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We were delighted to host our sectorial event ‘Innovate for Sustainability’, yesterday at the ABCC, in the run up to ABES2024. Organised in conjunction with Kantar advisory partners (KAP), the event assembled an impressive group of entrepreneurs and showcased remarkable innovative products and solutions that have been designed to meet the challenges of climate change and reduce carbon emissions across sectors.
In their opening remarks, Rt Hon Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, ABCC Chairman and ABCC Deputy CEO, Mr Abdeslam El-idrissi, stated that sustainability had become a key driver of innovation as the world worked to reach its net zero targets. Such efforts were a prerequisite for meeting sustainable development goals, protecting the planet and ensuring future prosperity.
Our speakers, moderated by Sarah Russis Kraïem, discussed the benefits gained from their innovations in key sectors such as energy, food security, water and transportation. They also explained the numerous opportunities for collaboration between the UK and Arab world to a diverse audience of industry experts, business executives and diplomats.
Kevin Aisbitt, innovation project manager at Energy Innovation Agency, discussed EIA’s role which was set up in Manchester in 2021 to enable the city to meet net zero by 2028. He stressed that the benefits of closer cooperation with organisations in the Middle East to help reduce carbon emissions.
John Lucy, CEO of John Lucy International Ltd, explained JL’s objectives of decarbonising the transportation of goods by working with road transport companies in the Arab region and drawing upon his previous experience in the development of regional freeports in the UK.
Madadh MacLaine, founder of Zero Emissions Ship Technology Association (ZESTAs), an international trade association, outlined her vision of achieving net zero in the global maritime industry by looking at the impact of shipping on the health of the world’s oceans. She argued that green hydrogen offered an effective efficient solution for ending the destructive pollution of the seas.
Other speakers included John Archer, chief scientific officer at HutanBio, a low carbon biofuels expert, Dominic Quennell, CEO at Enertechnos, whose mission was to increase the efficiency of electrical distribution cables, Richard Hutchins, of PRG Scotland Ltd which was recycling material from old tyres to create low carbon materials for the road construction industry and reduce the carbon footprint as well as Dhruv Shah, CEO at Anzen, who discussed Anzen’s production of the world’s first climate wall.