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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 […]
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 […]
Mangroves, The Carbon Sequestration Heroes
By: Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and Ahlam Bolooki, the co-founders of Mangroves 4 Mankind Here in the UAE, we are accustomed to working fast. A 10-year plan can be achieved in 12 months. It is deeply ingrained within us; we have grown up seeing our desert towns blossom into green […]
ekar Integrates with CarPro to Tech-Enable 500,000 Rental Cars
ekar, the Middle East’s first and largest personal mobility company, has integrated with CarPro, a state-of-the-art car rental fleet management platform, enabling car rental and leasing companies with over 500,000 rental cars to digitally rent cars via the ekar platform. CarPro will integrate ekar’s Mobility OS natively within its fleet management software, allowing car rental […]
Coronavirus causing “devastating blow” for the hospitality sector
The spread of infectious diseases is invariably linked to travel. Today, tourism is a colossal global business that accounts for 10.4% of the global GDP and 10% of global employment. The pain will be felt in every industry as the supply chain of tourism involves everything, from agriculture and fishing to banking and insurance. The […]
Bee’ah Expands Portfolio of Zero-waste Solutions with Launch of Biomass Facility
Bee’ah, the Middle East’s sustainability pioneer, officially launched its new Biomass Facility at the Bee’ah’s Waste Management Complex in Al Sa’jaa, Sharjah. The plant will process 200 tonnes of cellulous and carbon-based waste daily, the equivalent mass of 16 standard school buses, to generate alternative fuel for industrial manufacturing as part of the UAE’s push […]
GEMS Education Pupils’ Fight Against Climate Change
From United Nations-certified Climate Change Teachers and energy-efficiency programmes, to organic farming, hydroponics, recycling and zero-waste campaigns, the sustainability practices and initiatives in place across GEMS Education schools in the UAE are driving positive action and change within communities and contributing to the fight against climate change. The urgent need to protect the environment and […]
Creating Sustainable, Liveable, and Resilient Communities
Dubai, March 19 By: Dr Samar Hamad The concepts of sustainability, liveability, and resilience are key to building better communities. Many times, these terms tend to be used interchangeably, as they all involve policies and planning objectives that are supposed to provide good quality of life for communities. However, each one of these concepts […]
24 Winners Selected for Spinneys F&B Incubator Programme
Locally-owned supermarket Spinneys today announced the winners of its incubator programme for micro food and beverage suppliers in the UAE, which launched in May 2020. Participation in the programme surpassed Spinneys’ expectations with more than 160 local businesses entering submissions of an exceptionally high standard. In response, the grocer has increased the number of winners, […]
Breathable Sand Holds Big ROI for Entrepreneurs
Dake Rechsand, a Dubai-based company offering sustainable solutions for decentralized rainwater harvesting and desert farming, is advocating the adoption of breathable sand technology, to empower agri-entrepreneurship in the MENA region. The global organic food market surpassed a valuation of $100 billion last year. This meteoric growth can be attributed to the influx of entrepreneurs into […]
