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Virgin Mobile MEA Achieves Net-Zero Carbon Emissions
VMMEA announced their net-zero carbon emissions achievement on 21st September – which is Zero Emissions Day. Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa has achieved net-zero carbon emissions across all of its operations this year. Through its partnership with Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence, Virgin Mobile MEA gathered and assessed the data to calculate its group-wide total emissions. […]
TRSDC Finalises Contract for 100% Renewable Utilities
The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism project, has finalised its utilities deal with a consortium led by ACWA Power for The Red Sea Project (TRSP). This confirms the development as the largest tourism project in the world set to be powered solely by renewable energy. The […]
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 […]
Cross-collaboration Key to a Sustainable Future
Patron Sponsor of the United Nations Global Compact SDG Ambition, 3M, in collaboration with The American Business Council in Dubai (AmCham Dubai), today hosted an exclusive conference titled ‘Sustainability: The Business of Saving the World’ in line with its commitment to invest US$1 billion over the next 20 years to accelerate new environmental goals. The day-long event featured a […]
Building the Cities of Tomorrow
Upgrades to our urban centres, and the creation of brand-new smart cities, are the key to sustainable growth in the region By H.E. Khaled Al Huraimel, Group CEO of Bee’ah Sharjah, UAE, March 3, 2020 The term ‘smart city’ is used a lot these days and for good reason. Here in the Middle […]
Environmental Conservation an Increasing Concern for UAE Residents Ahead of World Environment Day
UAE consumers are growing increasingly interested in environmental conservation issues, especially in regards to ‘plastics in the ocean’ and ‘recycling’, which top associated online searches by the country’s residents ahead of World Environment Day (05 June), according to back-search data collected by SEMrush, the award-winning digital marketing suite. The UAE’s most searched environmental-related term between […]
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, […]
20by2020 by the Zayed Sustainability Prize
Initiative Overview Since its launch in December 2019, 20by2020; a UAE-driven humanitarian initiative, led by the Zayed Sustainability Prize in partnership with Abu Dhabi Global Market, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, Mubadala Petroleum, Year of Tolerance and Masdar, has successfully impacted the lives of thousands of people in various last mile and vulnerable communities around […]
Smart Acres Vertical Farming Company Set To Launch in UAE This 2020
Expected to launch in the third quarter of 2020, Smart Acres will be the UAE’s latest addition to the hydroponic vertical farming industry, set to bring a green and efficient way of producing a new set of clean crops locally. Currently in the proof-of-concept stage, Smart Acres is located in Abu Dhabi on the Armed […]
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 […]
