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?Skills Required to Establish ISO 26000 in Saudi Arabia ?To effectively establish ISO 26000 within Saudi organisations producing goods and services aligned with ESG objectives, and fitted with Vision 2030, several important skills are required.?Skills gaps & training programmes ?In the Saudi context, there remain significant gaps: awareness among senior leadership and middle-management is inconsistent; many organisations lack structured CSR policies, monitoring systems, and stakeholder-engagement processes.?Fifth, policy, systems alignment and institutional skills are required--designing CSR policies, aligning with ISO 26000's core subjects, embedding them into procurement, supply-chain, governance and performance management systems.Senior leaders requires to understand and adopt the principles of social responsibility, such as accountability, transparency, and respect for stakeholders.Training programmes in Saudi Arabia are beginning to address these through specialist CSR / sustainability courses.First, strategic leadership and ethical decision making are foundational skills.Without such leadership commitment, social responsibility initiatives often become peripheral.

‏Skills Required to Establish ISO 26000 in Saudi Arabia
‏To effectively establish ISO 26000 within Saudi organisations producing goods and services aligned with ESG objectives, and fitted with Vision 2030, several important skills are required. First, strategic leadership and ethical decision making are foundational skills. Senior leaders requires to understand and adopt the principles of social responsibility, such as accountability, transparency, and respect for stakeholders. Without such leadership commitment, social responsibility initiatives often become peripheral. Research in Saudi mega-construction projects identified “lack of leadership skills” as one of the significant barriers to SR implementation.
‏Secondly, it is also important have the ability to build sustainability literacy and engagement skills with multiple stakeholders. Organizations will need to build capacity to identify environmental, social and governance issues; for example, how does the organization impact its communities, environment, and employees; and engage with stakeholders (internal and external) in a way that allows the stakeholder to make substantive contributions. The research in Saudi Arabia indicated awareness and understanding as one of the most common barriers mentioned.

‏Third, risk assessment, monitoring & reporting skills are required. If an organization adopts ISO 26000, the organization needs to develop measures and through systems to answer concerns related to the social responsibility performance of the organization, and then demonstrate integrated into existing management systems, and clear reporting. For Saudi listed organizations, ISO 26000 - based CSR reporting remains weak, indicating a gap of skills for monitoring and reporting.

‏Finally, change management, communication and training skills are critically needed. All employees in organizations need training on CSR and the associated values and practices, and develop a culture that adopt social responsibility into their practice.

‏The Saudi human-resources skills framework identifies general skills such as communication, adaptability and “sustainability literacy” as priorities for the professional services sector.

‏Fifth, policy, systems alignment and institutional skills are required—designing CSR policies, aligning with ISO 26000’s core subjects, embedding them into procurement, supply-chain, governance and performance management systems. Training programmes in Saudi Arabia are beginning to address these through specialist CSR / sustainability courses.

‏Skills gaps & training programmes
‏In the Saudi context, there remain significant gaps: awareness among senior leadership and middle-management is inconsistent; many organisations lack structured CSR policies, monitoring systems, and stakeholder-engagement processes. The study of mega-construction projects pointed to “lack of training” and “lack of guidelines and coherent strategies” among the main implementation barriers.

‏To fill these gaps, Saudi organizations should provide training opportunities for:
‏• Executive workshops on CSR leadership and ISO 26000.
‏• Staff and management modules on sustainability literacy, incorporating social & environmental issues, stakeholder mapping, and the core subjects in ISO 26000.
‏• Tailored training in CSR reporting, risk and monitoring tools, and Saudi regulatory context.

‏ • Change-management and communication training for embedding CSR culture.
‏• Creation of internal capacity-building programmes and partnerships with training organisations for CSR certification in Saudi Arabia.

‏By intentionally developing these skills, Saudi organisations can more effectively implement the principles of ISO 26000 into practice- contributing to corporate social responsibility objectives and the national sustainability goals.