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Tackling Embodied Carbon Reduction
Majid Al Futtaim- Embodied Carbon Op-ed There is no doubt that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Yet despite the vast amount of information experts are producing on this subject, embodied carbon reduction is a vital topic that commands less column inches and is achieving minimal progress outside a […]
UAE Mission and IRENA to co-host inaugural “Renewables Talks” to address industry’s greatest challenges
The UAE Mission to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and IRENA will co-host the Agency’s Members for the first of its quarterly “Renewables Talks” on 13 May 2020, in a virtual webinar. Set to be hosted every three months throughout the year, the first Renewables Talks will assemble IRENA’s Permanent Representatives and the broader […]
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 […]
Expo Talks: Food, Agriculture and Livelihoods
Feeding a growing global population while minimizing our environmental impact was the focus of Expo 2020 Dubai’s latest virtual thematic programme, Expo Talks: Food, Agriculture and Livelihoods, held on 23 February in association with PepsiCo, Expo’s Official Beverage and Snack Partner. The talks brought together leading policymakers and food and nutrition security experts from around […]
Going for a Green Ramadan
By Veolia. Access the article in The Sustainabilist’s Together We Thrive issue here. During the holy month of Ramadan, the topic of food becomes really important in the celebration of iftars. Food, and more particularly food waste, is also a cornerstone topic in the field of sustainability, when highlighting the fact that food production and consumption […]
The Link Between Spirituality and Good Business Practices
By Niranjan Gidwani, Independent Consultant Director and Former CEO Of Eros Group More and more people today are finding that there’s more to life—and business—than profits alone. Money as the single and only bottom line is increasingly becoming a thing of the past. In a world of massive corporate frauds, values and ethics are […]
The Red Sea Development Company Secures Riyal-Denominated Green Finance Credit Facility
The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism project, announced today that it has closed a SAR 14.120 billion (USD 3.76 billion) term loan facility and revolving credit facility with four Saudi banks. Banque Saudi Fransi, Riyad Bank, Saudi British Bank and Saudi National Bank acted as Mandated […]
Tristar Awarded by Arabia CSR Network for its Health and Safety Programme
‘Safety at Sea’ initiatives were recognized under the ‘Partnerships and Collaborations’ category
Family Eco-Travels in the UAE & Oman
By Karolina Batcho, founder of Sustainably Fine As a global family with an insatiable appetite for travel, we wanted to explore as much as possible of our new home when we moved to the UAE in 2018. However, in the era of climate change and as fervent advocates of sustainable living, we wanted to […]
Youth 4 Sustainability Opens Registrations for Virtual Forum
Masdar, one of the world’s leading clean energy companies and host of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), has announced the opening of registrations for the Youth 4 Sustainability (Y4S) Virtual Forum, a series of youth-led discussions taking place over three days, Monday, January 18, Wednesday, January 20 and Thursday, January 21, 2021. Throughout the […]
