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Although difficult to precisely measure, the following direct results are expected
from the project by 2016:
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• 10,000 new high-quality jobs in the clean energy and sustainable technologies
sector in Abu Dhabi,
• 500 full-time Masters and PhD students, and 80 high caliber faculty at the
MASDAR Institute specializing in clean energy and sustainable technologies,
• a multibillion-dollar expansion of the Abu Dhabi non-oil economy, and
• the creation of a world-class scientific and research hub which is currently
non-existent in the Gulf region; such a hub can become the core of other
knowledge-based activities and industries in addition to clean energy.
The whole society will certainly benefit from the creation of the renewable energy
sector through job creation, research and development in RE technologies, and
graduate educational opportunities at the MASDAR Institute. Society and the
environment will benefit through the accelerated use of renewable energies
developed and/or produced at MASDAR.
ADFEC as The “Prime Mover” in Sustainability and Social
Responsibility
CSR is not new to UAE, the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) 100 which has
been active in the country since 1991 has established a CSR network in 2004. The
objective of the network is to establish collaboration with leading public and private
enterprises on solving environmental problems and promoting sustainable
development through the concept of CSR. In addition, many UAE organizations are
current participants in UNGC.
Building a renewable energy industry is a big challenge especially when workforce,
institutions, and infrastructure don’t have the experience. Therefore, the country will
need the private sector to take the leadership role in close partnership with the public
sector by providing technical expertise, financial capability, and political power to
safe sail UAE in the right direction. ADFEC is considered to be a “Primary Mover”
and will leap-frog Abu Dhabi into the renewable energy sector and will ensure that
the 7 percent target that was set by the government of Abu Dhabi by 2020 is met.
That is why ADFEC is trusted by the government to implement the MASDAR
Initiative. This initiative since its inception had a positive and a propagating impact
on local, regional, and global levels. The MASDAR Initiative has been called many
“names” that reflect its global importance such as a “Lighthouse,” a “Hydrogen
Bomb,” a “Sustainability Laboratory,” etc. Table 3 summarizes ADFEC’s role on
the local, regional, and global sustainability levels. This is not a complete mapping of
ADFEC sustainability and CSR practices but only a high level listing of the primary
activities that shows how sustainability is core to ADFEC. Most of the activities
listed in the table are in accordance to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
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