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 […]


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 […]


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 […]


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 […]


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 […]


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 […]


Tristar Awarded by Arabia CSR Network for its Health and Safety Programme

‘Safety at Sea’ initiatives were recognized under the ‘Partnerships and Collaborations’ category


Smart Growth for Smarter Urban Growth

The rapid pace of urbanization poses great threats to a sustainable future. Although cities cover only 2% of Earth’s surface, they are currently home for more than 55% of the world’s population, capture 80% of the global economic activities, and consume more than 75% of the global resources. According to the United Nations Department of […]


Expo 2020’s Sustainability Pavilion

Terra – the Sustainability Pavilion is already inspiring action towards a cleaner, safer, healthier world, with 96 percent of people who have visited the Expo 2020 Pavilions Premiere so far saying the experience has motivated them to change their behaviour. Since launching at the end of January, the Pavilions Premiere has offered more than 50,000 […]