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Egypt builds the world’s biggest agricultural drainage treatment, recycling and reuse plant
H.E President AbdelFattah El Sisi has officially inaugurated Al Mahsamma agricultural drainage treatment, recycling and reuse plant in Ismailia Governorate today. The project has a capacity of 1 million m3/day and is built in an area of 42,000 m2, making Al Mahsamma the largest plant of its kind in the world. The project worth USD100 […]
Virgin Mobile UAE Urges Collaborative Approach to Climate Change
As world leaders seek new ways of tackling climate emergency at the ongoing COP26 Summit, Virgin Mobile UAE, part of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), is taking a key step to drive the brand forward to achieve its aspiration of becoming carbon negative by the end of 2022. To help make this aspiration a reality, Virgin […]
Expo 2020 Dubai unveils new round of social entrepreneurs helping communities around the world
An Australian organisation providing work opportunities for refugees, a dementia breakthrough from Malta and an environmentally-sustainable Indian packaging company are among 23 new social innovators helping to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges as part of Expo 2020’s global innovation and partnership programme, Expo Live. The Expo Live Innovation Impact Grant Programme (IIGP) […]
JinkoSolar Achieves Major Technical Breakthrough
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has achieved a major technical breakthrough on its N-type monocrystalline silicon solar cell. JinkoSolar has set a new world record for the fourth time in a year with […]
Put Your Money Where the Sun Shines
The Sustainabilist spoke with, Hardik Bhatia, Co-Founder at SolarGridX, about the platform revolutionising investments in solar projects for individuals. 1. Tell us about SolarGridX and its company mission. SolarGridX is a crowd-investing platform that lets people buy and sell fractional digital ownership in solar panels. Prices start at US $6 and earn up to […]
Developing the Green Sukuk Market
A Sukuk is an Islamic bond that generates returns to investors without contravening Shari’ah Law, a green Sukuk is one in which proceeds from the Sukuk investment can only be used for climate friendly investments. A green Sukuk can be invested in by both Islamic and conventional investors and provides a high degree of certainty […]
TRSDC Awards Contract For Shurayrah Bridge
The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism project, has appointed ARCHIRODON to design and build a 1.2km iconic bridge which is part of the 3.3km crossing to its main hub island, Shurayrah. ARCHIRODON, a leading EPC Global Group, will provide engineering, procurement and construction support to complete […]
13th Annual ASDA’A BCW Arab Youth Survey: Climate Change
More than half of young Arabs (56%) said they are concerned about climate change, and a similar number will boycott a brand seen to be operating in a way that damaged the environment. This compelling sentiment, which reflects the growing concerns towards climate change, climate action and the regional governments’ role in mitigating climate issues […]
Abu Dhabi and India Collaborate to Save the Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican From Extinction
The International Fund for Houbara Conservation (IFHC), the global leader in pre-emptive species conservation, has joined forces with the Wildlife Institute of India to save the Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican from extinction in India. In coordination with the Rajasthan Forest Department, the two entitles agreed to collaborate in conserving the Great Indian Bustard […]
The UAE Probe Mission to Mars – The Countdown has Begun
Dubai: The UAE is set to launch the Arab world’s first mission to Mars early in the morning of Friday the 17th of July. The nation that sent its first astronaut in space just 10 months ago and its interplanetary ambitions are soaring. Launching from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan, the Hope Probe will […]
