Webinar | Business case for industrial zones adopting circular ecosystems

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Special Economic Zones across the Middle East and North Africa are evolving from cost-driven manufacturing locations into integrated industrial ecosystems expected to deliver strong economic, environmental and social performance. As investors increasingly consider ESG performance, resource efficiency and resilience, industrial symbiosis provides a practical model for strengthening the competitiveness of industrial zones.

In this webinar, FEV energy+resources and NurZen will explore how latest technologies for exchange of energy, water, materials and industrial by-products can reduce external resource dependency, create new value streams and support the transition towards UNIDO-aligned Eco-Industrial Parks. Participants will gain insights from international industrial symbiosis benchmarks and see how a digital simulation model can identify high-impact synergies, compare development scenarios and translate sustainability opportunities into a techno-economic business case.

The session will conclude with practical recommendations for SEZ authorities, developers and investors, covering symbiosis screening, enabling infrastructure, public-private partnerships, green finance and pilot implementation.

What you’ll learn:

• Turn resource exchange into measurable business value: Understand how waste heat, shared utilities, water recycling and by-product utilization can reduce operating costs and create additional revenue opportunities for zone operators and industrial tenants
• Strengthen zone resilience: Explore how local energy, material and utility networks can reduce dependency on imported resources and improve resilience against commodity-price volatility, geopolitical disruption and supply-chain risks
• Identify the highest-value symbiosis opportunities and priorities: Learn how digital modelling can suggest industrial configurations, optimize resource flows and technologies, and customizable dashboards to compare CO₂ reduction, financial performance and resource-efficiency outcomes
• Translate sustainability performance into investable action: Define KPIs for carbon reduction, ESG reporting and regulatory compliance while using simulation data to engage technology partners, delivery partners and green-finance providers

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