Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC) is continuing its national campaign to build sustainable, healthy, and resilient communities with the sixth edition of Qatar Sustainability Week (QSW).

The event will run from 23 to 30 October and both corporate organisations and individuals are invited to participate.

Unique Platform

QSW is a unique platform for promoting the nation’s sustainability vision and engaging relevant stakeholders under an overarching umbrella to achieve Qatar’s sustainable development goals. The week plays a major role in raising awareness about the importance of preserving the environment and implementing business practices that can be maintained in the long term.

Since its inception in 2016, QSW has witnessed the participation of over 160,000 people in 920 activities through the support of 600 partners, reaching more than three million users on traditional and social media. To build on this collaborative success, QGBC, a member of Qatar Foundation, is encouraging all public and private sector organisations – including schools, universities, and community groups – to take part and register their sustainability-oriented activities, initiatives and events for the 2021 edition.

Promoting sustainable living

Similar to last year, there is an opportunity for corporates and individuals to make a special pledge to support their own community in its drive to promote sustainable living. The pledge is an encompassing commitment to protect the environment and combat the real and present danger of climate change by taking bold actions, such as banning single-use plastics, minimising waste by consuming responsibly, reusing and recycling products, promoting healthy spaces, conserving water and energy, choosing a greener method to travel, and living a healthy lifestyle.

The pledge also encourages organisations to join the United Nations Global Compact, certify their assets, issue sustainability reports, and promote carbon-neutral operations. It also challenges individuals to attempt to reduce their own carbon footprint.

QGBC Director Meshal Al Shamari said they are very much looking forward to holding QSW once again. The event is going from strength to strength and with climate change very much in the news headlines across the globe, it’s the perfect opportunity for corporates and individuals to come together to be part of the movement here in Qatar.

We all know about the importance of sustainability, and in a lot of ways, it dovetails beautifully with the slogan for this year’s Qatar National Day – Ancestral Meadows: A Matter Of Trust. The message the slogan is conveying is a call to all of us to consider our environment as a core issue because environmental development is one of the four pillars of the Qatar National Vision 2030.

Environmental issues will remain firmly in focus just two days after QSW concludes when Glasgow plays host to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP26 – from 1 to 12 November.

To register your activities and pledges and for more information about QSW 2021, visit qatarsustainabilityweek.com.


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