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 […]

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The RE-NEW Water Challenge

Xylem (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company committed to developing innovative solutions for the world’s water challenges, has partnered with Water Alliance through its CSR arm Xylem Watermark, to launch a first of its kind water innovation challenge for students in the UAE, called RE-NEW. Running over the course of February to April […]

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

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

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An inspiration for all generations

As the winner of the 2020 Zayed Sustainability Prize in the Food category, Mustapha Diyaol Haqq is using his coding and artificial intelligence skills to make a difference, from teaching youth how to code to helping farmers in Ghana protect their crops from disease and pestilence From humble beginnings and no access to a […]

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Academia and Industry Join Forces to Diversify Fuel Sources

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Dubai has joined forces with Saudi-based engineering group, Jubail Pearl, to establish a long-term partnership that aims to generate sustainable sources of fuel to help diversify the region’s energy supply for a post-oil era. The collaboration was sealed with the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and will begin with the production and […]

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DEWA and HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer win two prestigious governance awards from Cambridge IFA

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has won the two most important awards at the Global Good Governance Awards 2020, organised annually by Cambridge IFA in the UK. This adds to DEWA’s global achievements. DEWA won the 3G Leadership Award 2020 (Government Sector), while HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA won […]

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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 […]

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The Future of Payments

The Sustainabilist spoke with Senior VP at IDEMIA MEA, Julia Schoonenberg, on the prospects of future payments and how the pandemic may have acted as a catalyst in reaching the current level of adoption of novel transaction modes. In her current role, Julia leads the Financial Institutions business for Middle East & Africa region at […]

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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 […]

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