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Saudi Arabia’s universities are ramping up their efforts to boost their sustainability working within an unforgiving status quo of fossil fuel reliance, high energy and water consumption plus rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Public and private universities have in recent years started addressing these challenges by fostering sustainability practices on their campuses and influencing Saudi society to become environmentally conscious. …

China has developed such a robust renewable energy sector that it can withstand the impact of potential decoupling from US markets and suppliers, say experts as Sino-American relations sour. But good relations and cooperation would strengthen both sides’ shift to clean power.…

An ACCA co-hosted conference in Dubai has heard how today, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) bloc companies should not view meeting ESG (environmental, social, governance) standards as an optional add-on, which may help marketing, but as a prerequisite for commercial long-term survival.…

The Lithuanian dairy industry has seen its share of highs and lows in recent years, culminating this year in a rash of dairy farmer protests, rising energy costs, inflation, farm closures, and rock bottom prices for raw milk. During the first half of 2022, export sales grew according to Lithuanian dairy producer organisation Pieno Centras (1), as dairy product prices rose and demand remained high, boosting production and Lithuanian farm milk sales.…

Egypt’s buoyant dairy market is riding on the back of the country’s high population growth, but inflation and the depreciation of the currency is keeping this growth in sales in check and may depress earlier positive forecasts. The Egyptian dairy market’s value was forecast to be USD5.06 billion in 2023, with annual growth of 4.37%, according to figures from Germany-based statistical service Statista (1) released in Marh (2023).…

Russia’s bio-based oil sector looks set to benefit from the spoils of war, being poised to become the new global leader in the export of sunflower oil over the current agricultural year, overtaking past export leader Ukraine, which its military has invaded since last February, with 8,317 civilian deaths as of March 20 (2023).…

Turkey is the world’s largest Oriental tobacco leaf producer, but harvests have been impacted over the past two years by unusually hot summers and drought. Ranking 15th in tobacco production worldwide, according to the Izmir-based Aegean Tobacco Exporters’ Association (ATEA), the 2022 tobacco crop is expected to be like 2021.…

The paint markets of the Gulf region’s two largest economies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have rebounded since the Covid-19 pandemic and are slated for growth, driven by major investments in real estate and infrastructure projects.

“Over the past 18 months, we have seen a flat and slightly declining paint markets in the region.…

Worldwide, coatings companies specialising in manufacturing road pavement surface coatings are experiencing tailwinds, as the public and private sectors increasingly grow aware that these coatings present affordable solutions to major environmental problems.

A South Korean pavement surface coating developed by Incheon-based start-up Jchi Global (1), that reduces the scattering of fine dust in the atmosphere – which the World Health Organisation (WHO) says causes 7 million deaths-a-year worldwide from cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases (asthma, COPD), and more.…

Sugar production and consumption are being targeted for spending in new national Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) plans approved by the European Commission as part of a new process to secure European Union (EU) food production funding. With EUR53 billion spent in 2022 alone, this is the EU’s largest spending programme.…