IFZA meets with Ministry of Climate Change And Environment, reaffirms commitment to UAE’s sustainability goals

IFZA meets with Ministry of Climate Change And Environment, reaffirms commitment to UAE’s sustainability goals

- IFZA CEO Jochen Knecht meets with MOCCAE Assistant Undersecretary for Biodiversity and Marine Life Sector His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Salman Al Hammadi to present the achievements of the IFZA GROW Initiative.

- IFZA Cares successfully planted over 10,000 mangrove trees at the Jubail Mangrove Park in Abu Dhabi.

- IFZA pledges its continuing support to the UAE National Biodiversity Strategy of planting 100 million trees by 2030.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - IFZA CEO Jochen Knecht met with His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Salman Al Hammadi, Assistant Undersecretary for the Biodiversity and Marine Life Sector, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) at the Jebel Ali Wildlife Sanctuary to present the achievement of the IFZA Free Zone Community successfully planting over 10,000 mangrove trees at the Jubail Mangrove Park in Abu Dhabi. This effort is estimated to sequester 2.3 million kg of CO2 over the lifetime of the forest.

IFZA Dubai, the UAE’s truly international Free Zone community, has differentiated itself through IFZA Cares, its official corporate social responsibility arm. The trees have been planted as a part of its flagship projects which is the multi-phase IFZA Grow Initiative, aimed at establishing a web of mangrove forests globally as part of its commitment to