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A strategic partnership between Nasdaq-listed Honeywell and Saudi Arabia’s Alfaisal University to drive greater sustainability in buildings and support the kingdom’s ambition of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2060 is already underway.
Al-Qassim region on Sunday saw 27 different development projects in the environment, water and agriculture sectors valued at $247 million were inaugurated
The governor of Tabuk. Prince Fahd bin Sultan on Monday inaugurated 26 projects worth $667 million which included hydro, environmental and agriculture-related projects.
Alexandra Ingram serves as the commercial real estate services company’s head of sustainability within its Europe, Middle East and Africa capital markets division where she is responsible for embedding ESG into the markets.
While they have not gained momentum on an overall basis, green and sustainability bonds are gaining in emerging markets as financing options for sustainable transitions have become a priority, according to Moody’s.
The European Commission and the Trade Ministers of the European Union, Ecuador, Kenya and New Zealand have joined hands for an inclusive Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate to fortify their shared commitment to bringing the fight against climate change to the forefront of trade policy.
OXAGON, the industrial city of NEOM, will be "a blueprint of the blue economy announced the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. It will rest on the marine industry, NEOM CEO Nadhmi Al-Nasr told Arab News. The facilities will cut the ship-to-factory time to a day at most.
This year, Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), a leading onshore business center in the region, participated in this year’s edition of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland. The event was filled with exchanges on geopolitical challenges, rising global economic concerns, and sustainability, with 2,000 people, including heads of states and governments, company CEOs, and civil society leaders from across the world.
While the world found news ways to celebrate World Environment Day 2022, an annual celebration of the environment, founded in 1973 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and honored by 150 countries worldwide, there was some grim news coming out of the Middle East.
Anita Mendiratta, special adviser to the UN World Tourism Organization's secretary-general recently appreciated the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia while in conversation with Arab News on the sidelines of the 116th Executive Council of the UN World Tourism Organization.