(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has announced that Qatar Sustainability Week (QSW) 2019 will take place from October 26 to November 2, 2019.
As in previous years, the QSW will kick off with the Qatar Green Building Conference 2019 from October 27 to 29, with the Qatar Sustainability Awards taking place on October 27.
QGBC also announced that its Qatar Sustainability Week 2018 attracted a record-breaking number of visitors at an appreciation event for the participating organizations.
Qatar Sustainability Week 2018, which took place from October 27 to November 3, was designed to promote a culture of sustainability in Qatar in line with the global sustainability goals of the Qatar National Vision 2030.
According to QGBC's data, 214 events were organised under the banner of Qatar Sustainability Week 2018 by 123 partner organizations, attracting over 30,000 visitors an increase of 50 per cent from last year's event.
QGBC estimates that the wider impact of the publicity around the initiative saw messages of how to live more sustainably reach a further 700,000 people.
Over 100 public and private sector partners that hosted sustainability-related events registered with Qatar Sustainability Week 2018 attended QGBC's appreciation event.
Addressing guests at the event, Engineer Meshal Al Shammari, Director of QGBC, said: 'This was the third edition of Qatar Sustainability Week, which is getting bigger and better each year.
'I believe that we are at an important point in Qatar right now, with a critical mass of people wanting to make a positive change to live more sustainably thanks to initiatives like Qatar Sustainability Week. I'd like to thank you as partners and sponsors of Qatar Sustainability Week 2018 for helping to make it a success, and for your important role in promoting sustainably in Qatar. Thanks to your efforts, we are starting to see real change, said Al Shammari.
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