Asyad Group and The Environment Society of Oman launch Insightful Lecture Series on Climate Change

MUSCAT: Asyad Group and the Environment Society of Oman(ESO)havejoinedforcesto launch an insightful series of lecturesthatshedlightonthechallengesfacingOmanin its fight to tackle climate change. The lectures and technical seminars are planned to take place from late May2023toearlyJanuary2024.

The global integrated logistics provider partnered withESOtoimplementthisjointundertakinginlinewith Asyad’s sustainability strategy and commitment to strengthen cooperation on environment and climate issues between business and civil society organizations acrossOman.

This dedicated series of lectures and workshops will leverage the combined resources andexpertise of Asyad and ESO to highlight the urgency of adapting to environmental challenges and the need for impactful transformative action. Local and international experts will join representatives from both organizations to explain how individual, organizational and national action is needed today, more than ever, to achieve the Sultanate’s climate change goals, starting from its nationalobjectiveofnetzeroby2050.

Explaining the value of the joint initiative, Essam Al Sheibany, VP Sustainability at Asyad Group, said: “As a national and global corporate citizen, we are proud to take part in this initiative as one of our many impactful environmental and sustainability programs. Through this awareness-raising series, our group is following throughonitsunwaveringcommitmenttosupportOman in its endeavor to achieve net-zero by 2050 and play our global part in helping realize the UN Sustainable Development Goals related to climate change and sustainability.”

“Raising awareness amongst the general public and professionals on climate issues and inspiring collective action is instrumental to complement our large-scale initiatives and plans to create a more sustainable logistics sector with a lower carbon footprint,” Al Sheibany added. “Asyad Group is keen on protecting the environment and building a brighter tomorrow, that is why we have undertaken numerous emission-reduction andsolar-energyinitiativesatourportsandgearedupto support Oman’s nascent hydrogen sector, all under our unified strategy to join the world’s fight against climate change.”

Rumaitha Al Busaidi, Middle East Climate Strategist and Executive Board Director at ESO, said: “The Environment Society of Oman has embraced the momentum of a growing and deeper public acknowledgment that we are facing an urgent planetary crisis. We want to encourage more people and entities to joinusintryingtosuccessfullyaverttheworstimpactsof climate change and support the accelerated efforts towards our goals of biodiversity protection and a netzero emissions economy by 2050. It may be a challenge, but it is definitely one worth rising to because it is only through empowerment and collective action that we can secure a better future for our generation and many generationstocome.”

The anticipated ESO-Asyad series will consist of four lectures open to the public, three discussion clinics targeted to specific audience groups, and one white papertohelpprepareforOman’sparticipationinthe28th session of the Conference of Parties (COP28) the annual Climate Change Conference organized by the United Nations.

Asaglobalplayerinlogistics,AsyadGroupcontinues to push forward with its sustainability strategies to create a low-emission logistics ecosystem, mitigate the impact of climate change in Oman and beyond, and transform the Sultanate into a sustainable global logisticshub.