The Future Minerals Forum panel discussion at the MENA Climate Week
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Middle East and North Africa Climate Week (MENACW) 2023, hosted in Riyadh, underscored the pivotal role of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) in shaping the future of minerals.
The panel moderated by Aldo Pennini, Director of Strategy, Program, and Content for FMF, featured distinguished panelists, including Abdulrahman Al Belushi, Assistant Deputy Minister for Mining Enablement at the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources; Eng. Saud Al Mandil, Vice President of Technology, R&D, and Innovation at Ma’aden; Dr. Thamer Aldaajani, General Manager of Mining and Hydrocarbon Research at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology; Ali Al-Mutairi, Executive Director at FMF; Dr. Abdullah Al-Nabhan, Senior Director of the Survey and Exploration at the Saudi Geological Survey; and Professor Jim Skie, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
“Minerals represent a crucial pillar in powering numerous industries and projects,” said Abdulrahman Al Belushi. He stressed the need for sustainable operations that minimize environmental impact and ensure community benefits.
Saud Al Mandil emphasized Maaden’s commitment to sustainability in the mining sector. The company is dedicated to minimizing environmental impact and responsibly managing natural resources, aligning with the Kingdom’s commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement.
Thamer Aldaajani stressed the pivotal role of research in comprehending the economic and environmental impact of mineral resources and enhancing their value chains. He acknowledged the challenges faced by the mining sector in balancing the extraction of required minerals with environmental preservation.
Ali Al-Mutairi outlined FMF’s mission, stating, “FMF aims to shape the future of minerals in the context of the energy transition through multi-stakeholder dialogue and collaboration. The Forum serves as an international platform, fostering opportunities for entities involved in the mining sector to explore potential opportunities across the mineral super region, which stretches from Africa through West and Central Asia.”
Abdullah Al-Nabhan elaborated on the geological characteristics of the Arabian Shield, highlighting its abundant mineral resources essential for the green energy transition. Meanwhile, Professor Jim Skea announced, that for the first time, the IPCC will incorporate the role of minerals in the energy transition as part of its next multi-year report.
The third edition of FMF, under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, will be held from January 9-11, 2024, at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh.
The Future Minerals Forum panel discussion at the MENA Climate Week
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Middle East and North Africa Climate Week (MENACW) 2023, hosted in Riyadh, underscored the pivotal role of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) in shaping the future of minerals.
The panel moderated by Aldo Pennini, Director of Strategy, Program, and Content for FMF, featured distinguished panelists, including Abdulrahman Al Belushi, Assistant Deputy Minister for Mining Enablement at the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources; Eng. Saud Al Mandil, Vice President of Technology, R&D, and Innovation at Ma’aden; Dr. Thamer Aldaajani, General Manager of Mining and Hydrocarbon Research at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology; Ali Al-Mutairi, Executive Director at FMF; Dr. Abdullah Al-Nabhan, Senior Director of the Survey and Exploration at the Saudi Geological Survey; and Professor Jim Skie, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
“Minerals represent a crucial pillar in powering numerous industries and projects,” said Abdulrahman Al Belushi. He stressed the need for sustainable operations that minimize environmental impact and ensure community benefits.
Saud Al Mandil emphasized Maaden’s commitment to sustainability in the mining sector. The company is dedicated to minimizing environmental impact and responsibly managing natural resources, aligning with the Kingdom’s commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement.
Thamer Aldaajani stressed the pivotal role of research in comprehending the economic and environmental impact of mineral resources and enhancing their value chains. He acknowledged the challenges faced by the mining sector in balancing the extraction of required minerals with environmental preservation.
Ali Al-Mutairi outlined FMF’s mission, stating, “FMF aims to shape the future of minerals in the context of the energy transition through multi-stakeholder dialogue and collaboration. The Forum serves as an international platform, fostering opportunities for entities involved in the mining sector to explore potential opportunities across the mineral super region, which stretches from Africa through West and Central Asia.”
Abdullah Al-Nabhan elaborated on the geological characteristics of the Arabian Shield, highlighting its abundant mineral resources essential for the green energy transition. Meanwhile, Professor Jim Skea announced, that for the first time, the IPCC will incorporate the role of minerals in the energy transition as part of its next multi-year report.
The third edition of FMF, under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, will be held from January 9-11, 2024, at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh.
