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Masdar City’s Eco Residences 2 project wins MENA Green Building of the Year
Masdar City’s Eco Residences 2 project, has been awarded the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Green Building Project of the Year, at the MENA Green Building Awards 2020. This award marks the second Green Building Award for the Eco Residence project, after phase one of the development, received the Green Residential Building award in 2018. […]
UAE Launched its First Mission to Mars
This morning, Monday 20 July 2020 at 1:58am local time, the rocket carrying Amal, the Hope Probe, to space took off from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan to the first-ever Arabic countdown for a rocket. The probe successfully detached from the rocket an hour later as the Mission Control room applauded and the UAE […]
Bee’ah with Region’s First Solar Light Show
Bee’ah, the Middle East’s award-winning sustainability pioneer, celebrated the 49th UAE National Day and paid tribute to the seven emirates of the country with a stunning solar-powered light show, a first for the region, at its new headquarters. Bee’ah’s Headquarters, set to launch in 2021 as one of the world’s greenest and smartest AI-integrated office […]
Winners Announced: Gulf Sustainability & CSR Awards
On Wednesday, 21st October, Awards International hosted a wonderful 4th edition of the Gulf Sustainability and CSR Awards! At the event, the region’s top companies detailed their work to improve environmental and social responsibility in the Gulf – and we were delighted to hold the Awards Ceremony live in Dubai for the first time since […]
Trina Solar Vertex modules take Middle East solar market into the era of 500W+ output
Dubai, UAE: April 7, 2020 – Trina Solar Co., Ltd (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”) has announced that it has signed a sales agreement with the Yemeni photovoltaic firm Ai Raebi, to supply 6MW of Vertex series modules to high-efficiency distributed PV projects in the Middle East. The acquisition of the order signals the […]
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 […]
Supply Chains Share Lessons Learned From UAE-led Global COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Senior figures from the UAE’s supply chain and logistics sectors shared their insights into how the country is leading the way in the distribution of billions of covid-19 vaccines across the globe in a recent webinar organised by Messe Frankfurt Middle East. The Vaccine Logistics Alliance (VLA) and the Hope Consortium are two UAE-based groups […]
The Ritz-Carlton Ras Al Khaimah, Al Wadi Desert Welcomes a New Addition Baby Luliwa to The Desert Conservation Oasis
The Ritz-Carlton Ras Al Khaimah, Al Wadi Desert has welcomed a new baby camel called ‘Luliwa’, or more affectionately known as Lulu, meaning Pearl in Arabic to the stunning nature reserve, home to more than 8 Arabian camels and 135 Arabian gazelles and oryx. Lulu’s parents Darling and Bob, part of the conservation area’s herd […]
EAD Rehabilitates Local Samar Blossoms
Abu Dhabi, 15 September 2020: The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has successfully commenced a major rehabilitation project covering a total of 18 hectares in Jebel Hafit National Park by planting local Samar trees (Acacia tortilis) in areas which were environmentally degraded due to overgrazing, logging and expansions from previous infrastructure projects. The Agency […]
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. […]
