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Keith Bradley

Hotels in UAE use green innovations to reduce costs and improve guest experience

By Keith Bradley on May 7, 2024
Strong ROIs and rising guest expectations encourage hotels to prioritise investments in more sustainable operations. We present three case studies: Hot water The Radisson Blu's diesel hot water boiler was expensive to operate and highly polluting. The hotel replaced it with a thermodynamic solar system. The hotel used an approximate 20-square-meter section of roof space […]
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Al Fattan Energy, and LTechUVC of South Korea sign an investment contract of $400 million for the production of green ammonia

By Keith Bradley on February 10, 2023
Al Fattan Energy will join hands with LTechUVC, a company based in South Korea, to produce green hydrogen-based ammonia. On January 19, Al Fattan Group and LTechUVC, a hydrogen-based smart city consulting company in Korea, attended Al Fattan Energy headquarters in Abu Dhabi for the official signing of a “200MW green hydrogen-based ammonia business investment […]
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10 steps to avoid greenwashing

By Keith Bradley on January 24, 2023
Over the last few years, companies have jumped into the climate fray with gusto, announcing net-zero commitments and speaking ardently about doing their part.  But talk is cheap, and decarbonization is difficult. While a third of the world's largest companies have net zero goals, only 7 percent of those companies are on-track to meeting them. The rest […]
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Etihad, Satavia implement technology to reduce warming impact of condensation trails

By Keith Bradley on November 12, 2022
Etihad Airways is implementing contrail prevention on a special flight during the COP27 event as part of its continuing partnership with aerospace company Satavia. The airline is set to operate a dedicated flight from Washington Dulles Airport to Abu Dhabi on November 13, combining Satavia contrail prevention alongside other operational efficiencies, to demonstrate the potential […]
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ClientEarth commences legal action against Dutch airline KLM for greenwashing

By Keith Bradley on May 29, 2022
The airline industry has a climate problem. Aviation relies on highly polluting fossil fuels, and expert studies warn that the airline industry cannot reach net zero by 2050 and align with climate goals without lowering air traffic. However, KLM’s marketing campaign attempts to convince consumers otherwise, giving a false impression of the sustainability of its […]
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Technology and sustainability: opportunities for the hospitality industry

By Keith Bradley on May 23, 2022
Last week, Globally invited veterans from the hospitality industry to a forum at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) to discuss how hotels are making themselves more sustainable, and the benefits they are seeing as a result. In a recent Booking.com survey, 71% of respondents say they want to travel more sustainably in the next year. So […]
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Mercedes-Benz to establish pilot lithium-ion battery recycling plan

By Keith Bradley on March 12, 2022
The construction of the plant, which will be located in Kuppenheim in southern Germany, will be in two stages. Initially, a plant for mechanical dismantling will be constructed by 2023. As a second step - subject to promising discussions with the public sector - the facilities for hydrometallurgical processing of the battery materials are to […]
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