Johnson Controls signs UAE Climate-Responsible Companies Pledge

Johnson Controls signs UAE Climate-Responsible Companies Pledge

ABU DHABI - As part of its commitment to achieving net-zero goals, Johnson Controls, the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, recently signed the Climate-Responsible Companies Pledge initiated by the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE).

Ahead of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) being hosted in the UAE, this pledge bolsters the UAE’s climate leadership in the region as it prepares to harness innovation and cutting-edge technology through partnership between the public and private sectors, demonstrating how the world can take on and tackle climate change.

The pledge was signed during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week which is following a theme of “United on Climate Action toward COP28”, this year.

Johnson Controls, represented by Mohammad Khalid, the company’s vice president and general manager in the Middle East and Africa, signed the pledge during the 8th installment of the MOCCE-hosted National Dialogue for Climate Action (NDCA). The NDCA, a sector-specific assembly, was attended by Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment.

In signing this pledge, Johnson Controls is building on its commitments to sustainability. Recently, the company was honoured at the 4th Emirates Energy Award 2022, at the World Green Economy Summit, in