Go Green

Sama Bilbao y León, Director-General of World Nuclear Association (WNA), has praised the UAE’s commitment to providing an environmentally friendly energy sector through the Barakah Peaceful Nuclear Energy Plants Project.

She said that the UAE’s [...] 

For the 14th consecutive year, Dubai has achieved significant results in reducing electricity consumption during Earth Hour 2021, with a 291 megawatts reduction, and avoided 118 tonnes of carbon emissions, said Dubai Water and Electricity Authority [...] 

Honeywell (NYSE: HON) committed today to become carbon neutral in its operations and facilities by 2035 through a combination of further investment in energy savings projects, conversion to renewable energy sources, completion of capital [...] 

SunKiss, the UAE’s first luxury, sustainable sun care line offers beach essentials that make a difference to the planet. The mineral SPF range, alongside the new Glow body oil, are reef-friendly, natural and packaged in recyclable and refillable [...] 

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has won the 2020 Hamdan Bin Mohammed Programme for the Government Services Flag for its Smart Living initiative, which helps customers monitor their water and electricity consumption digitally and proactively, [...] 

As part of my day-to-day business, I get the opportunity to chat up with various entrepreneurs in the region. A recent Zoom session with Sara was a novel experience.

Sara is from Morocco and like most Dubai-based expats came here for a few years – [...] 

The consortium led byMasdarand EDF Renewables, both global leaders in renewable energy, and Nesma Company, announced today it has reached financial close ona 300-megawatt (MW) utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Jeddah and is starting [...] 

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has lauded the commitment demonstrated by the UAE to adopt the wide scale use of renewable energy resources, saying the UAE leadership have realised the importance of alternative energy sources, [...] 

Digital transformation is the method of just using digital technology to change current conventional and non-digital enterprise operations and practices, or to build [...] 

Will 2021 be the year that plant-based eating finally goes mainstream? With 58% of Saudi Arabians saying they try to eat plant-based foods and 55% saying they believe that plant-based food is better for their health, the answer may just be ‘yes’. [...]