Saudi Arabian Minister for Environment, Water & Agriculture Announces Tanmiah’s Sustainability Challenge Winner

Under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Eng. Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Fadley, Tanmiah Food Company, PLC (TFC) announced the winner of Omniprenuership Award-Sustainability Branch.

Polymeron wins $1 MillionOmniprenuership Award – Sustainable Branch

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 28, 2022/PRNewswire/ — This article was made possible by His Excellency, the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Eng. Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Mohsen Al-FadleyTanmiah Food Company (TFC), was announced as the winner of the Omniprenuership Award – Sustainability Branch.

2020 US$1,000,000Polymeron won the grand challenge because they have an innovative solution for converting poultry bio-waste from a valuable and renewable source. They have developed technology that can make an environment-friendly biodegradable composite material out of biochar. This innovative material will tackle plastic pollution and poultry waste. It will also enrich soil quality, which will help TFC reduce its carbon footprint. Polymeron is a startup from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology’s “Taqadam” accelerator.

The challenge was to find a way to process chicken farm scrap in a cost-effective and economically viable manner that would have a positive effect on TFC as an entity and the environment. Kingdom of Saudi Arabiaglobal ecosystem. Nearly 93 countries have participated in the grand challenge. The other four organizations shortlisted for this challenge were: Insectum, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and Proteinea. EgyptAnd USAGreenfield, South Korea, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University China.

TFC’s CEO Mr. Zulfiqar Hamadani“We’d like Polymeron to be congratulated on winning this Challenge: It is not just a win, but also a win for our communities. TFC is proud to be a part of the Kingdom’s march towards environmental excellence in poultry value chain.

Mr. Ahmed Osilan is an Executive Board Member and Managing director of Tanmiah Food Company. Tanmiah Food Company is a listed joint-stock company bearing the trademark “Tanmiah”. He added that Tanmiah is a major player in the Kingdom’s poultry industry and provides high quality products to all customers. This is due to its exceptional operating model, which is in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 and Green Saudi Initiative. The company’s initiatives in national focus are on the increasing environmental challenges facing the kingdom and how it is going to address them. These include vegetation cover preservation and desertification. Tanmiah also launched the Million Tree Initiative. one million dollarOmniprenuership Award to help you achieve your goals of sustainable agricultural growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We also deeply appreciate and value His Excellency Minister for Environment, Water and Agriculture’s support of the award.”