Qatar Cool yesterday joined with other organisations and local youngsters to celebrate Earth Day 2012 by raising environmental awareness and urging everyone to ‘Mobilise the Earth’.

The district cooling company partnered with the Earth Day Network and Qatar Foundation to participate in the Earth Day Environmental Fair at the Student Centre at Education…

McDonald’s Oman (Al Daud Restaurants LLC) has embarked on a clean-technology venture, in which used cooking oil is converted into eco-friendly bio-diesel to fuel its fleet of delivery trucks. The initiative is a joint effort between McDonald’s Oman and Coeja Eco Solutions.

Ali K Daud, Development Licensee and President of McDonald’s Oman said: “We are proud to adopt…

Bee'ah - the Middle East's leading and award-winning integrated environmental and waste management company - will launch its new environmental community portal mybeeah.ae this Earth Day, a new social media hub as part of its community initiative mybee'ah, which aims to bring together environmental advocates and leaders, to interactively engage in shaping a greener future of the…

'Investing in airport capacity while keeping customers satisfied' was the subject of the afternoon's opening panel discussion, featuring James Bennett, CEO, Abu Dhabi Airports Company; Rosemarie S. Andolino, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation; Nicolas Villen, CEO, Ferrovial Aeropuertos; Paul Reid, Managing Director, NATS; and Shane O'Hare, CEO, Royal Jet.…

LG Electronics, which continues to expand its footprint across Saudi Arabia with a host of academies for women and sought-after premium brand products, and also incorporates green technology in its premium products, is set to launch a new Optimus Series & Triple Sim mobile phones, according to James Park, regional MEA chief executive officer of LG Electronics based in…

Panasonic Marketing Middle East and Africa (PMMAF), formerly Panasonic Marketing Middle East (PMM), has used its annual media convention to announce the launch of a complete new range of eco-friendly products for the Middle East and Africa (MEA).

The new products from the Japanese…

Qatar Airways Ltd. plans to invest in California’s Byogy Renewables Inc. to produce cleaner jet fuel from alcohol, curbing carbon output to meet emission goals.…

In line with their commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, Borouge and Takreer, two of ADNOC and its Group of Companies, organize a four-day joint campaign on health, safety and environment (HSE) from April 9-12, 2012, at the Shaikh Khalifa Energy Complex in Abu Dhabi, UAE.…

 Governments worldwide are increasingly taking on a bigger role in the global push towards going green.



And that is no different in Bahrain.



Experts say more national targets and strategy are needed to help promote sustainability in the kingdom.



The Bahrain World Trade Centre is an iconic building renowned for its sustainability. 



Here in Bahrain, where it rains perhaps only twice a year, it is wind…

Delivering the packages to the right addresses at the right time would be two main expectations of a customer from a logistics company.  The Arab-based leading global provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions company, Aramex goes beyond the expectations and maintains a consistent framework for the planning, execution, monitoring, reporting and ongoing improvement of…

The RasGas Headquarters tower has been awarded Qatar’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for commercial interiors with Green Building Rating System - Gold Level by the US Green Building Council (USGBC).

The LEED is the USGBC’s leading rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient and high performing buildings.

According to a communiqué, RasGas employees recently completed…

The Pearl-Qatar has marked its commitment to environmental sustainability by commissioning a mural made with as many as 60,000 bottle caps.

The project, in collaboration with the Solid Waste Interest Group (SWIG) of the Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), was unveiled during Earth Hour on March 31.

The brainchild of SWIG co-ordinator Dr Sarah Clarke and Ronnie Anderson of AMEC- Blackcat, a member of SWIG, it saw Seana Mercedes Mallen, a contemporary…

Mashreq Qatar, a leading financial institution in the region, took part in the Ministry of Environment and Qatar Green Centre's Forestation Campaign for a greener Qatar. The initiative involved participation of 25 Mashreq employees planting a variety of saplings at the Al Bayan, Al…

SABB has marked "Earth Hour 2012" in Saudi Arabia, by turning off non-essential lights in the Bank's main premises around the Kingdom.

The Bank's initiative comes in line…

Supporting the global drive for the preservation and responsible consumption of the world's natural resources, Nawras, Oman's customer friendly service provider, will participate in Earth Hour 2012 on 31 March for the third consecutive year.

As part of its corporate social responsibility…

Empower, the largest district cooling services provider in the MENA region, will be participating in the Dubai Earth Hour celebrations, organized by the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and DEWA, in association with Emirates Wildlife Society (EWS) and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

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 Jumeirah Emirates Towers, part of Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based luxury hospitality company and a member of Dubai Holding, has been awarded the internationally-renowned Green Globe Certification (GGC) following a recent sustainability audit.

The five-star Jumeirah Emirates Towers has been consistently developing its green policies in line with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program and is the first of the Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts to be accredited with Green Globe…

Dubai Airports' conservation efforts are paying environmental and financial dividends as the organisation today reported the results of 2011 energy and fuel saving initiatives that reduced CO2 emissions by 72,793 tonnes, saved 131.9 million gallons of water and achieved Dh15.9 million ($4.33 million) in fuel savings.

"We take our environmental responsibility very seriously and as we step up efforts to limit our footprint, it's becoming increasingly clear that green business is good…

Prince Turki bin Nasser, presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) chief, opened the third Gulf Environment Forum (GEF 2012) at the Jeddah Hilton on Sunday.

The employees of Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company (ADGAS) decided to meet again the environmental challenge and further reduce their personal and corporate environmental footprint by proactively embracing the Earth Hour initiative for the second consecutive…