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Sustainability and ESG report design for Dubai and the UAE

Sustainability Report Design Agency Dubai.

An ESG report only lands if the data is easy to read and the document looks like it means it. That visual job is ours. Walk Production designs sustainability and ESG reports for DFM- and ADX-listed PJSCs, large organizations, and multinationals across the UAE, taking on layout, data visualization, and the print-ready handoff while your reporting team and advisers stay in charge of the content.

We have built ESG reports across industries since 2018, turning targets and performance data into pages that investors, customers, and regulators can follow. In the UAE this matters more each year: the Securities and Commodities Authority requires DFM- and ADX-listed PJSCs to publish an annual sustainability report, and the DFM ESG Reporting Guide, the ADX ESG Disclosure Guidance, and Federal Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024, the UAE climate law, now set the bar for what credible disclosure looks like.

Walk Production
at a glance.

2018
Established track record
40
In-house specialists
100+
Completed publication projects
ESG
Report layout experience

Sustainability report
services.

Our remit is the design and the final files. Framework compliance and the narrative stay with your reporting advisers, and we concentrate on how the report looks and reads once that content is set.

01 Layout Design

A sustainability report is long and dense, so structure does the heavy lifting. Our designers build a clear hierarchy across covers, sections, and spreads that walks the reader through your ESG story instead of leaving them to dig for it.

Deliverables
  • Full report layout design
  • Cover and section design
  • Typography and visual hierarchy
  • Print and digital specifications
02 Data Visualization

Emissions tables, energy figures, and social metrics rarely speak for themselves. Working from the verified data your team or advisers hand over, we turn those numbers into infographics and charts that make ESG performance quick to grasp.

Deliverables
  • ESG performance infographics
  • Emissions and energy charts
  • Social impact visualization
  • Year-on-year comparison graphics
03 Translation

When the report runs in more than one language, often English and Arabic, we set each version and coordinate the typesetting and proofreading so the two read as one consistent document rather than two near-matches.

Deliverables
  • Bilingual layout coordination
  • Typesetting in both languages
  • Consistent visual presentation
  • Terminology consistency checking
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04 Client Image Preparation

Photographs of your actual environmental and social programs carry more weight than stock visuals. We select, edit, and retouch the operational and initiative imagery you supply or approve so the report shows real evidence behind the claims.

Deliverables
  • Environmental initiative image curation
  • Social program documentation
  • Facility and operations image curation
  • Image editing and retouching
05 Print File Handoff

For the printed run, we prepare the artwork for your appointed printer and recommend paper stocks that fit your sustainability commitments rather than working against them. We stay available to the vendor for any file or spec question.

Deliverables
  • Eco-friendly paper specifications
  • Print-ready PDF/X-1a artwork
  • Color proofing files for your vendor
  • Vendor liaison on file and spec questions
06 Interactive PDF

The online version gets built as an interactive PDF with navigation, hyperlinks, and fully searchable text. It meets online publication expectations and lets stakeholders jump straight to the disclosure they came for.

Deliverables
  • Interactive navigation and bookmarks
  • Content index hyperlinks
  • Searchable text
  • Accessibility features

Sustainability report
work.

Selected sustainability reports designed for listed companies and multinationals from our portfolio.

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HPL Sustainability Update Report 2022
Mining

HPL Sustainability Update Report 2022

Sustainability Report

Bilingual ESG sustainability update for a nickel processor serving international investors and local stakeholders.

View Case Study
QSR Brands Sustainability Report 2023
Food and Beverage

QSR Brands Sustainability Report 2023

Sustainability Report

A combined two-year sustainability report for a major quick-service restaurant group.

View Case Study
PT TBP Sustainability Report 2023
Mining

PT TBP Sustainability Report 2023

Sustainability Report

Bilingual nickel mining sustainability report addressing local disclosure and international investor needs.

View Case Study

Sustainability report
design process.

Our design process coordinates with your content development timeline. Total timeline: 6 to 12 weeks (content-dependent).

01

Kickoff & Planning

We start with your team and your reporting advisers to pin down the report structure, the framework in play, and the deadline. From there we slot our design milestones into whatever schedule your content development is running on.

  • Project brief
  • Report framework
  • Project milestones
02

Concept Development

We then set the visual direction: the layout approach and how the data will be drawn. You approve that concept before any detailed design begins, so the look is agreed before the build.

  • Design concepts
  • Cover design
  • Visualization style
03

Layout Design

ESG content tends to arrive in waves, so we design in phases, laying out each section as your advisers finalize it and building the data visualization in step with the layout rather than after it.

  • Layout design
  • Typesetting
  • Data visualization
04

Print File Handoff

To close, we hand print-ready artwork to your appointed printer, finish the interactive PDF for digital sharing, and stay on hand for vendor file questions, all timed to your launch.

  • Print-ready files
  • Interactive PDF
  • Vendor support

How we work with
your advisers.

Most sustainability reports already have subject-matter advisers driving the content and the framework compliance. We slot in beside them on layout and print-ready files, and because each side knows exactly what it owns, the work moves without overlap or gaps.

01 Your Reporting Advisers Handle

Materiality assessment and stakeholder engagement · Framework selection and compliance (GRI, DFM and ADX ESG guidance, listing requirements) · Content development and narrative · Data collection and verification · Performance metrics and targets · Assurance coordination

Strategy · Compliance · Content
02 Walk Production Handles

Visual concept and layout design · Data visualization and infographics · Approved imagery curation · Bilingual typesetting · Print-ready file handoff and vendor file support · Interactive PDF development

Design · Visualization · File handoff

Your Reporting Advisers Handle

Materiality assessment and stakeholder engagement · Framework selection and compliance (GRI, DFM and ADX ESG guidance, listing requirements) · Content development and narrative · Data collection and verification · Performance metrics and targets · Assurance coordination

Strategy · Compliance · Content

Walk Production Handles

Visual concept and layout design · Data visualization and infographics · Approved imagery curation · Bilingual typesetting · Print-ready file handoff and vendor file support · Interactive PDF development

Design · Visualization · File handoff

Sustainability report
packages.

