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Interview: Adam Smith
Dubai, March 22. Adam began his professional career in the United Kingdom. He trained as a City & Guilds qualified piping engineer, delivering turn-key projects throughout the UK for various SME companies. Adam then migrated into the ‘Facilities Management’ side of the construction business with the EMS Group, focusing on specialised contracts for large multinational […]
Bee’ah Operations in KSA have Begun
With a showcase event, Bee’ah demonstrated its superior fleet that will be deployed in Madinah
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 […]
TRSDC Partners with Blue Planet Ecosystems for Sustainable Fish Pilot Scheme
The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism project, has signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with Blue Planet Ecosystems (BPE). Signed by John Pagano, CEO of TRSDC and Paul Schmitzberger, CEO of BPE, the first MoU sees the entities pledging to investigate the implementation of a viable […]
Extending the UAE’s Expertise Across the Seas
Bee’ah Wins Largest Waste Management Contract in the Middle East for Egypt’s new Administrative Capital Sharjah, UAE, 28 January 2020 Bee’ah, the award-winning UAE-based sustainability and environmental services pioneer, has been appointed as the waste management partner for Egypt’s new Administrative Capital, which is being developed by the Administrative Capital for Urban Development and is […]
Spinneys Launches ‘Power of Plants’ Initiative
Locally-owned supermarket Spinneys has launched its ‘Power of Plants’ initiative in the UAE. As part of its corporate sustainability programme ‘Let’s Do Better Together’, the campaign aims to inspire customers to enjoy a more sustainable diet and healthy lifestyle by shopping plant-based products. With big plans for 2021, including the official launch of its […]
Every drop counts
By Ayesha Al Marzooqi, Assistant Manager, Sustainability and Innovation – Sustainability, Expo 2020 Dubai Sustainability isn’t a new concept in the UAE – Expo 2020 Dubai adopted Sustainability as a key subtheme with respect to our ancestors who lived in the harsh desert by taking from the land and sea only what they needed […]
MBRSC Releases 0.7 Meter Satellite Image “Mosaic” captured by KhalifaSat
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) today announced the completion of an updated map of the Abu Dhabi and Dubai using the UAE’s first high-resolution satellite image “Mosaic”, captured by KhalifaSat. The system captures a matrix of individual digital images to create a single high-resolution picture of the UAE’s terrain. This imaging system by […]
UPS’s Electric Quadricycle “eQuad”
Reaffirming its commitment to industry-leading, sustainable city logistics solutions, UPS received the company’s newly updated eQuad, a four-wheeled e-assist quadricycle, in the UAE. The eQuad has been built in partnership with Fernhay, a UK-based manufacturing and design company committed to creating zero-emission products for logistics deliveries. Luke Wake, vice president of maintenance and engineering, UPS, […]
Sustaining Tourism Responsibly with HE Helal Saeed Al Marri
1. How did the UAE begin its journey towards sustainable tourism? What success has been seen so far? Sustainability has undoubtedly been a key priority for the UAE government for many years, with the UAE actively working to enhance its role among leading nations in the field of sustainability, and to bolster its position as […]
