Employees of Grandiose, the fast-growing UAE supermarket chain, recently led a major beach clean-up effort at Imkan Al Jurf beach. On December 23rd, employees visited the beach, which is located between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. They spent hours walking the shoreline collecting and clearing plastic waste, paper and rubbish. Over 50 kilograms of environmentally hazardous […]

Volvo Cars has now formally opened order books for the XC40 Recharge P8 AWD, the company’s first fully electric car based on the best-selling SUV, in selected markets. Tens of thousands of consumers have shown keen interest in the all-electric XC40 and the company already received several thousands of firm orders even before the formal […]

Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai’s contemporary art institution, opens its new Artist’s Garden commission – In Transit: Botany of a Journey by artist Asunción Molinos Gordo – on February 1, 2020. Exploring ideas of interconnectivity, mobility and cohabitation, the live, site-specific installation is a global garden grown from seeds that have travelled in the intestines of […]

Students teamed up with educators at Dubai’s indoor bio-dome this weekend for an innovative recycling scheme which saw recyclable materials discarded during the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon turned into an art installation at The Green Planet. Staff from The Green Planet, Dubai’s tropical haven, which is home to more than 3,000 exotic animals and plants, […]

The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (4-9 February) has today announced a raft of measures to minimise its environmental impact. Its commitment to sustainability includes targets of zero disposable plastic for the 2020 festival, filtered water stations and onsite recycling. This is in addition to many Festival sessions dedicated to sustainability, including the iconic pre-Festival […]