PwC Middle East — a member of one of the world’s leading professional services firms and a key advisor to the Middle East’s logistics and transport sectors — and Aloft Dubai South have announced their support to the Fast Forward Challenge 2023 for the second consecutive year.
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Fast Forward Challenge 2023: Sustainable Solutions Edition
Unyielding commitment
Both parties have affirmed their commitment to adopting sustainable practices across their businesses and supporting other industries to follow suit, through innovative ideas and pioneering solutions.
“At PwC Middle East, we believe the business community has a key role to play in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable tomorrow – and we are determined to play our part,” PWC Middle East senior partner, Dominik Baumeister said, noting that the firm’s commitment to sustainability is further demonstrated in its collaboration with the Fast Forward Challenge.
“We are determined to innovate and find sustainable solutions for the industry and embrace the chance to work with and support up-and-coming entrepreneurs,” he added.
About FFC 2023
The Fast Forward Challenge 2023 aims to provide businesses with a platform to showcase their innovative sustainability-focused technologies and solutions, as part of “The Era of Sustainable Logistics” initiative, a collective effort to address the rapidly intensifying climate change, by bringing organisations together to inaugurate a new era for business, with sustainable logistics at its core.
Moreover, this year’s edition is open to businesses, innovators, and companies of all sizes working to enable a more sustainable future for the logistics industry.
Global competition
Shortlisted teams will be invited to attend three mentorship nights, to receive the required coaching before pitching their concepts to a panel of industry primes and decision-makers on 23 February 2023 at the DHL Innovation Center – MEA.
The Middle East winner will then be flown to Valencia, Spain to compete against other regional FFC winners at the Global Sustainability Summit scheduled to take place on 25-27 April 2023, for a chance to win cash prizes, complementary media coverage on www.logisticsmiddleeast.com and more.