New York, New York, Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Water Resilience Coalition (WRC), an industry-driven, CEO-led initiative convening global companies to address the global water crisis, today announced the launch of the Women + Water Collaborative, a flagship corporate collective action program to improve access to clean water and sanitation in India.
Gap Inc., Cargill, and GSK, in partnership with WaterAid and the Water Resilience Coalition, are launching the initiative to improve health, livelihoods, and climate resilience in water-stressed communities in India, beginning with the Krishna and Godavari basins. The WRC is an initiative of the CEO Water Mandate, a partnership between the UN Global Compact and the Pacific Institute.
This marks the first time that companies from different sectors spanning apparel, biopharma, and agriculture have united with shared goals, metrics, and governance to provide access to clean water and sanitation in the same communities. The Collaborative builds on the success of the previous USAID Gap Inc. Women + Water Alliance, which empowered over 2.4 million people to improve their access to water and sanitation in India between 2017 and 2023. This is one of 21 collective action projects in 15 basins underway across Asia, Africa, South America, and North America as part of the Water Resilience Coalition’s 2030 ambition to build water resilience across 100 Priority Basins.
The Women + Water Collaborative will improve the availability and quality of water in priority river basins through water replenishment and conservation using methods such as rainwater harvesting. It will provide communities with safe drinking water and climate-resilient sanitation and hygiene infrastructure and services. Although women in rural India play a crucial role in water collection and use, their participation in decision-making around water resources remains low. This program will leverage women’s leadership to build water resilience, improve water security, and enable equitable access to water and sanitation for communities at scale.
“As part of the Forward Faster Water Resilience Target and as members of the Water Resilience Coalition, the companies involved in this initiative have joined an alliance that thrives on collaboration and collective action. This cooperation will play a key role in achieving the WRC’s ambitious goals outlined in its 2030 strategy,” said Sanda Ojiambo, CEO and Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact and Co-Chair of the Water Resilience Coalition.
“The Women + Water Collaborative builds on Gap Inc.’s history of designing innovative programs with nonprofits and the public sector, and then convening corporate partners to drive sustainability at scale,” said Dan Fibiger, Head of Global Sustainability for Gap Inc. “By joining across food, fashion and biopharma, we can drive meaningful impact in communities that fuel our global supply chains.”
“Water is essential for human health, as well as for the ongoing production of our medicines and vaccines,” said Claire Lund, VP Sustainability at GSK. “Yet climate change and nature loss are impacting water and health in locally specific ways – with some countries being more vulnerable. That’s why we are focused on water as part of our commitment to contributing to a nature positive world. We are proud to be a founding partner of the Women + Water Collaborative to improve water quality, quantity, and access in India, in turn helping to support local community health.”
This flagship collective action program demonstrates tangible progress toward the Water Resilience Coalition’s ambition to contribute to water security for 3 billion people and enable equitable access to water, sanitation, and hygiene for more than 300 million people by 2030.
“We know that reliable access to clean water and sanitation is essential for people and agriculture. At Cargill, we are focused on improving access to safe drinking water and sanitation, with the goal of reaching 500,000 people in priority communities by 2030,” said Michelle Grogg, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Cargill. “Partnership and collective action are a critical pathway to help us deliver on this ambition and we’re pleased to be a participating company in the Women + Water Collaborative.”
WaterAid will launch the program in five Indian states and six priority districts. The NGO is keen to bring on additional corporate partners to expand the reach.
“Our impact is limited only by the number of corporate partners we are able to bring on,” says Kelly Parsons, CEO of WaterAid America. “We know that solving the water crisis is a business imperative. We also know that none of the sustainable development goals will be achieved without global collaboration and partnership. By coordinating large, multi-stakeholder partnerships, we create holistic impact, at scale. That’s the power of collective action.”
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About the Water Resilience Coalition
The Water Resilience Coalition is an industry-driven, CEO-led initiative of the CEO Water Mandate that aims to elevate the long-term mounting crisis of global water stress to the top of the corporate agenda and to preserve the world’s freshwater resources through collective action in water-stressed basins and ambitious, quantifiable commitments. Since the Coalition’s launch in 2020, 35 global companies across multiple sectors with a combined market cap of US$4.8 trillion and operations in more than 140 countries have joined the effort. For more information, visit ceowatermandate.org/resilience.
