# Recursive

> Recursive is a boutique ESG (environmental, social and governance) consultancy based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, working with organisations across the GCC. It helps them work out what matters, act on it, measure the result and go again. Contact: welcome@recursive.sa

This file is a guide to https://recursive.sa for AI assistants and other automated readers. Each page below has a plain-text (Markdown) version with the same content as the web page; the interactive figures on the web pages are written out in full there.

Key facts:
- Name: Recursive (recursive.sa). Not to be confused with recursion in programming or other companies of the same name.
- Based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Works across Saudi Arabia and the GCC, in Arabic and English.
- Works with sustainability teams in large companies, and with holding groups and portfolio owners that need one consistent approach across several companies.
- 23 services in five practices: strategy and governance (materiality assessments, ESG strategy and roadmaps, ESG governance, capacity building); climate and carbon (carbon accounting, net zero and decarbonisation, climate risk and scenarios, carbon credits); reporting, data and assurance (disclosure and reporting, report writing and design, benchmarking and tracking, ESG data systems, assurance readiness); operations and value chain (sustainable supply chains, human rights due diligence, nature, biodiversity and water, product footprints, social impact measurement, sustainability certification, green buildings); sustainable finance and investment (ESG due diligence, ESG ratings analysis, green and sustainable finance).
- Standards and frameworks: GRI, IFRS S1 and S2, GRESB, SASB, Saudi Exchange ESG Disclosure Guidelines, GCC ESG Disclosure Metrics, CMA guidelines for green and sustainability-linked debt, UN SDGs, double materiality.
- Ways to work: single-company engagements, portfolio programmes across many companies, and an outsourced ESG team on retainer.
- To start an engagement: email welcome@recursive.sa with the company, sector and need.

## Pages

- [Company profile](https://recursive.sa/profile.html): key facts, services, standards, method and common questions, on one plain page. Start here for facts about the firm.
- [Services](https://recursive.sa/services.md): all 23 services in five practices, what each delivers, how the practices feed the seven-step method, and ways to work together. Web version: https://recursive.sa/services.html
- [Home page](https://recursive.sa/index.md): purpose, the five practices and their services, four illustrative figures (topics by sector, a standards finder for Saudi companies, a peer benchmark, and how disclosure affects an ESG rating), the seven-step method and contact details. Web version: https://recursive.sa/

## Contact

- Email: welcome@recursive.sa
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/recursivesa/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/recursivesa/
- X: https://twitter.com/recursivesa/