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  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), the global platform for accelerating sustainable development, hosted by Masdar, will be held from January 15-19, 2022. As the first major sustainability event taking place after COP26, ADSW 2022 will bring together the global community across high-level events, with participants including heads of state, policy makers, industry specialists, technology pioneers ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), the Mother of the Nation, was named the most influential figure in women’s rights in 2021 by the Arab Council for Social Responsibility (ACSR). The ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Adnoc Distribution, the UAE’s largest fuel and convenience retailer, further demonstrates its commitment to its growth strategy by establishing an exclusive partnership with Cars Taxi. The five-year deal sees Adnoc Distribution as only supplier of fuel and lubricants for Cars Taxi’s 3,000-plus strong fleet in UAE. The contract will supply all Cars Taxi vehicles with ...

    Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, has announced that Dubai reduced its carbon emissions by 33% in 2020, exceeding the target of the Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy 2021 by more than double. The Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy aims to reduce carbon emissions by 16% by 2021. This new ...

Dubai / WAM In his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister, on Saturday issued Law No. 21 of 2021, establishing the Dubai Council to outline and deliver the emirate’s future development agenda with a view to boosting its leading edge competitiveness and leadership regionally and internationally, and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to the Emir of Kuwait His Highness Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, on the death of Sheikh Duaij Khalifah Al Abdullah Al Khalifah Al Sabah. HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM In line with the UAE government’s focus on supporting the performance and competitiveness of the industrial sector and easing procedures, the UAE cabinet has amended the requirement for nutritional labelling under the standard No. UAE.S 5034: 2018 (Nutritional labelling of pre-packed products as traffic light colors) from mandatory to voluntary. Under the standard, which was scheduled ...

Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the start of civil site works for the infrastructure of the operation of the electric scooter in preparation for the launch of Phase I of the project, which would cover 10 Dubai districts and start operation in the first quarter of 2022. The step responds to the Executive Council’s endorsement ...

Sharjah / WAM Sultan Abdullah bin Hadda Al Suwaidi, Chairman of Sharjah Economic Development Department (Sedd), and Dr Khalid Omar Al Midfa, Chairman of Sharjah Media City (Shams), discussed cooperation and enhancing coordination between the two parties for the benefit of the investor. Earlier, Al Suwaidi and several directors and advisors received Dr Al Midfa and his delegation at the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business With the end of school term and the start of the holiday season, Emirates is expecting over 1.1 million passengers to pass through Terminal 3 at Dubai International during this busy travel period which will run through until December 21. This weekend will see a peak surge of close to 250,000 travellers departing from Terminal 3. ...