About the Pacific Institute
Founded in 1987, the Pacific Institute is a global water think tank that combines science-based thought leadership with active outreach to influence local, national, and international efforts in developing sustainable water policies. From working with Fortune 500 companies to frontline communities, our mission is to create and advance solutions to the world’s most pressing water challenges. Since 2009, the Pacific Institute has also acted as co-secretariat for the CEO Water Mandate, a global commitment platform that mobilizes a critical mass of business leaders to address global water challenges through corporate water stewardship. For more information, visit pacinst.org.
About the UN Global Compact
As a special initiative of the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Global Compact is a call to companies worldwide to align their operations and strategies with Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Our ambition is to accelerate and scale the global collective impact of business by upholding the Ten Principles and delivering the Sustainable Development Goals through accountable companies and ecosystems that enable change. With more than 18,000 companies and 3,800 non-business signatories based in over 101 countries, and 62 Local Networks, the UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative—one Global Compact uniting business for a better world.
DELHI, Inde, 17 oct. 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — À la lumière des récents reportages médiatiques concernant l’affaire Mahadev, M. Saurabh Chandrakar, un entrepreneur originaire de Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, estime qu’il est impératif de s’attaquer à la désinformation flagrante et aux accusations infondées dont il a été victime. En tant qu’homme d’affaires dévoué, au parcours irréprochable, M. Chandrakar a été surpris par les allégations sans fondement concernant son implication présumée dans des activités illicites.
Réfutant les rapports sensationnalistes, M. Chandrakar affirme avec véhémence qu’il a entièrement financé la cérémonie de mariage, qui a coûté environ 10 millions de dirhams émiratis, par ses propres ressources et épargnes. En effet, des dossiers méticuleux et bien documentés prouvant les sources de ses revenus sont disponibles. Des informations circulent suggérant un paiement deux milliards de roupies indiennes en espèces, et tout en mettant en question la faisabilité d’une transaction en espèces aussi énorme, M. Chandrakar souligne le caractère malcommode de ces scénarios.
M. Chandrakar réfute les affirmations concernant les prétendues dépenses extravagantes rapportées par certaines sources. Il indique spécifiquement que tous les aspects financiers de l’événement ont été supervisés par des gestionnaires d’événements professionnels et qu’aucune transaction en espèces n’a été impliquée à aucune étape de la planification ou de l’exécution ; insinuer le contraire est purement spéculatif et infondé. Des documents et des dossiers financiers sont disponibles pour étayer ces faits, fournissant des preuves claires qui dissipent tout soupçon d’irrégularité.
En outre, M. Chandrakar croit fermement que la présence de célébrités lors de l’événement était grossièrement exagérée. Il indique que tous ceux qui ont assisté au mariage ont été engagés par la société de gestion d’événements, ce qui a facilité leur présence. M. Chandrakar tient également à souligner que tous les artistes ont été embauchés exclusivement par la compagnie pour assister et présenter leur performance lors de l’événement. De même, Il n’y a eu aucune transaction financière directe entre M. Chandrakar et ces célébrités, tous les paiements étant traités en toute transparence par la société de gestion de l’événement, via les canaux bancaires légaux.
M. Chandrakar nie tout rapport présumé avec l’application Mahadev ou ses opérations. Les accusations le décrivant comme le « Fondateur/Promoteur/Directeur » de l’application Mahadev manquent de crédibilité et sont sans équivoque fausses. De plus, les allégations concernant son implication dans 60 plateformes offshore illicites sont totalement infondées.
M. Chandrakar dément avec fermeté tout lien suspect avec des individus ou des organisations impliqués dans des activités illégales. Toutes les allégations similaires ne sont que des rumeurs, totalement sans fondement, et rien de plus qu’un « produit de l’imagination » de ses promoteurs, exprimant son vif étonnement face à de telles allégations.
Il est également impératif de préciser qu’aucune opération au Pakistan, au Sri Lanka ou au Népal n’est associée à M. Chandrakar. De telles affirmations sont entièrement fausses et calomnieuses, dénuées de la moindre once de vérité. M. Chandrakar ne s’est jamais rendu dans ces pays et toute allégation selon laquelle il aurait participé à des activités illicites dans ces régions est dénuée de tout fondement et totalement diffamatoire.
M. Chandrakar exhorte sincèrement les médias à cesser de diffuser des rumeurs infondées et des histoires sensationnalistes et exagérées qui non seulement ternissent sa réputation, mais érodent également la confiance du public dans un journalisme responsable.
