Region’s leading sustainability advocate weighs in on possible solutions Chandra Dake, CEO and Founder of Dake Rechsand Image Credit: Supplied
Dake Rechsand, a Dubai-based company offering sustainable solutions in water conservation and desert farming, has showcased solutions that could help shape the future of UAE’s hospitality industry, as the due date for compliance with Dubai Tourism s Sustainability Board guidelines approaches. The company has pitched in with products and solutions that it believes address a key component of sustainability and carbon emissions in the hospitality industry: water use.
“The per capita water use in the UAE is already three times higher than the global average,” said Chandra Dake, CEO and Founder of Dake Rechsand. “The hospitality industry accounts for disproportionately high water usage – from laundering to landscaping. Additionally, since much of the UAE’s water supply is produced through desalinat
Dake Rechsand partners with Goumbook’s Heritage to align with ME s sustainability goals The Heritage Forest, which ties in with the Dubai Agenda 2040 Image Credit: Supplied
Dubai: Dake Rechsand, a Dubai-based company offering sustainable solutions in water conservation and desert farming, has partnered with Dubai-based social enterprise Goumbook, as part of the Heritage Forest project. The first-of-its-kind project in the Middle East encourages companies and institutions to extend Ramadan’s spirit of giving, to the region’s sustainability cause.
Increased participation in greening office campuses, as well as tree-planting drives, could propel the region closer to its green and sustainability goals, the companies appealed. The Heritage Forest, which ties in with the Dubai Agenda 2040, is a multi-stakeholder initiative aimed at reforesting degraded urban, suburban, and desert plots, in the UAE. The initiative will do this using hardy indigenou
Dake Rechsand lauds the shift in global agenda, towards sustainable growth. Chandra Dake is the CEO and Founder of Dake Reschand Image Credit: Supplied
Dubai: The World Economic Forum s Davos event - the annual meeting of global political leaders and business elite, which shapes policies and partnerships for a more inclusive, cohesive and sustainable future - was held virtually this year, due to the continuing global pandemic. In a departure from previous editions, Davos 2021 featured an increased focus on agriculture and food production, along with their knock-on effects on climate change, water scarcity and deforestation. These developments reflect how the pandemic has reset our attention, on to pressing issues that are nearing an irreversible tipping point and can no longer be ignored, said Chandra Dake, CEO and Founder of Dake Rechsand, a Dubai-based company offering sustainable solutions in agriculture. Access to food is a basic human right
Dubai based Dake Rechsand is inviting entrepreneurs to invest in organic farming Chandra Dake is the CEO and Founder of Dake Reschand Image Credit: Supplied
Dubai: Dake Rechsand, a Dubai-based company offering sustainable solutions for decentralized rainwater harvesting and desert farming, is advocating the adoption of breathable sand technology, to empower agri-entrepreneurship in the MENA region. The global organic food market surpassed a valuation of $100 billion last year. This meteoric growth can be attributed to the influx of entrepreneurs into the market, particularly in Europe and Oceania. But climatic, soil fertility and water access limitations have inhibited a similar growth in the MENA region, so far.