With 500 days until the 2022 FIFA World Cup™, Qatar is setting the global standard for how to build sustainably and blazing a trail for the delivery of green solutions in the sporting realm. This pinnacle tournament is also set to change the way future World Cup competitions and other sporting mega-events are planned, organised, hosted, and delivered.

Hosted by WSP Middle East’s Sustainability Associate, Shashi Narayanan, and featuring guest speaker Engineer Bodour Al-Meer, Sustainability Director at the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, this Anticipate Podcast episode explores how Qatar is championing the sustainable legacy of the first ever FIFA World Cup in the Middle East with a focus on the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™ Sustainability Strategy and the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) process.

Shashi and Eng. Bodour also discuss how sustainability visions are being brought to reality at the Ras Abu Aboud Stadium, alongside numerous other stadia sites as Doha completes preparations for the global sporting mega-event.

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Despite female engineers having a presence in the industry for well over 100 years, encouraging female participation into STEM-related careers and achieving gender equality in the workplace continues to be an ongoing challenge.

To mark International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2021 – an international awareness campaign to raise the profile of women in engineering and focus attention on the amazing career opportunities available to aspiring engineers in this exciting industry – WSP and AMAALA have collaborated on an exclusive podcast episode titled ‘Engineering role models for a more diverse future’.

Hosted by Shona Wood, Gender Balance Steering Group Representative and Head of Integrated Project Delivery and Architecture at WSP in the Middle East, this episode features AMAALA’s Development Specialist, Razan Alraddadi alongside WSP Middle East’s Graduate Consultant, Ruaa Mahmoud.

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It is widely agreed that diverse workforces offer measurable benefits to any organisation but what do we really mean when we use the word diversity and how can we unlock the potential of inclusive workplace cultures?
In this episode WSP’s CEO, Dean McGrail is joined by Salma Aboul-ela previously from Emaar to explore the ideals of diversity, how they can translate into our workplaces and what we can do to champion progress.

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Unconscious bias training: Is it enough? Caroline Parsons takes a closer look at unconscious bias training with Sheree Atcheson – Global Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Peakon, Maria Manzoor, Head of HR Ramboll MEAP and Nicolina Kamenou-Aigbekaen – Professor of Human Resource Management and Diversity at Zayed University.

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‘Diversity wins but gaps persist: How can we close the inclusion divide?’ hosted by Gurminder Sagoo, explores diversity in a broader sense and discusses ways in which we can tackle the inclusion divide with Ashwaq Albabtain, Project Manager at The Red Sea Development Company and Gurmeet Kaur, Partner at Pinsent Masons Middle East.

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