Hand-washing Heroes

Water Alliance, a local nonprofit association, has been quietly rolling out a community mobilization effort to tackle both poor hand hygiene and lack of water conservation at the same time.  The idea came about during the COVID-19 lockdown as the team noticed hand washing videos showing the tap running for the entire washing up time. […]


Tadweer Steps Up Efforts to Ensure Safe Environment for Abu Dhabi Residents During Ramadan

Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center (Tadweer) has stepped up waste collection and transportation and clean up and sanitization operations during the holy month of Ramadan as part of its sustained efforts to prevent the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). As part of the drive, Tadweer teams have been working around the clock to transfer waste […]


Three Consumer Habits for Making a Meaningful Change in the Covid-19 World

By Dr. Mari Luomi   We must seize this historic opportunity to fulfil our generational responsibility to create a better, cleaner and greener future. While governments and businesses also need to act, individual choices matter. There are three green, high-impact lifestyle changes that many of us have already embarked on without noticing. Going forward, we […]


SWS Industries Is Now Using Solar Energy At Their Facility

SWS Industries is proud to mark its three-month anniversary since Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) Middle East powered a 0.55 megawatt-peak (MWp) solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop at their facility in Dubai. Operating since 2004 in the United Arab Emirates, SWS Industries became a valued business in the industry specializing in innovative solutions for action sports […]


The UAE’s Journey to Sustainably

By Maya Abou Jahr, Researcher PhD   The road ahead beckons us to usher in a harmonious sustainable society. After agriculture, industrial, and information age, the fourth wave of economy is the wave of sustainable development or the quest for sustainability (Alleem, 2014, p. 13). The future will belong to companies and people who are far-sighted […]


Unlocking the Full Potential of Circular Economy

By Massimo Cannizzo, CEO and Co-founder of GELLIFY Middle East    A worrying 2.12 billion tons of waste is what we produce every year, partly because we only use 1% of what we buy and the other 99% is trashed within 6 months . The global waste is projected to pile up by 70% in […]


Young UAE Environmentalists Honoured by Bee’ah

Over 250,000 students from KG to Grade 12, 6,000 teachers and 500 schools have been engaged with Bee’ah School of Environment since 2010 26 winners across 500 UAE schools were awarded prizes across three competitions worth AED 243,000 BSOE announces launch of two new interactive gamified learning platforms for young digital natives UAE, 8 September […]


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 […]


UAE’s The Storey Group Launches One Billion Trees Initiative

The UAE’s The Storey Group (TSG) has launched an ambitious initiative to encourage the Emirates’ residents and corporates to come together to help plant one billion trees globally by 2026 in a transformational project designed to help offset the country’s carbon emissions.   OBTI enables people to buy or gift trees, with each tree delivering […]


DEWA Launches online Campaign for World Energy Day

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has launched an online campaign for World Energy Day, which is observed on 22 October every year. This is part of its continuous efforts to engage the public in achieving sustainable development and raise awareness on the importance of energy conservation, increasing energy efficiency and supporting energy sustainability. World […]