Oriental Weavers wagers on carbon audits to stay competitive

Oriental Weavers secured independent verification of its carbon footprint, providing the baseline data required to navigate the increasingly protectionist “green” trade barriers emerging across its key export markets, it said in a statement (pdf).

Why it matters: For a global exporter like Oriental Weavers, carbon data is shifting from just green PR to a matter of green compliance. By verifying its footprint across 27 factories, the company is letting investors know that it is getting ahead of looming green trade barriers in some of its key markets. In a similar way to how investors now dive deep into company earnings releases, they may soon also be digging just as deep into company reports on green credentials to assess return expectations and decide where best to put their capital.

Valmore Holding sees revenues rise 24% y-o-y in 2025

Valmore Holding — FKA Egypt Kuwait Holding — saw broadly flat net income of USD 186 mn in 2025, as the absence of a one-off USD 54.5 mn FX gain booked the previous year offset underlying operational improvements, according to its latest earnings release (pdf). Revenues rose 24% y-o-y to USD 685 mn over the same period, supported by growth across portfolio companies, improving operating conditions, and continued portfolio optimization.

4Q performance remained solid, with revenue increasing 15% y-o-y to USD 166 mn and net income rising 7% to USD 49.4 mn, despite coming off a high 4Q 2024 base that was similarly inflated by non-recurring items.

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