As the Strategic Partner of the inaugural COP28 Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum, Crescent Enterprises played a strategic role in aligning with the COP28 Presidency’s vision for inclusivity. This forum brought together over 1,300 key stakeholders—heads of state, CEOs, philanthropists, and NGO leaders—to advance cross-sectoral climate action. As part of the World Climate Action Summit, discussions centred on the private sector’s critical role in fostering innovation, mobilising capital, and forming action networks in partnership with governments to achieve net-zero and nature-positive goals.
In collaboration with the Africa Finance Corporation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, International Finance Corporation, and the World Economic Forum, among other organisations, we helped drive the Forum’s success. Our involvement reflects Crescent Enterprises’ commitment to fostering impactful collaborations that address climate and biodiversity challenges for a sustainable, balanced future.
We partnered with MIT Solve to select the winners of the ‘Crescent Enterprises Climate Innovation Prize’ at the COP28 Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum, awarding a total of AED 735,000 in non-dilutive funding. This initiative reflects Crescent Enterprises’ commitment to fostering innovation and promoting sustainable development.
Emirates Nature-World Wide Fund for Nature
Crescent Enterprises is an annual platinum corporate sponsor of the Emirates Nature – World Wide Fund (EN-WWF).
Crescent Enterprises supports Emirates Nature–WWF’s work in the areas of renewable energy, climate change, terrestrial and marine biodiversity, and education. With our support, Emirates Nature–WWF conducted the bat survey leading to the discovery of three new species of bats in the UAE. As a part of the Gulf Green Turtle Project, a survey was conducted to record the total number of turtles in the region. As a part of the other biodiversity surveys, camera traps have been deployed in the Hajar Mountains to record mammal species in the region. Remote underwater video cameras have also been deployed in the Sir Bu Nair Island to identify sharks, rays and fish population. Other key achievements of Emirates Nature–WWF are:
Supporting the development of policy framework for upscaling the renewable energy capacity in the UAE
Organising Earth Hour, where more than 500 organisations across the Emirates along with key landmarks across the UAE including Burj Al Arab, Emirates Palace and Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque participated in the event.
BEEAH Group
Crescent Enterprises launched a recycling project on all its premises. The project enables employees to make a direct contribution to protecting the environment by reducing waste through recycling. This project is implemented in partnership with BEEAH GroupP, the UAE’s leading integrated environmental and waste management company.
