Abu Dhabi Global Market becomes world's first carbon-neutral international financial centre
ADGM purchased and retired all its 2021 carbon credits via the Rimba Raya project in Indonesia.
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ADGM purchased and retired all its 2021 carbon credits via the Rimba Raya project in Indonesia.
ABU DHABI, 19th January 2022 (WAM) – Abu Dhabi Global Market, the leading International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, today announced that it had achieved a "carbon-neutrality" status by offsetting its 2021 carbon emissions as an organisation, thereby reinforcing ADGM’s commitment to building a progressive and more sustainable economy, and in addition, positioning ADGM as the first IFC in the world to be "carbon neutral." This development came following ADGM’s recent decision to transform the 4th edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum (ADSFF) into...
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