NextGen SustainTech and Hawkama International launch ESG Metrix

NextGen SustainTech (NGST) and Hawkama International today announced the launch of ESG Metrix, a fully bilingual sustainability reporting and disclosure platform developed in Qatar for organizations reporting in Qatar and across the GCC.

ESG Metrix is the first ESG reporting and disclosure platform developed in Qatar with native alignment to Qatar’s own regulatory architecture — the Qatar Stock Exchange ESG Reporting Guidance, the Qatar Central Bank ESG Supervisory Principles (Principle 12) and the Qatar National Development Strategy 3 (NDS3) — held in a single workflow alongside the international standards global investors now expect, including IFRS S1, IFRS S2, ESRS/CSRD, GRI and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The launch answers a widening gap in the market. As disclosure expectations tighten under IFRS S1 and S2, most reporting entities still assemble their disclosures manually across spreadsheets, consultants and disconnected templates — a process that is slow, difficult to audit and hard to repeat consistently year on year. International software, meanwhile, is priced for large multinationals, rarely available in Arabic, and does not recognize Qatar’s national frameworks.

Answer once, report to nine frameworks

At the core of ESG Metrix is a single library of 282 disclosure questions, each cross-mapped to every standard it satisfies. One answer on environmental risk disclosure simultaneously satisfies the relevant IFRS S1 requirement, QCB Principle 12, ESRS, GRI, an SDG target and an NDS3 outcome — removing the duplicated effort that consumes most of a reporting cycle.

Arabic as a reporting language

The platform operates end-to-end in Arabic and English. Users can switch languages at any time, and the generated report — narrative, KPI tables, and charts — is produced in either language. Arabic is treated as a first-class reporting language, not a translation layer applied at the end.

A complete report, generated

Once data is entered, ESG Metrix assembles a publication-ready sustainability report across 13 structured sections, from corporate profile and basis of preparation through materiality, governance, climate disclosures, KPI performance and assurance readiness. AI-assisted drafting turns quantitative inputs into board-ready commentary, which the reporting team reviews and approves.

Built for the full reporting cycle

• Double materiality assessment, scoring each topic on impact to people and planet against impact to business value, with every material topic linked to its related disclosures
• GHG Protocol-aligned carbon calculator covering Scope 1, 2 and 3, with both location-based and market-based Scope 2 methods, in quick-estimate and detailed modes
• 66 quantitative KPIs computed automatically across IFRS S1, IFRS S2 and QSE requirements
• Peer benchmarking by company size, industry and region, with the provenance of every benchmark clearly labeled
• ISSA 5000 assurance readiness assessment, tracking evidence and ownership against the IAASB’s sustainability assurance standard
• NDS3 national targets tracker, mapping organizational performance against 31 targets across seven outcome areas
• Evidence management at the level of the individual disclosure, creating a defensible audit trail from day one

Issued by the conference organiser. Framework alignment describes the platform’s own mappings, not an endorsement by any authority.