Sustainability

    Greenpeace: half a century on the frontline of environmental photo activism

    Fifty years ago, on 15 September 1971, a ship named the Greenpeace set out to confront and stop US nuclear weapons testing at Amchitka, one of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska. On the organization’s 50th anniversary, the former head of photography at Greenpeace International told The Guardian about the motives behind the creation of […]

    Bioplastics, electric cars, and a vegan diet will not save the planet – a brief explanation

    “Once, by giving flowers to your grandmother, you received plus 145 points for karma. Today – minus four: for unintentionally supporting underground workshops, pesticides and the head of a company that committed a crime against many people and one horse,” says the protagonist of the series “In a better world.” Today, environmental issues are indeed […]

    Muscat Stock Exchange establishes the environmental department

    A new department under the name of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and diversity and inclusion (DI) framework was announced by Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX) on November 14, Times of Oman reports. The exchange has also appointed Majida bint Sheikhan Al Mamari as the head of this initiative. The setting up of this section comes […]

    DHL Global Forwarding and CFC Fert/Evergrow sign MoU

    DHL Global Forwarding and CFC Fert/Evergrow have partnered to develop exclusive logistics solutions for the latter, covering all aspects of the company’s logistics needs across the globe in line with their growth plans, GDNonline reports. DHL Global Forwarding will manage all logistical movements, as well as import requirements across CFC Fert/Evergrow ’s operations globally. In […]

    Sustainability is a top priority for business leaders across Mideast

    Middle East business leaders and decision-makers consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives to be a top business priority, focusing on energy management and occupant safety and well-being, GDNonline states. According to a survey commissioned by Honeywell on building sustainability and energy management, more than 300 business leaders and decision-makers in the UAE, Saudi Arabia […]

    Environmental activists in Europe blocked Amazon’s centers on Black Friday due to excessive consumption

    On Friday, November 26, the environmental group Extinction Rebellion blocked the entrances to 13 Amazon distribution centers in the UK (including its largest one, in the Scottish town of Dunfermline) and one each in Germany and the Netherlands, the BBC and Reuters reported. Police arrested five people at a protest in Dartford and 17 in […]

    Down to Earth: Jameel Arts Centre’s annual festival celebrated ecology and the environment

    Now in its second year, Down to Earth, a festival around ecology and sustainability, returned to Jameel Arts Centre from November 26. Free and open to the public, the event took place from November 26 to 27, the National News states. The two-day event included workshops, demonstrations and information stalls for children and adults on […]

    “Whatever path you choose in life, be a friend to the environment” – the UAE Minister

    Let’s get to know what the UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment and Minister of State for Food Security Mariam Al Mheiri had written in her open letter to Emirates youth. It was published on October 27th, before COP26.   To our youth, With the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, Cop26, in Glasgow approaching, […]

    ‘Iraq – a sustainable future’: IBBC’s Autumn conference is back with a bang and opens for business engagement

    The IBBC Autumn Conference in Dubai is a must-attend returned to in-person events on 22 November, at the Address Hotel, Dubai Marina, UAE. IBBC hosted many of the key companies and officials who make the decisions on Iraq’s future business. Among them were the main stakeholders in the energy sector in Iraq. This years conference […]

    Protest camp: how activists stop the eco-catastrophe on the Baltic coast

    In the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation, activists set up a camp to protect the forest. They say that the local ecosystem is threatened by the illegal construction of the Primorsky Universal Transshipment Complex (Primorsky UPC).     The forest has been mercilessly cut down for the third year in a row for the […]