For GCC countries, localised green supply chains offer growth opportunities

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The global economy is entering a new industrial era. As nations accelerate their commitment to net-zero, sustainability is no longer a peripheral policy ambition or a corporate…

The global economy is entering a new industrial era. As nations accelerate their commitment to net-zero, sustainability is no longer a peripheral policy ambition or a corporate responsibility exercise. It is fundamentally reshaping how economies build, source and secure industrial growth.

For decades, globalisation was largely optimised around one overriding principle: cost efficiency. Supply chains stretched across continents in pursuit of lower production costs, specialised capabilities and economies of scale. That model delivered extraordinary economic growth, but it also created vulnerabilities, from geopolitical disruption and resource volatility to rising transportation emissions and dependence on distant suppliers.

At present, the equation is changing. The industry leaders of today are shifting their focus to sustainability, supply chain resilience and long-term competitiveness, and this is driving the rise of localised green production ecosystems.

The future of industry will remain deeply interconnected and global. We are seeing a strategic evolution in which countries and companies seek greater control over critical parts of their value chains while maintaining access to global markets and technologies.

This is particularly significant because environmental responsibility and supply chain resilience are increasingly inseparable. A localised and sustainable industrial ecosystem can reduce the carbon associated with long-distance transportation, strengthen domestic capabilities, create skilled employment and help ensure that strategically important industries remain competitive as the global economy focuses on decarbonisation.

Through Operation 300bn, the UAE is positioning industrial localisation as both an economic and sustainability imperative, with the ambition of increasing the industrial sector’s contribution to the gross domestic product to Dh300 billion by 2031, while strengthening in-country value and sustainable manufacturing capabilities.

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