Yousef Abdulhadi

Job title
ESG Professional

Biography

Yousef Abdulhadi is an engineer and a team member in RSM Sustainability Services department. He received his Post Graduate Diploma from Conestoga College (Canada) in Sustainable Business Management in 2023. Yousef has contributed to the successful delivery of several sustainability advisory services with clients in various sectors. Yousef specializes in climate risk management and integration services with emphasis on GHG emissions accounting and management. He advised on several sustainability disclosure projects in compliance with international and local regulations.

Qualification

  • Climate Risk, Valuation, and Investing Certificate, CFA Institute | Nov 2024
  • Certificate in Understanding the TCFD recommendations, TCFD |Oct 2023
  • Certificate of proficiency in the Basics of Organizational GHG Accounting, GHGMI | Dec 2023
  • GHG Protocol Corporate Standard Training, GHGP | 2022
  • GHG Protocol Scope 2 Training, GHGP | 2022

Professional Experience

  • Integrated climate-related risk considerations into the ICAAP model and corporate policies for a financial institution in Kuwait.
  • Conducted limited assurance over a US-based Companies’ ESG metrics and GHG inventory.
  • Prepared a global asset manager to manage and disclose sustainability- and climate-related risks and opportunities through a robust compliance roadmap with the ISSB S1 and TCFD recommendations.
  • Consolidated the inaugural Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG inventory for a leading US retail chain and devised an Inventory Management Plan.
  • Supported a technology company with the integration of third-party ESG management technology and developed their first Scope 3 GHG Inventory.
  • Developed a corporate ESG policy and devised an ESG integration roadmap for a leading Canadian steel part fabrication company.