Discipline
We work to the standard an assurance provider will apply. Every figure traces to source. Every narrative traces to evidence. Work that cannot be defended is not delivered.
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Athar exists because the Gulf has entered a period in which ESG disclosure must be done well, in two languages, under regulator and assurer scrutiny — and because there was no firm already designed for that brief.
We work to the standard an assurance provider will apply. Every figure traces to source. Every narrative traces to evidence. Work that cannot be defended is not delivered.
Arabic and English drafting happens in parallel from a single record, not sequentially from a translation. The two reports reconcile figure-by-figure.
We work across three regulator stacks: Saudi Arabia (CMA, SAMA, Saudi Exchange), the UAE (SCA, DFSA, ADGM FSRA, CBUAE, with ADX and DFM), and Qatar (QFCRA, QCB, QFMA, QSE). Each sets its own expectations, and a report built for one does not satisfy another.
Your engagement is led by the partner you meet. We do not staff junior-heavy teams onto disclosure work that will be signed off at the board.
A sustainability report is not a marketing document. It is a record — read by regulators, investors, assurance providers, and, increasingly, courts. Athar is organised around that reality. Our drafting cadence, our calculation discipline, and our audit trail are built for the moment the document is contested, not the moment it is launched.
Our engagements are prepared in alignment with IFRS S1 and S2, GRI Standards, the GHG Protocol, IFRS S2 / TCFD architecture, TNFD, and the disclosure requirements of the regulator that applies to the entity — the Saudi CMA, SAMA and Saudi Exchange; the UAE SCA, DFSA, ADGM FSRA and CBUAE with ADX and DFM; or the QFCRA, Qatar Central Bank, QFMA and Qatar Stock Exchange. Our team holds professional qualifications in sustainability reporting, climate risk assessment, and ESG assurance.
If you are preparing for the 2025–2026 reporting cycle, begin with a complimentary scope and readiness assessment.
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