How BEAAH’s headquarters in Sharjah is nurturing two Emirati women’s COP28 ambitions

How BEAAH’s headquarters in Sharjah is nurturing two Emirati women’s COP28 ambitions

State-of-the-art building showcases the picturesque and culturally-vibrant Emirate's call to action against climate change

Published: Tue 10 Jan 2023, 7:37 PM Last updated: Tue 10 Jan 2023, 7:39 PM

Two dynamic Emirati women — Hind Al Huwaid and Nada Taryam — are powering a quiet change in the sustainability landscape in the picturesque emirate of Sharjah, where a public-private entity’s twin-pillared strategies of sustainability and digitalisation are in sync with the UAE’s COP28 ambitions ahead of the showpiece event that will be held in Dubai later this year.

While Al Huwaid is managing director (MD) of BEAAH Education, Taryam is MD, Civil and Architecture Projects at BEAAH — and their endeavour is taking place under the able leadership of His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah; and Khaled Al Huraimel, the group chief executive officer (CEO) of BEEAH Group, a position he has held since August 2009,

On March 30 last year, BEEAH Group officially opened its ground-breaking new headquarters, unveiling the “Office of the Future” amid the desert landscape at the Al Rowdat suburb in Rodhat Al Sidir in Sidhir, Sharjah. The headquarters building was designed by the renowned late Iraqi-British architect Dame Zaha