2021 Eco Excellence Awards

Eco Excellence Awards 2021 BUILD 15 Oct21244 ith a primary focus on the environment, Milieu Environmental Consultancy aids businesses in completing their operations in compliance with regulatory and market requirements. The privately held corporation is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and has completed projects throughout the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Since January 2018, the company has executed over 60 projects in the property and infrastructure development, tourism and hospitality, healthcare and renewable energy sectors. Working on a project-to-project system, Milieu Environmental Consultancy offers a bespoke service, tailoring its products towards each projects unique requirements. Starting from initiating sustainability strategy and goals, proposing a roadmap, to implementation, to reporting and auditing, the company has worked on projects under the umbrella of Masdar, Expo 2020, Al Dar, and others. Moreover, each project is conducted with the LEED system firmly in mind – ensuring that each project is sustainable, not just in the developmental stages but for the long term. As sustainability consultants, Milieu Environmental Consultancy has the chance to supply its expertise to numerous types of projects. For example, the company was hired to enhance an office development project. After running across complications, Milieu Environmental Consultancy spent weeks conferring with different systems designers until it came up with the ideal sustainability strategy. Ultimately, the assessments and discussions included façade design and system selection, MEP systems and firefighting systems, and IT systems. The project is now under construction, with Milieu Environmental Consultancy ensuring that it complies with sustainable and green building practices. Dedicated to quality, Milieu Environmental Consultancy’s mission is to seamlessly provide an unmatched service. Indeed, it endeavours to go above and beyond the current industry standards as it understands the importance of customer service. Over the past four years, the company has consistently promoted quality through providing intensive training programmes to its staff, namely its environmental services team. This is further supplemented through the numerous opportunities for staff to attend industry related events, external courses, and the possibility of obtaining certifications. Of course, such a mission would be impossible without an expert and dynamic team. Milieu Environmental Consultancy prioritises the empowerment of women and young professionals and has cultivated a balance between industry experts and passionate newcomers. This has benefited the company because it has introduced a deep understanding of the industry whilst also maintaining an abundance of fresh ideas. Furthermore, Milieu Environmental Consultancy believes in the importance of people and their wellness, as a result it allows employees to work flexibly so long as they perform up to expectations and within set timeframes. The outbreak of Covid-19 has been a key challenge for many businesses, and this included Milieu Environmental Consultancy. Business slowed dramatically, however, instead of accepting defeat the company used this time to its advantage. It encouraged its team to work on projects that would facilitate new opportunities for the company – therefore, the company’s founding partner participated in the first Academy of Women Entrepreneurs in the region. Additionally, the technical team completed certifications in four new fields that the company will be offering within the first quarter of 2022. The future looks increasingly bright for the company. Alongside its expansion of services, Milieu Environmental Consultancy recently signed a contract to obtain LEED certifications for several Data Centre projects in the UAE, which will possibly be extended to a regional level. In addition, the company has been selected as a sustainability consultant for a landmark project in Riyadh, and as an environmental consultant for a project in Saudi Arabia. Going forward, it hopes to have a strong presence in Saudi Arabia, taking into consideration the sustainability and number of the projects there. Contact: Lubna Hazem Sinan Company: Milieu Environmental Consultancy Web Address: www.milieu-mena.net W Best Sustainable Development Consultancy 2021 – GCC &Most Eco-Friendly LEED Implementation Project 2021: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi – Oncology Center Milieu, meaning the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops, i.e., environment, is what surrounds us. It encompasses our lives; from the people we interact with to our surroundings. Henceforth, this is the driving force behind Milieu Environmental Consultancy’s operations. Committed to quality, community, and conserving the environment, Milieu Environmental Consultancy has its sights set on developing a better, greener world for future generations. Milieu Environmental Consultancy