Kareem Abu Eid

Biography

Kareem leads RSM Sustainability Services department as a partner. He has 17 years of experience in sustainability and ESG consulting services. He established the sustainability services department in RSM in late 2015.

Before joining RSM, Kareem built his experience over 6 years with the KSA arm of Ernst and Young in Clean Energy and Sustainability Services. Before joining EY, Kareem had over 12 years of professional experience in multiple sectors such as Banks, Healthcare, Automobile and Telecom among others.

Qualifications

• MBA -  Renewables and Sustainability, Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Berlin
• B.Sc. - Medical Technology, A.S.U.
• Cert. - Certified corporate Sustainability Trainer, GRI
• ESG Investing
• Program Strategy and Evaluation, Stanford University
• Innovative Business Models, University of Maryland
• Leading Organizational Change and Innovation, Dale Carnegie
• Carbon and GHG Reduction Manager Program, AEE

Professional Experience

• Sustainability/Sustainability strategy development
• Sustainability reporting development
• Sustainability and social responsibility reporting and assurance following UNGC, GRI, and SASB guidelines and requirements
• GHG auditing, inventory, and reporting
• Energy auditing, energy efficiency, and energy management systems (EnMS) in accordance with ISO 50001
• Supply chain management and logistics sustainability strategies and life cycle assessments
• Sustainability and CSR strategy, diagnosis, materiality analysis, and environmental risk management
• Sustainability excellence development
• Extra-financial auditing, inventory, and social return on investment (SROI)
• Stakeholder engagement and sustainable brand building
  Renewable energy solutions and energy efficiency.