SUSTAINABLE LEGACIES

The Transformative ESG Strategies of Family Businesses

In this Collection, Tharawat Magazine explores how family businesses are setting the bar with impactful ESG strategies that build sustainable legacies for generations to come.

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HSA Group: The Power of Giving in the Pursuit of Sustainability

For the Hayel Saeed Anam (HSA) Group, Yemen’s leading family-owned company and one of the largest multinational businesses in the Middle East, being a force for good is part of its founding values. With a deep commitment to the country and its people, HSA Group has adopted United Nations SDGs specifically to combat the hunger, poverty and other ravages the recent years have wrought.

Interview with Abdul Jabbar Hayel Saeed, Chairman and CEO of HSA Group and Nabil Hayel Saeed Anam, HSA Yemen’s Managing Director and Board Member of HSA Group

Numi Tea: Generosity Infused

The expertly blended tea produced by Iraqi-born siblings Ahmed Rahim and Reem Hassani is imbued with love. But this family-run company also strives to make a positive social and environmental impact.

Interview with Ahmed Rahim, CVO and Co-founder, and Reem Hassani, CBO and Co-founder, Numi Tea, United States

The Only Way Forward: Multigenerational Collaboration for a Sustainable Future

The world faces critical environmental and social challenges, and businesses must be part of the solution. Family businesses can leverage the passion of the young and the wisdom of older generations to eschew waste and embrace a circular economy.

Interview with Dr Sanjay Sharma, Dean of The University of Vermont's Grossman School of Business, United States

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Ejido Verde: Reimagining Industry for the Benefit of Future Generations

Building on the foundations of a strong family business created by his grandfather, Fredo Arias-King had a vision: to save the pine trees of Mexico's MichoacĂ¡n forest and a pine-resin industry under threat from deforestation.

Interview with Fredo Arias-King, Executive Board Chair, and Shaun Paul, CEO, Ejido Verde, Mexico.

State Garden: People, Planet, Produce

From its humble beginnings as a tiny grocery business in 1938, State Garden thrived because of the excellent relationships built by its founders with the local community. It is this long-lasting trust that has helped the company pivot in an age of change.

Interview with Mark DeMichaelis, third-generation owner and CEO, State Garden, United States.

Sustainability Holds The Key To Long-Term Value For 
Family Businesses

Not every family business begins with ambitions of multigenerational longevity, but that’s where the most successful land, even though the odds are stacked against them: only one in 10 family businesses makes it past the second generation.

Creating a legacy takes dedication and effort, but sustainability and ESG strategies could hold the key, according to Peter Englisch, Global Family Business Leader, PwC Germany.

Nature's Legacy: The Business of Doing Good

Three-and-a-half decades ago, the furniture industry in the Philippines was enjoying a boom. Pete and Cathy Delantar turned away from the wasteful industry practices of their peers and forged a company based on sustainable values - with a focus on replacing what they took.

Interview with Pete Delantar, President and CEO, Cathy Delantar, Vice President, and Carlo Delantar, Sustainability Consultant, Nature's Legacy, Philippines.