Riyadh: Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of King Khalid Foundation (KKF), and Chairman of the Award Committee Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz presented the National Water Company (NWC) with the number one prize in environmental sustainability standards for 2025. NWC CEO Dr. Fuad bin Ahmed Al AlSheikh Mubarak received the award at the ceremony held yesterday at the King Khalid Foundation headquarters in Riyadh. He expressed gratitude to Prince Faisal for auspicing the ceremony. He also thanked the members of the award and judgment committees for nominating the NWC for the award.

According to Saudi Press Agency, the award criteria included important environmental aspects such as the climate standard, which includes a net zero emission strategy in line with the Kingdom's 2060 goals; the materials and waste standard, which includes sludge management targets; the reuse of gases generated from sludge to produce bioenergy at the Ajyal and Hit plants; the energy standard, which includes reduction targets, alternative energy generation, and targeted solar energy projects; and the water standard, which includes water loss management targets, setting explicit targets with a sustainable impact, reusing treated water for afforestation, and ensuring water and treated water checks through quality tests, and the nature standard which includes afforestation initiatives and targets, NWC oases, and the agreements with national entities and royal preserves.