As Middle Eastern economies accelerate their journey toward net-zero, businesses across the region are under growing pressure to align with emerging ESG standards and climate disclosure mandates.
At the heart of this transition is technology, and companies like EcoOnline are providing the digital infrastructure needed to embed sustainability into everyday operations.
Nicholas Matta, Regional Director for the Middle East at EcoOnline, discusses how the company’s platform is helping organisations not only track and reduce their carbon footprints but also drive cultural and operational change across high-impact sectors like oil & gas, construction, and manufacturing. In this interview, he explains how EcoOnline turns ESG ambition into measurable, auditable action.
How does EcoOnline’s software support organisations in the Middle East in measuring and reducing their carbon footprint across operations?
EcoOnline enables organisations to accurately track, quantify and analyse emissions across scopes 1, 2 and 3. Our sustainability and ESG solution is powered by a calculation engine aligned with international standards, ensuring accurate, transparent, audit-ready data.
In the Middle East, where climate disclosure requirements are accelerating, our solution helps build defensible carbon inventories, pinpoint emissions hotspots, and forecast emissions scenarios.
By linking emissions data to operational and supply chain inputs, companies gain the actionable insights needed to drive targeted, measurable decarbonisation across complex operations.
What role do digital EHS platforms like EcoOnline play in accelerating ESG compliance and sustainability reporting across sectors such as oil & gas, construction, and manufacturing in the region?
EcoOnline plays a central role in helping organisations operationalise ESG strategies across oil & gas, construction, and manufacturing. Our solution connects EHS and ESG data, automates reporting aligned with global frameworks like CDP and ISSB, and reflects regional goals—including Vision 2030 and national climate roadmaps.
We enable organisations to shift from reactive, fragmented compliance efforts to a more proactive, data-driven ESG approach. With clear traceability and regional alignment, our solution supports regulatory readiness and long-term sustainability performance.
As regional governments ramp up net-zero commitments, how is EcoOnline aligning its solutions with emerging regulatory frameworks and voluntary climate disclosures in the Middle East?
EcoOnline is built to align with internationally recognised frameworks—such as CDP, GHG Protocol and TCFD—which are increasingly influencing sustainability disclosure expectations across the Middle East. While country-specific regulatory standards are still taking shape, many are rooted in these global best practices.
Through our partner network and in-region expertise, we help organisations bridge the gap between voluntary guidance and evolving national expectations. Our solution is designed to support this transition with built-in flexibility, ensuring organisations remain ready as disclosure landscapes mature.
Our solution also supports organisations in assessing and reporting on climate risk, a growing focus for both regulators and investors. With a modular architecture, we enable tailored compliance workflows that meet both binding regulations and voluntary frameworks. By embedding regional requirements into a globally trusted system, we provide a future-ready foundation for transparent, auditable sustainability reporting that scales with the business and the regulatory environment.
In your experience, what are the biggest hurdles companies face when trying to integrate decarbonisation into their operational risk and compliance strategies, and how can technology help overcome them?
The primary challenges we see organisations face when integrating decarbonisation into their operational risk and compliance strategies include fragmented data sources, poor data quality, limited emissions visibility across scopes, and weak alignment between sustainability goals and day-to-day operations. These challenges make it difficult to embed decarbonisation meaningfully into compliance and risk strategies.
EcoOnline addresses this by centralising environmental and operational data within a single suite for safety and sustainability. Emissions tracking becomes a seamless part of daily compliance workflows, and insights are generated from best-in-class, science-based data and models to support more proactive decision-making.
This unified approach ensures that carbon and sustainability metrics are not siloed but directly connected to safety, compliance and performance, allowing companies to close the execution gap —turning ESG ambition into measurable progress.
Beyond compliance, how can companies in the Middle East leverage EcoOnline to drive a cultural shift toward sustainability and long-term value creation?
In a region where long-term business value is being increasingly tied to ESG credibility, organisations across the Middle East are moving beyond checkbox compliance toward a culture of continuous improvement and measurable impact. This shift is taking shape as sustainability becomes embedded in daily operations, with accountability shared across departments rather than concentrated in sustainability teams.
Our solution supports this transformation by reinforcing ESG responsibilities within different functions, making sustainability part of the organisation’s operational DNA. At the same time, transparent, auditable data at the leadership level helps align decision-making with long-term environmental and business priorities.
