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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Breathable ‘Magic’ Sand for Ending UAE’s Food & Water Deficit
Dake Rechsand, a collaboration between South Africa’s Dake Group and the Rechsand Technology Group from Beijing, today announced the launch of their revolutionary ‘magic sand’ technology and its affiliated sand-made product range in the Middle East region. The joint venture is the result of their mission to take these innovative technologies to the global market […]
From Smart Site To Smart City
Mohammed Alhashmi, Senior Vice President – Information and Communication Technology, Expo 2020 Dubai From the way we monitor our energy use to climate conditioning and the efficient movement of people, Expo 2020 Dubai is finding smart solutions that will create one of the most sustainable events in the world. ‘Sustainability’ is one of Expo 2020’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
DHL Launches first-of-its-kind Mobile Innovation Center
In the presence of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA), Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Group, and Chairman of Dubai Airports, DHL, the leading international logistics service provider, has launched its Mobile Middle East and Africa (MEA) Innovation Center in Dubai. The first-of-its-kind 450-sq m […]
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 […]
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 […]
