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Cathay Pacific to Half Single-Use Plastic Footprint by 2022
The Cathay Pacific Group has released its 2019 Sustainable Development Report, providing a comprehensive overview of Cathay Pacific’s and its subsidiaries’ approach to and performance in the areas of environmental, social and governance that are of great importance to its stakeholders. In his message in the report, Cathay Pacific Chief Executive Officer Augustus Tang writes: […]
TRSDC Awards Sustainable Transport Contract
The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer of the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism project, has awarded a contract to global engineering firm Mott MacDonald to provide consultancy services to determine the optimal sustainable vehicle and fleet configuration at the destination. “We’re looking forward to working with Mott MacDonald, who are well aligned […]
Jafza Records 10.6% Increase In Retail And E-Commerce Business
Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), the leading business and logistics hub, has recently recorded 10.6% growth in the retail and e-commerce sector with a total trade value of AED 37.6 Billion despite the sudden challenges facing both regional and global economy in recent times. More than 1000 companies from 96 countries play a pivotal role […]
Financing the Sustainable Recovery
By Marion Amiot, Senior Economist at S&P Global Ratings As the rate of new coronavirus cases and deaths slows across the European Union, and governments look for lockdown exit strategies, more and more voices are calling for a green recovery. The EU is intending to use its pandemic recovery plan to reinforce its fight […]
Farnek Launches State-of-the-Art Remote Energy Audit System
Leading UAE-based technology and sustainability-driven facilities management (FM) company Farnek, will utilise virtual video tools and online data collection, to provide building owners and tenants with recommendations to improve energy performance and cut costs, remotely. The remote system, which has been introduced due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting reduced operations and access […]
UAE’s 20by2020 Initiative Lights Up Remote Community in Egypt
Abu Dhabi, UAE – 17 September 2020 – The Zayed Sustainability Prize has announced that solar-powered lighting solutions developed by one of its previous winners have been installed in the Egyptian village of Habisha, in the Asyut Governorate – as the latest deployment from the UAE-driven humanitarian initiative, 20by2020. With an aim to improve standards […]
The new normal: How Brands are Acclimatizing E-Commerce to Meet Changing Needs
By Natalja Kissina, HR VP Gulf Countries at Schneider Electric As people come to terms with the realities of these unprecedented times, shopping behaviors is one of the many things that have changed. With store closures and restrictions on movement, it’s natural that e-commerce would perform strongly as consumers based at home shift their shopping […]
Sustainability and Social Impact – Do you have what it takes?
The 2020 hasn’t even entered its final quarter, but we can for sure tell it wasn’t an easy one. But, things seem to be getting better, the humanity has adjusted to the new normal and continued doing what we’re really best at as a species – getting the most out of the given circumstances. We’ve […]
ITA Takes the Spotlight at WETEX
Italy pushes to exploit green energy opportunities to help economies recover from COVID-19
GE Commits to Carbon Neutral 2030 Goal
GE aims to achieve carbon neutrality across its own operations by 2030. The company’s commitment covers more than 1,000 facilities worldwide and will focus on new operational investment, waste elimination, and smart power sourcing. The move will support the continued generation of reliable power while at the same time aligning to the important sustainability and […]
