Cup and qualify for a 14th successive campaign in the Champions League. They have billions locked away in their Arab owners' vaults and have amassed four Premier League titles on the trot. The Etihad isn't the biggest mind. Resentment There's been just two seasons since 2010 when Spurs finished outside the top six. Yet they are 16th and every match at their enviable new ground is tainted by resentment towards the ownership. They will lose more league games this season than they will win. Even if Son does get his hands on that Europa League trophy, three cups in 26 years is hardly massive. Relegated Leicester have won bigger things — the title and FA Cup — in the past decade. It's mind-bogglingly complex working out who is the biggest and the best. Maybe it's easier switching the sums around and instead of going mad deciding who is in the Big Six, work out who isn't. The Tottenham conundrum is much simpler then. MARESCA CAN'T WIN ENZO MARESCA copped it from some fans for not joining in the post-match celebrations of Chelsea's win at Fulham. Even though he had just been booked for overdoing it on the touchline when Pedro Neto smashed home the winner moments earlier. There is a palpable distance between the Chelsea supporters and the reserved Italian. I've yet to hear them sing his name and there is a feeling that whatever he does, they will never completely warm to him. With Chelsea trailing at half-time on Sunday, Maresca was forced to take the long walk past the away end at Craven Cottage and was roundly labelled a "w*****" by a noisy minority. I don't blame him for not wanting to attend the post-match party and salute those who, 45 minutes earlier, were giving him such stick. It seems he cannot win, despite having just won. Meanwhile, over at all-but-relegated Ipswich, boss Kieran McKenna's name was lustily cheered when read out before they were thumped 4-0 by Arsenal. It seems he cannot lose, despite losing a lot. ROCKET'S LAUNCHED LEAST surprising result of the week is The Rocket rocked up to the Crucible, typically out of form and playing the wounded animal, claiming he would be lucky to pot even one red ball. A crushing 10-4 triumph later — having won five frames in succession — and O'Sullivan is in the balls, as they say. And into the last 16. He is someone who changes his mind on a daily basis whether or not he wants to pick up a cue. But he has seven world titles dating back to 2001. O'Sullivan turns 50 in December — and there is a serious belief that he will be enjoying his eighth world crown, having surpassed the haul of his other great baize nemesis, Stephen Hendry. ENI'S WRIGHT JIBE IS JUST WRONG THE BEST broadcasters choose their words carefully. Eni Aluko has not with her surprising attack on Ian Wright for "dominating" punditry in women's football. Ex-Chelsea star Aluko says: 'If we had a situation where there was an equal opportunity for broadcasters and coaches that there is in the women's game but that's not the case. I can't dominate the men's game.' No, she can't but maybe that's for individual reasons rather than sexism. Kelly Cates and Gabby Logan will be sharing the biggest presenting gig in football with Mark Chapman on Match of the Day from next season. That's two women and one man hosting the country's flagship highlights show covering the biggest men's league in the world, with a vast audience. Genuine question . . . am I missing something here?
