Dubai SME, an agency of the Department of Economic Development, DED, in Dubai, mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise, SME, sector, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with The Sustainable City to enable SMEs develop, commercialise and internationalise their innovations in sustainable...
Who is the first Arab to reach the top of the world’s 8th highest peak, located in the Himalayas. Dolores Al Shelleh has set another historic accomplishment as the first Arab to summit Mount Manaslu, at 8,156 meters above the sea level. The Sustainable City had appointed...
The Sustainable City – the Middle East’s first fully fledged sustainable development –won five top awards at the first edition of the International Property Awards – Dubai (IPAD) 2018 The Sustainable City bettered its own track-record of winning it big at the Arabian Property Awards, having...
How far does a strawberry travel from the plant it is plucked from to reach your lips? In the UAE, where demand for fresh produce is growing all the time, the answer is perhaps hundreds or even thousands of kilometres. But a French company is trialling a...
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has recently embarked on Phase 4 of the Driverless Vehicles Project within Sustainable City at Dubailand, Al-Qudra Road over a track extending 1250m. The step is a part of RTA’s efforts to boost the Dubai Government strategy to raise...
The Sustainable City (TSC), the Middle East’s first fully-operational sustainable community, is commemorating International Youth Day by aligning with Dolores Shelleh, the first and youngest Jordanian woman set to climb the Everest, and appointing her as Brand Ambassador. The Sustainable City selected Dolores because she represents the epitome of...
Even as supermarkets in the UAE stock up on fresh dates from the current harvest season, residents of one community in Dubai are savouring the summer fruit without having to buy it. In fact, they are receiving basketful of dates for free. The Sustainable City,...
Collaboration with Google Cloud Platform and SnapLogic, Shift Technologies will provide innovative methods to help the city gain better insights from its sustainability data. Shift Technologies, a subsidiary of the AW Rostamani Group that delivers digital transformation with some of the world’s most advanced technologies, is partnering with...
Diamond Developers has adopted B100 biodiesel to fuel the construction of the new buildings in phase 2 of Dubai Sustainable City, the new developments include Fairgreen International School, Hotel Indigo, and the innovation centre. The renewable fuel alternative is manufactured from used cooking oil consumed by restaurants located...
The Sustainable City, Middle East’s first fully-operational sustainable community, has become the first gated community in the region to release its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory The initiative is part of The Sustainable City’s strategic collaboration with Emirates Wildlife Society in association with WWF (EWS-WWF). The Sustainable City’s...
