Go Green

Beyond2020, the flagship initiative launched by the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering award for innovative solutions to global challenges, today announced the deployment of solar-powered health centres across India that improve access to reliable healthcare services for more than 200,000 people.

The Representative Committee of the Hotel Sector Business Group, operating under the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI)’s umbrella, discussed ways to strengthen the sustainability of Sharjah’s tourism sector and elevate its hospitality standards.

Langham Hospitality Group (LHG) has strengthened its focus on resource efficiency and circularity across its hotel portfolio, with each property implementing creative solutions to minimise food waste. Driven by its ongoing sustainability mission, this initiative invites culinary and bar teams to develop unique food and drink items that directly address location-specific excess. It is designed to support more responsible kitchen practices by maximising the use of ingredients, while preserving the quality and sense of enjoyment that define LHG's dining experiences.

There's a reason premium SUVs remain the vehicle of choice across much of the Middle East. People here spend a lot of time in their cars, commuting between cities, shuttling between meetings, while thinking nothing of driving hundreds of kilometers over a long weekend.

For much of the last decade, a green building certificate has been treated as the finish line for sustainable development in the UAE. A project reached its target Pearl rating, or hit its LEED tier, and the story largely ended there, filed away as a marketing point at handover. That story is changing. As buyers, regulators, insurers and environmental groups ask harder questions about long-term performance, UAE developers are increasingly moving past the one-time badge and building systems that track environmental impact continuously, long after the ribbon has been cut.

Dubai has emerged as one of the world’s leading cities in sustainable urban development. While it is known globally for its impressive skyline and rapid economic growth, the [...] 

Al Tayer Motors, one of the UAE’s premier automotive dealerships, has opened its fourth showroom for the DEEPAL Electric Vehicle (EV) brand, on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, in Sharjah.

Drydocks World has completed a major ship recycling project for APT Global Marine that recovered more than 20,000 tonnes of steel, machinery and other materials for sustainable reuse at Drydocks World’s facility in Dubai.

The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has opened submissions for the 10th Anniversary Edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Business Leadership Awards.

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), received Loïc Fauchon, President of the World Water Council, to discuss a shared vision for the future of water governance.