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New project set to safeguard nature

Chief Executive Director of the Supreme Council For Environment, Dr Mohammed Mubarak bin Daina, yesterday chaired a meeting with a number of leading national companies including Bapco, Tatweer, Alba, GPIC and Asry, to brief them on the SCE’s new supervisory project to safeguard nature.

As per the project, specialised consulting companies accredited to the SCE will inspect the industrial companies’ control and verification data to ensure their compliance with the local environmental standards and legislations.

The programme is still voluntary at the present stage, it will contribute to the promotion of the industrial companies’ environmental compliance, ensuring the effective use of resources and energy, the search for solutions for the management of waste, chemicals and air emissions, in addition to supporting the companies’ environmental policies and management systems, the meeting observed.

The companies welcomed joining the SCE’s voluntary programme and expressed readiness to co-operate with the SCE to implement the programme before it is officially adopted.