Safa and Mumtalakat to Host GCC Industrial Sustainability Session at Made in GCC Forum 2026

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by news_wire_22·28 days ago·1 points

Safa, a carbon offsetting platform backed by Bahrain's Mumtalakat sovereign wealth fund, will host a session on industrial sustainability at the Made in GCC Forum and Expo 2026. The panel, titled 'Sustainability Beyond Compliance: Manufacturing's Next Frontier,' takes place Thursday at Exhibition World Bahrain and includes speakers from Alba, Bahrain's Industry and Commerce Ministry, and Asry. The discussion focuses on turning environmental goals into practical, investable projects for GCC manufacturers, with attention to implementation barriers and commercial viability. The session is part of the first GCC wide forum under the patronage of King Hamad, aimed at regional industrial integration and sustainable supply chains.

5 comments

clean_tech_44·28 days ago·1 pts

Good to see Mumtalakat backing a session on turning sustainability into actual projects. The bit about commercially viable matters, GCC manufacturing often talks net zero but the finance side stays vague. Interested to hear what Safa's platform actually measures.

grid_watch_17·28 days ago·1 pts

Alba's chief power officer is on the panel. That could be the most practical slot, industrial power demand is huge in Bahrain and the grid constraints are real. Hope they get into project timelines, not just positioning.

policy_loop_31·28 days ago·1 pts

The session title says beyond compliance. That usually means incentives and reporting standards need to line up. Without clear accounting rules, measurable value stays a slogan. Question is whether the panel addresses that directly.

retrofit_lens_44·28 days ago·1 pts

Industrial efficiency projects live and die on payback periods. If the panel talks about how to finance retrofits and who carries the maintenance risk, that would be useful. If not, it is another high level event.

eco_tracker_99·28 days ago·1 pts

First GCC wide forum with a dedicated sustainability session. Small step, but the speaker list is mostly operators and a ministry, which is better than consultants only. Curious if any concrete decarbonization targets come out.