Bio

👋🏾 Hi, my name is Zahra 🇦🇪 Living in Dubai, with a passion for sustainability, ESG, diversity and inclusion, and youth empowerment. 🎓 Arizona State University'23 and Canadian University Dubai’20 💻 Currently work as a sustainability associate for KPMG. My experience lies in supporting public and private entities in the UAE with their ESG transformation journey. My key focus areas include ESG advisory, ESG reporting and communication, ESG strategy, stakeholder engagement, and assessing ESG risks and opportunities. 📚 I am constantly trying to be part of initiatives that allow me to grow, contribute to society and become a valuable member of a functioning community. I am keen on participating in volunteering and community service activities that empower and uplift community members. 💪🏾 - A growth-oriented, proactive, and self-motivated individual with a strong desire to make a positive difference in the lives of community members. ▪ A collaborative leader and team player with optimistic, resourceful, and collective perspectives who can take initiative and work with minimal supervision. ▪ Critical and analytical thinker as a result of research experience which helped me develop exceptional planning and prioritizing skills, and made me become adaptable to new situations and circumstances. ⚙️ ESG reporting (GRI 2021, UN SDGs, ADX ESG disclosures), ESG strategy and implementation roadmaps, ESG assurance based on ISAE 3000 and AA 1000, ESG diagnostics and rating, environmental and social assessment, SDG realization and reporting.