In recent years, there has been a growing interest among private sector organisations and companies in adopting sustainable practices as part of their operations. Competition between companies has been a …
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The Pullman Dubai Jumeirah Lakes Towers Hotel has announced that it has secured its first Green Globe certification. This is a worldwide certification and improvement programme that has been developed …
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Emirates Robotics Competition: Second edition sees students from 14 universities design and create recycling robots
The second edition of the Emirates Robotics Competition recently concluded, having seen participation from 53 teams across 14 national and international universities. Organised in partnership between Dubai Future Labs, Khalifa …
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Burjeel Holdings announces ESG strategy and 2040 carbon-neutral target
Burjeel Holdings has announced a new long-term Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy, setting targets across four key pillars, including a pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. These four …
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UAE’s G42 and Kenya’s EcoCloud partner for 1 Gigawatt geothermal data centre
EcoCloud and G42 have signed an MoU to develop a geothermal-powered mega data centre in Kenya. The EcoCloud-G42 Mega Data Center is planned to have an initial capacity of 100 …
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Last month, the International Energy Agency’s ministerial gathering took place in Paris, while the African Union, which recently joined the G20, held its annual summit in Addis Ababa. Both fora …
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Sharjah Sustainable City & University of Sharjah’s CFAD partner to turn wood waste into art
Sharjah Sustainable City has announced that it has teamed up with the University of Sharjah’s College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD) with the aim of promoting wood recycling among …
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Dubai: Single-use plastic water bottle usage cut by almost 18mln in two years through city-wide can initiative
Dubai Can, a citywide sustainability initiative, has cut the usage of an equivalent of almost 18 million 500ml single-use plastic water bottles in two years since its launch. The initiative …
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Schneider Electric and DataVolt collaborate to drive sustainability and decarbonisation in data centre sector
Schneider Electric has announced a collaboration with DataVolt, a provider of data centre solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to drive forward sustainability in the data centre sector. It …
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The travel and tourism sector generates more than 9% of total global GDP and accounts for one in 11 jobs worldwide. But this success comes at a cost. From 2010 …