Measuring Success

The Sustainabilist interviewed Gopalakrishnan, Operations Director at Emrill Services LLC, on how this integrated facilities management provider is leading sustainability operations   What distinguishes Emrill from other integrated facility management providers, and how do you communicate these advantages? Through its Sustainability Leadership Plan, Emrill ensures sustainable practices are applied to all areas of the business […]

L’Oréal today launched its new sustainability program “L’Oréal for the future”, laying down the Group’s latest set of ambitions for 2030. In the context of growing environmental and social challenges, L’Oréal is accelerating its transformation towards a model of respecting planetary boundaries and reinforcing its commitments to both sustainability and inclusion. In order to empower […]

L’Oréal unveils its next generation of bold sustainability targets for 2030

L’Oréal today launched its new sustainability program “L’Oréal for the future”, laying down the Group’s latest set of ambitions for 2030. In the context of growing environmental and social challenges, L’Oréal is accelerating its transformation towards a model of respecting planetary boundaries and reinforcing its commitments to both sustainability and inclusion. In order to empower […]

Scoring Sustainability

Developing a sustainability score at individual resident or citizen level could make a sea change in Dubai government’s sustainability efforts. Such a score will be similar to a credit score of a person. To arrive at this score, tracking consumption records, scoring and aggregation by an independent body would be needed. Banks and credit card companies […]

India’s Energy Challenge

It is big, fast growing, with a young population and a middle class that is nearly as big as the entire U.S. population.  Those attributes all line up in the plus column for India, but on the other side of the ledger, this giant emerging market is dealing with a thirst for energy, rising CO2 […]

Only with hydrogen we save our climate and thus our world!

There is no alternative to using hydrogen for climate protection. Climate change and its ensuing measures require a lot of effort, money; and above all the right solutions. Therefore, a meaningful project, which will be perceived worldwide as a model for complete technological change, is particularly important –and that is what the Bonn Climate Project […]

Paperless Efficiency

DEWA’s bank guarantee management process is the first to become 100% paperless, reducing the time needed to complete it by 80%.   Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has accomplished a new pioneering achievement, and changed the bank guarantee management process to become completely paperless. This reduces the time to complete these transactions by 80%, […]

The Real Price Of Fashion

UAE-based sustainable fashion brand builders Femke Speelman from Phemke, and Ayesha Siddequa of Future Fashion talk about the growth of sustainable fashion in the region, and what sustainable fashion really means. “We need to educate our customers about what is sustainable and how to make the right decision when buying clothes.” Femke Speelman, Founder & […]

ACWA Power signs strategic agreements with three Chinese entities during the second Belt and Road Forum

ACWA Power, a leading developer, owner, and operator of power generation and water desalination plants has signed strategic agreements with three renowned Chinese entities on the sidelines of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). The agreements with PowerChina, China Gezhouba Group Company (CGGC) and Bank of China will lay the ground […]

Growth in clean solar energy is a productive and constructive race that will benefit future generations

By HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and MD & CEO of DEWA There has been a global boom in the manufacture and usage of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels in recent times. Very soon, we will use PV in additional areas including in the infrastructure we use […]