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We’re Officially The Country That Cares Least About The Environment In This Region

February 1, 2011 · Mustapha Hamoui

Daily Star:

Lebanon ranked the last country in the Middle East and North Africa in terms of volume of sustainable investments, according to the International Finance Corporation, the private arm of the World Bank. […] The IFC defines sustainable investment as investment techniques that integrate environmental, social and governance value drivers into financial research and investment processes.

Example of countries who care more about the environment than Lebanon: Yemen, Syria, Lybia, Algeria, Sudan..