Meet the UAE businesses taking the climate change fight into their own hands

Meet the UAE businesses taking the climate change fight into their own hands

From sustainable-friendly restaurateurs to recycling innovators to CEOs championing eco-friendly water consumption, business owners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are taking the fight against climate changeinto their own hands.

As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) gears up to host COP28in November, governments across the world are coming under pressure to fight climate change and minimize the effects of global temperature increases.

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But on a smaller scale, there are companies in the UAE hoping to do their part for the environment, creating eco-conscious businesses.

Sustainable restaurants

Meet Danish restaurant owner Henrik Winther who has opened a handful of restaurants in Dubai, including the Georgian-inspired Shvili and Italian venue Osteria Mario, and is also eyeing expansion across the region, including in Saudi Arabia. They are among more than 50 restaurants he runs across the world under his business Tigrus Holding.

He named the group after the Siberian tiger, because for the last decade he has been working on a mission to help save the endangered Siberian Amur tiger across the Russian far east.

“I figured I would try to save the tigers and it became just a mission,” Winther told Al Arabiya English.

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