DUBAI / Emirates Business Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), the Middle East’s leading special economic zone and key growth engine of Dubai’s economy, announced it will waive an estimated AED 35 million ($9.53 million) in fines owed by its customers, in commemoration of the UAE Government’s designation of 2019 as the Year of Tolerance. Jafza’s decision to waive fines is ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Emirates Steel, the only integrated steel plant in the UAE and a subsidiary of the General Holding Corporation (Senaat), launched its fourth annual CSR initiative on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, titled ‘We Give You Smile’. As part of the company’s commitment to families and communities in the UAE, sixty volunteers from ...

Dubai / WAM Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), achieved electricity saving as much as 21.7 Gigawatt Hours (GWh), in 2018, which is a reduction of 9,340 tonnes of carbon emissions through replacement of conventional HID lamps by LED lighting units. RTA adopted a plan for harnessing the LED lighting units following a 50 percent saving generated by trial projects undertaken ...