Pick the package that matches how much design and file work you need from us. Each one assumes your team or advisers supply the content, and the price tracks the scope, so the next step is a quote.

01

Design

You print

Layout and digital delivery for organizations that arrange their own printing. We hand over design files ready to go straight to your printer.

Concept development and visual direction
Full report layout design
Data visualization and infographics
Image editing and art direction
Print-ready PDF files
Interactive PDF
Best for Organizations with appointed reporting advisers providing complete content
Popular
02

Design + File Handoff

Most chosen

The full design package plus the print-ready handoff. We run the layout and pass finished files to your appointed printer, fielding their file and spec questions, while your advisers stay on content.

Everything in Design Package
Print-ready PDF/X-1a artwork
Paper selection and proofing files
Color proofing files for your vendor
Vendor liaison on file and spec questions
Best for Most organizations seeking complete design and file preparation
03

Full Design Services

With imagery

Everything above, plus approved imagery curation and extended file preparation for organizations that want the report fully documented in visuals.

Everything in Design + File Handoff
Sustainability image curation
Additional data visualization
Multiple format outputs
Best for Organizations wanting comprehensive visual documentation

Framework
adaptability.

Whatever framework your advisers choose, we design to it. They own the content and the compliance; we shape the structure they confirm into a finished report and final files.

01 Disclosure & Index Layouts

We lay out the standard disclosure tables and content indexes that frameworks call for, formatting them around the disclosure content your advisers hand over.

02 Reporting Framework Layouts

Our layouts handle the frameworks UAE issuers reach for most, including GRI, the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards (S1 and S2), and TCFD-aligned structures, following the content order your reporting team confirms.

03 Integrated Reporting

Where financial and sustainability reporting come together in one document, we design the combined narrative so strategy, governance, and ESG read as a single connected story.

04 Other Frameworks

Working to a framework not listed here? Send us the structure your advisers specify and we design to it. The approach flexes to fit whatever standard your report follows.

Disclosure & Index Layouts

We lay out the standard disclosure tables and content indexes that frameworks call for, formatting them around the disclosure content your advisers hand over.

Reporting Framework Layouts

Our layouts handle the frameworks UAE issuers reach for most, including GRI, the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards (S1 and S2), and TCFD-aligned structures, following the content order your reporting team confirms.

Integrated Reporting

Where financial and sustainability reporting come together in one document, we design the combined narrative so strategy, governance, and ESG read as a single connected story.

Other Frameworks

Working to a framework not listed here? Send us the structure your advisers specify and we design to it. The approach flexes to fit whatever standard your report follows.

Why brands
choose us.

Design Specialists

Walk Production stays in its lane: visual design and final files. Your advisers carry the content and the compliance, and we make sure the result looks the part and communicates clearly to the people who read it.

Data Visualization Capability

These reports live and die on data, and a wall of figures helps no one. Our designers turn dense ESG metrics into infographics and charts that a stakeholder can read in seconds.

Adviser Collaboration

We are comfortable working hand in glove with reporting advisers. Because the split of responsibilities is clear from the outset, projects run cleanly with no overlap and no confusion over who does what.

Timeline Reliability

Disclosure deadlines do not move, so neither do we. Walk Production keeps the design on track and synced to your advisers content timeline so the report lands when it has to.

Sustainability report design
questions.

No. Walk Production handles the design and the final files, not the content. Materiality assessment, framework compliance, and the written narrative are work for reporting advisers, and we partner with yours to take the visual side once that content is in hand.

That call sits with your reporting advisers, who weigh your industry, stakeholders, and the rules you report under. For DFM- and ADX-listed companies the DFM ESG Reporting Guide and ADX ESG Disclosure Guidance are the usual reference points. Once a framework is set, we design to it.

Yes. Walk Production has designed many GRI-structured reports over the years. The GRI content and the compliance behind it stay with your reporting team and advisers, while we focus on presenting that GRI-aligned content cleanly on the page.

Yes, and Walk Production usually does. We liaise straight with your appointed advisers on content handover, review cycles, and timeline alignment. It is how most of these projects run, so the arrangement is well worn for us.

Everything written: the narrative, the sustainability data, and the performance metrics, typically assembled by your reporting advisers or your internal team. From there, the visual design and the final files are ours.

It hinges on content readiness. Once the content is in hand, Walk Production runs the design in 6 to 12 weeks depending on the package and how complex the report is. Opening the design conversation early is the surest way to keep the timelines aligned.

Yes. Public joint stock companies listed on DFM or ADX are required by the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority to publish an annual sustainability report, and both exchanges have issued ESG disclosure guidance. The UAE Climate Law, Federal Decree-Law No. 11 of 2024, adds greenhouse-gas measurement and reporting duties for many organizations. Your advisers own the disclosure content; we design the report that carries it.

Start a
project.

The more context you share, the sharper our first response. A rough scope and timeline are enough to begin.

01
You submit
We confirm receipt and route to a project manager.
02
Discovery call
A 30-minute call to understand objectives and scope.
03
Proposal
Itemized proposal within 1 week.
04
Kickoff
Brief finalized, project starts.
Project inquiry
Approximate budget