Environmental Investment 2024 monitors investment opportunities and financing programs for environmental projects
The Environmental Investment Forum 2024, organized by the Asharqia Chamber on Sunday, May 5, 2024, under the patronage of the Prince of the Eastern Province, His Royal Highness Prince Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, under the slogan (Restoration and Sustainability), monitors investment opportunities and support and financing programs for environmental projects.
Al-Raziza said that the environmental sector receives great attention from the state, which has launched strategies, programs and initiatives supporting the advancement of the environmental sector in its various fields, noting that the Kingdom has adopted a comprehensive vision for environmental systems through sustainable agriculture, protection of the natural environment and preservation of biological diversity, in the belief that working to combat Climate change enhances competitiveness and creates millions of jobs.
He stressed that Vision 2030, since its launch, has contributed to developing cities and improving the quality of life through a sustainable green future that has enhanced urban life and provided vast green spaces and opportunities to connect with nature.
Al-Raziza explained that the forum comes in support of efforts to enable investment in natural resources in a way that contributes to achieving water and food security, and the development and diversification of value-added goods and services to the national economy, by highlighting the importance of the environment and ways to preserve it, and addresses the impact of regulations and legislation related to the environment on the business sector. With regard to unifying the issuance of investment permits related to the environmental sector, it reviews investment opportunities for the business sector in the field of the environment, as well as the financing channels available to investors in the sector.
He pointed out that the forum supports environmental protection practices by extracting experiences, reviewing and evaluating the opportunities granted by regulations and legislation in achieving environmental sustainability and their effects on the private sector, and enriching dialogue and discussion on the mechanisms and applications of the National Environment Strategy, the role of the National Center for Oversight of Environmental Compliance, and the issues of desertification and combating it. And the state’s efforts in environmental reform and assessment, and other topics related to the Kingdom’s experience in environmental investment.
