The Middle East’s

2. Talal Al Dhiyebi

Designation: Group CEO
Company: Aldar Properties
Established: 2005
Headquarters: U.A.E.

In 2023, Aldar Properties joined the global coalition of corporations in the Race to Zero, with the launch of its own 2050 Net Zero Plan. In the same year, it avoided 13% of embodied carbon emissions across 27 projects, recycled 87.5% of its construction waste, and neutralized 100% of its Scope 2 emissions through clean energy certificates. In May 2024, Aldar Investment Properties, a subsidiary of Aldar Properties, issued its second $500 million green sukuk as part of its $2 billion Trust Certificate Issue Programme.