Improving our ESG performance which is opening opportunities to contribute to global health initiatives, raising our global profile and increasing demand for Burjeel’s services

• ESG principles serve as a fundamental foundation for sustainable growth and a crucial enabler of excellent patient outcomes, shareholder value and partnerships, opening potential commercial opportunities
• Key pillars of our ESG approach are humanitarian and charitable activity, as well as initiatives that enable scalable, sustainable healthcare delivery in developing countries
• Our ‘Healing Beyond Boundaries’ initiative focuses on the provision of humanitarian aid in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, an initiative through which we have established and run humanitarian medical facilities and donated to aid initiatives
• We work closely with the World Economic Forum and Edison Alliance in areas of Women’s Health, digital inclusion and broader global health research and outcomes, providing us a platform to contribute to global solutions and to engage with governments and NGOs

Established operations in large, attractive and resilient growth markets, with targeted expansion in global markets

  • The UAE and Oman, our core markets, increased their healthcare expenditure from U.S.$12.4 billion and U.S.$2.9 billion, respectively, in 2016, to U.S.$18.0 billion and U.S.$3.5 billion, respectively, in 2021. They are expected to further expand healthcare investments to U.S.$34.0 billion and U.S.$5.3 billion, respectively, by 2031
  • The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), a market we entered in 2023, recorded the highest annual GDP growth among G20 countries in 2022, as it continues to diversify and expand its economy, attracting skilled migrants and growing its population
  • We are focused on driving meaningful medical advancements in our markets, introducing complex services that meet unmet medical needs