"Industrial Environment: Challenges and Possible Solutions"
Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) organized workshops for factories in Dammam 1st. and 2nd. and Riyadh 1st. and 2nd. Industrial cities, as part of an awareness campaign to preserve the environment. Soon a third workshop will be organized in Jeddah.
With this campaign "MODON" aims to raise awareness to the factories of the importance to comply with regulations and requirements of the environment so as to maintain the integrity of the environment and safety of workers operating in the factories and in general, the safety of the community. Also ways to improve the status of the factories, in terms of preserving the environment, were discussed. MODON provided a presentation about the importance of the environment and long-term sustainable development, and the interest gained by the factories. Eng. Muwaffaq Al-Rasheed Environmental Consulting Office provided the appropriate solutions and consultations in the seminar and raised awareness to participants of the necessary environmental aspects. The title of the seminar was: "Industrial Environment Challenges and Possible Solutions". A total number of 120 factory managers and environment and safety specialists from 61 factories participated in the seminar.
Both seminars witnessed interaction amongst attendees during the seminar. Many questions related to environment were put up. Leaflets and publications relevant to awareness campaign were also distributed. At the end of the seminar, the attendees appreciated the efforts exerted to raise awareness over the past years and the solutions to the causes of pollution and reduction of such pollution resulting from such efforts.
Meanwhile, the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) was established in 2001. MODON is responsible for the development of integrated service lands, where MODON has established industrial cities in various regions of the Kingdom and currently oversees 28 existing or underdevelopment cities which include: Riyadh (1st., 2nd. & 3rd.), Jeddah (1st., 2nd. & 3rd.), Dammam (1st., 2nd. & 3rd.), Makkah, Qassim 1st. , Al-Ahsa, Al-Madinah, Al-Kharj, Sudair, Ha'il, Tabuk, Ar'ar, Al-Jouf, Assir, Jazan, Najran, , Al-Baha, Qassim 2nd.,Taif, Al-Zulfi, Shaqraa, Hafr Al-Batin. There are cities under planning and designing stages as well, which include Salwa, Dhuba, Al-Baha 2nd., Military industries and Jeddah 4th. It is targeted that during the coming five years, the number of industrial cities shall reach 40 industrial cities with developed industrial lands of not less than 160 million square meters.
The existing industrial cities accommodate more than 3 thousand factories with investments exceeding 250 billion riyals and employing more than 300 thousand workers.
MODON is also responsible for creating ideal environment for developing and upgrading technology zones in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where MODON is currently overseeing two technology zones and six private industrial cities.
© Press Release 2012
