Thursday, 1 December 2022
MENA has been good this past week, at least climate-wise
There’s quite a few rounds of applause due today:
- MEED Projects Awards 2022 and Mashreq named ICD Brookfield Place the project of the year, MEED announced this week. The building is located in the UAE’s Dubai International Financial Center and is LEED Platinum certified.
- Only 24% of Bee’ah’s waste ends up in landfills, with the remaining 76% being diverted, Arab News reported.
- UAE-based asset management firm Kaizen received the WELL Health Safety Rating award for 90 of its assets, the company said in a statement this week. The award was granted on grounds of compliance with environmental, social, and governance standards.
- Switzerland-based Open Minerals (OME) received the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators award, Zawya reports. The company had raised USD 33 mn from investors in 2021, including Mubadala Investment Co.