Saudi real estate developer and a PIF unit Roshn Group has announced the launch of its new flagship programme that aligns with the Saudi Green Initiative by cultivating trees and plants to enhance its communities and the areas surrounding them. 

 

The Roshn’s Green Initiative Center (RGIC) helps promote vegetation growth to restore Saudi Arabia’s natural environment, green Roshn’s communities, and help educate the public on why sustainability matters.​

 

Based in Sedra, the RGIC will serve as the hub for Roshn Green Initiative, offering schools, organizations, and the public a platform to explore and contribute to sustainability initiatives.​ It will be home to a tree nursery as well as an education center that will be open to the public.​

 

On the sidelines of the RGIC unveiling, Roshn also signed four sustainability-focused agreements with Saudi organizations that will contribute to RGI objectives and to wider national efforts toward a greener future.

 

This includes MoUs signed with the National Center for Vegetation Cover and the Environment Fund, along with agreements signed with the Saudi Investment Recycling Company and the Vegetation Cover Development Foundation (Morooj). 

 

These collaborations will support Roshn’s efforts to promote green concepts such as a circular economy, reducing carbon emissions and supporting ecological regeneration.​

 

Launched during the 93rd Saudi National Day and forming part of Roshn’s Yuhyeek CSR program, RGI is an integral part of the company’s contributions to the country’s sustainability efforts. 

 

Ahead of the upcoming 94th Saudi National day, RGI has delivered on achieving the initial dream with 93 green initiatives, which have contributed to vegetation cover across the Kingdom with more than 32,000 seedlings distributed, more than 25,000 mangrove trees planted, an additional 4.3K trees planted, more than 3,000 volunteers engaged and 75 schools involved throughout the Kingdom.

 

Featuring state-of-the-art technologies to germinate and grow local flora, the RGIC will be able to produce 2,000 trees a year, said the statement from Roshn. 

 

Through educational and interactive public engagements the facility will also become a learning hub and will be open to both the public and organizations looking to know more about how they can contribute to Saudi Arabia’s sustainability programs, it added.​-TradeArabia News Service