BEEAH group, the leading sustainability group in the region, has announced its commitment to achieving “net zero carbon emissions” by 2040 in all its operations, by building on its initiatives and projects that have started working to achieve this goal, in line with the results of the parties participating in the United Nations climate conference (cop28), the “strategic initiative for climate neutrality 2050” in the United Arab Emirates, and the global goal to limit the rise in temperature at 1.5 degrees Celsius.
At the conclusion of the UN climate conference, the UAE became the first country to submit a global report containing a comprehensive assessment, urging 200 countries to reach agreement on basic plans and practices for the next decade, which include reducing the use of fossil fuels in stages, as the UAE has succeeded in mobilizing unprecedented global solidarity towards the climate and positive action aimed at protecting the environment.
As a climate supporter during the summit, environment group participated in dialogues and exchanged visions and ideas, and launched new exceptional projects to keep abreast of these developments, which enabled it to make remarkable progress towards reaching “net zero emission” within its affiliated institutions, while at the same time helping to meet the aspirations of its partners and the cities where its projects and initiatives are implemented.
Thanks to its strategies aimed at reaching “zero” waste, environment group has been able to divert 90% of the total waste away from landfills in the emirate of Sharjah, and reduced the dependence on landfills and the emission of greenhouse gases caused by landfill or incineration, which constitute 60% of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the waste management sector in the United Arab Emirates.
Khalid Al Huraimel, CEO of Beya group, said:”as a group based in the UAE, Beya group has been keen since its establishment to keep abreast of national sustainability strategies and plans, and the historical developments witnessed at cop28 inspired us to redouble our efforts and endeavors to lead in the field of sustainability.
He added:”in less than 15 years, since the launch of Environment Group, we have succeeded in raising the percentage of waste diversion away from landfills in the emirate of Sharjah to 90%, the highest percentage at the regional level, and we continue to gradually raise this percentage to reach 100% and achieve our goal of zero waste to landfills, and over the next 15 years, we will strengthen our strategies to reduce carbon emissions, and adopt new innovations to track our progress to achieve net zero emissions by 2040″.
Al-Huraimel pointed out that “climate solutions represent the core of our business, and we have provided a role model through our operations, and confirm our commitment to continue providing leading solutions to our partners and the cities in which we operate and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals at the local, regional and global levels.at the same time, we are keen to monitor our operations to ensure enhancing our contribution to positive climate action during our expansion and growth, and this is the main goal of our commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2040”.
The comprehensive waste management system of Environment Group is leading the group’s path towards converting waste away from landfills completely, starting with the use of technology, artificial intelligence and robots in waste collection and sorting, a fleet of waste collection vehicles, and a”waste management complex” that sorts all types of waste, and converts the remaining non-recyclable waste into a “waste-to-energy plant”.
The “Emirates waste to energy conversion company”, which was established in partnership between “environment group” and “Masdar”, supervised the development of the plant near the “Waste Management Complex” of the group, where the plant currently produces 30 megawatts of electricity to feed 28 thousand homes, and contribute to avoiding the emission of 450 thousand tons of carbon dioxide annually.
During the cop28, Environment signed strategic partnerships to launch two projects that add value to the waste-to-energy conversion system, namely the project to convert the landfill into a “solar farm” and “waste-to-hydrogen conversion plant”. with the diversion of waste away from landfills in the emirate of Sharjah, the group will work to close the landfills and take advantage of its space to develop a “solar farm” with a production capacity of up to 120 MW, in a project that is the first of its kind in the region, in cooperation with Masdar and Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (Siwa).