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DELI, Índia, Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — À luz dos recentes relatos dos meios de comunicação social em torno do caso da aplicação Mahadev, Saurabh Chandrakar, um empresário oriundo de Bhilai, Chatisgar, considera imperativo abordar a desinformação flagrante e as acusações infundadas que surgiram. Sendo um homem de negócios dedicado e com um currículo irrepreensível, o Sr. Chandrakar foi apanhado de surpresa pelas alegações infundadas sobre o seu alegado envolvimento em atividades ilícitas.
Contrariamente aos relatos sensacionalistas, o Sr. Chandrakar afirma com veemência que toda a cerimónia de casamento, que custou cerca de 10 milhões de AED, foi inteiramente financiada pelas suas poupanças e provisões internas. Existem registos meticulosos e bem documentados que comprovam as suas fontes de rendimento. As notícias que circulam sugerindo um pagamento de 200 milhões de rupias em numerário suscitam incredulidade e, embora o Sr. Chandrakar questione a viabilidade de uma transação em numerário tão avultada, sublinha a falta de viabilidade prática de tais alegações.
O Sr. Chandrakar refuta as afirmações sobre as supostas despesas extravagantes relatadas por certas fontes. Indica especificamente que todos os aspectos financeiros do evento foram supervisionados por gestores de eventos profissionais e que não houve transações em numerário em qualquer fase do planeamento ou da execução; insinuar o contrário é puramente especulativo e infundado. Existem documentos e registos financeiros que comprovam estes factos, fornecendo provas claras que dissipam quaisquer noções de irregularidade.
Além disso, o Sr. Chandrakar acredita firmemente que a menção da presença de celebridades no evento foi grosseiramente exagerada. Indica que todas as pessoas que assistiram ao casamento foram contactadas pela empresa de gestão de eventos, que facilitou as suas presenças. O Sr. Chandrakar também faz questão de sublinhar que todos os artistas foram contratados pela empresa exclusivamente para participar e atuar no evento. Não houve transações financeiras diretas entre o Sr. Chandrakar e estas celebridades, uma vez que todos os pagamentos foram processados com total transparência através da empresa de gestão de eventos, através de canais bancários legais.
O Sr. Chandrakar afirma veementemente que não tem qualquer ligação com a aplicação Mahadev ou com as suas operações. As acusações que o descrevem como “fundador/promotor/diretor” da aplicação Mahadev carecem de credibilidade e são inequivocamente falsas. Além disso, as alegações sobre o seu envolvimento em 60 plataformas offshore ilícitas são infundadas e não têm qualquer fundamento.
O Sr. Chandrakar nega veementemente quaisquer ligações suspeitas com indivíduos ou organizações que participem em atividades ilegais. Quaisquer alegações semelhantes são meros rumores, completamente infundados e nada mais do que “fruto da imaginação”. O Sr. Chandrakar manifesta o seu espanto perante tais alegações.
É igualmente imperativo esclarecer que não existem operações no Paquistão, no Sri Lanka ou no Nepal associadas com o Sr. Chandrakar. Estas afirmações são totalmente falsas e difamatórias, não tendo qualquer vestígio de verdade. O Sr. Chandrakar nunca viajou para estes países, e quaisquer alegações da sua alegada participação em atividades ilícitas nestas regiões carecem de qualquer fundamento e são completamente caluniosas.
O Sr. Chandrakar pede encarecidamente aos meios de comunicação social que cessem a difusão de rumores infundados e de histórias sensacionalistas e exageradas que não só mancham a sua reputação como também minam a confiança do público no jornalismo responsável.
WINDHOEK: Namibia Football Association (NFA) interim general secretary Jochen Traut has disclosed that the first and second division football leagues are yet to kick off due to a lack of funds.
When approached by Nampa on Tuesday, Traut stated that division members are organising private tournaments for profit rather than for the league.
“Members of the second divisions from various regions are not taking the league seriously,” Traut said.
The NFA takes the first and second divisions seriously, he stated.
“The first and second divisions are important for developing players,” he said.
The Khomas Football Region Second Division meanwhile has elected a five-member interim committee made up of Immanuel Boois, Waldheim Tjitunga, Lazarus Xoagub, Pascal Haingura and Riaan Kandanga.
