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1/18/24, 3:52 PM UAE launches new ‘EcoMark’ green accreditation framework for MSMEs – UAE BARQ

UAE launches new ‘EcoMark’ green

accreditation framework for MSMEs

1 day ago News

The UAE has announced plans to develop the first-ever sustainability accreditation framework
explicitly for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). EcoMark Global Accreditation has

been designed to boost the competitiveness of MSMEs in the global green economy by streamlining
and standardising the regulatory processes surrounding sustainability benchmarking worldwide.

The EcoMark certification, which is based on ISO standards and digitally enabled, will include a full
suite of resources to help MSMEs attain EcoMark status, covering document requirement guidelines
and a roadmap to progress from basic to advanced levels of sustainability, and a standardised

application process and complete eligibility criterion for accreditors in the participating countries. The
framework will be overseen by a central body headquartered in the UAE.

The initiative was announced at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos by Dr. Thani
bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, during a panel discussion titled ‘A New

Trade Order: Inclusive Growth’.

The panel, which gathered ministers, policymakers, and academics to explore means to better

integrate LDCs, MSMEs, and female and youth-led businesses into global trade, highlighted the need

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