The Middle East’s
6. Fahad Al Hassawi
Designation: CEO
Company: du
Established: 2005
Headquarters: U.A.E.
In 2023, du launched the Solar on Tower initiative, installing solar panels on network towers across 60 sites in its network. Each site saves 26.6 MWh of energy per year (a total carbon footprint reduction of 11 tCO2 per year). The company plans to expand this to 270 sites by the end of 2024. By the end of 2023, du had 138 sites running completely on solar panels, helping save 445t CO2 per year and diesel savings of approximately 1.4 million liters per year. This equates to a total carbon footprint reduction of 3,714 tCO2 per year. du plans to install an additional 100 solar sites planned in 2024.