close

Articles by 

Press release

PepsiCo & SWMC partner to enhance environmental sustainability in KSA

By Press release on August 5, 2020
PepsiCo and the Saudi Waste Management Center (SWMC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch a strategic partnership that aims to enhance sustainability in the Kingdom. The MoU highlights the two parties’ role in promoting sustainability policies based on international best practices to support a circular economy. The agreement was signed by Dr. […]
Read more

Saudi SABIC to build world’s first renewable power chemical plant

By Press release on August 2, 2020
 SABIC plans to build a chemical plant in Spain fully powered by renewable energy in what is the first project of its kind anywhere in the world. The polycarbonate facility in Cartegena is expected to be fully operational by 2024, powered by a 100MW PV solar plant. The deal will see Iberdrola, one of the world’s […]
Read more

Green goes greener: Hira Walraven signs solar contract with Yellow Door Energy

By Press release on July 27, 2020
Yellow Door Energy, a UAE-based sustainable energy provider for businesses, has been awarded a solar contract with Hira Walraven AC LLC (“Hira Walraven”), a Dutch and UAE joint venture for construction material and piping systems, for its facility in National Industries Park in Dubai, UAE. The 524 kilowatt-peak rooftop solar plant is expected to generate […]
Read more

Azizi Developments’ VCM Places Recycling Bins Across All of Its Communities in Partnership With Imdaad

By Press release on July 26, 2020
Azizi Developments, one of the leading private developers in the UAE, is taking its sustainability efforts to the next level through VCM, the community management provider that Azizi recently hired. VCM having signed a partnership agreement with Imdaad, a Dubai-based group of companies that provides integrated, sustainable facilities management services that enhance operational efficiencies of […]
Read more

Apple commits to be 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030

By Press release on July 24, 2020
Apple today unveiled its plan to become carbon neutral across its entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life cycle by 2030. The company is already carbon neutral today for its global corporate operations, and this new commitment means that by 2030, every Apple device sold will have net zero climate impact. “Businesses have a […]
Read more

British Gas Makes Largest UK Commercial EV Order With Vauxhall

By Press release on July 23, 2020
British Gas announces earlier this month that is has ordered 1,000 new all-electric Vivaro-e vans from Vauxhall – the largest commercial BEV (battery electric vehicle) order in the UK to date. The BEVs will arrive over the next 12 months and be rolled out nationwide across the British Gas engineer workforce. Centrica, owner of British […]
Read more

Etihad Airways, Boeing extend partnership on sustainability-focused ecoDemonstrator program

By Press release on July 21, 2020
Etihad Airways and Boeing will work together starting in August on the seventh iteration of the ecoDemonstrator program to test innovative technologies in the air, building on the core innovation and sustainability tenets of their strategic partnership signed in November 2019. The ecoDemonstrator program utilizes commercial aircraft as flying testbeds to accelerate technology development that […]
Read more

Scottish startup Kenoteq launches sustainable brick made almost entirely of construction waste

By Press release on July 14, 2020
Scottish startup Kenoteq has launched the K-Briq – a more sustainable building brick that is unfired and made of 90 per cent construction waste. Invented by engineering professor Gabriela Medero at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University, the K-Briq generates less than a tenth of the carbon emissions in its manufacture than a regular brick. Medero spent over 10 years developing the product […]
Read more

Talabat goes green for groceries

By Press release on July 9, 2020
Talabat, stays true to its promise for a greener environment by using recycled materials as delivery boxes. This green packaging initiative will be available for all grocery orders made through the app from stores such as Carrefour, Spar, and Monoprix. Talabat sets another first in the delivery industry in Qatar by using recycled boxes made […]
Read more

Khazaen Signs Pact for Oman’s First Sustainable Project to Recycle Waste Cooking Oils into Biofuels

By Press release on July 8, 2020
A lease agreement was signed between Khazaen represented by its CEO Khalid Al Balushi and Wakud represented by its Chairman Talal Hasan. This innovative and environmentally sustainable project is supported by the Implementation Support and Follow-up Unit (ISFU) as well as ‘EJAAD’ as an initiative founded by the Ministry of Oil and Gas, The Research […]
Read more
1 … 34 35 36 37 38 … 41
Sustainable Action Now
© 2024 Living Business. All rights reserved.