Sustainability News

News, insights, and updates from across Goumbook’s work; covering climate action, ocean conservation, regenerative agriculture, clean air, youth programmes, and more. Everything happening in the MENA sustainability space, in one place.

Three circular economy principles to combat the climate crisis

This article was written by Andrew Urevig and originally published on Ensia Energy lies at the...

DPWorld employees plant 100 Ghaf tree seeds

As part of DPWorld ongoing effort to give back to the local environment and support...

Shell plants 100 Ghaf trees in Dubai desert

In April 2019, Royal Dutch Shell pledged $300 million in reforestation and other conservation projects...

Think Tank: the Evolution of CSR

Tuesday, December 10th 2019: Panel discussion held in Dubai at the Zabeel House The Greens...

Community Planting sponsored by Spinneys

On the 7th of December 2019, Goumbook organized a Community Planting event in partnership with...

Ep.24, Engaging women for a better future, with Assia Riccio

Assia Riccio is the Founder of Evolvin’ Women, a platform that helps hospitality businesses embed...

Waste reduction as a priority for the UAE

The World Bank estimates that 2.01 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste is produced every...

du planting Ghaf trees for UAE National Day

On the 27th of November 2019, du planted Ghaf trees to commemorate the 48th UAE...

Dubai restaurants to offer free tap water from 2020

New Food Code move aims to reduce dependence on single-use plastics. From 2020 restaurants in...

Ep.23, The Business of Philanthropy, with Yann Borgstedt

Following the successful sale of his first venture, in 2005 Swiss entrepreneur Yann Borgstedt embarked...

Solutions for water security

“If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about...