Last year, the group's low-carbon design led to a 34% reduction in average energy use intensity, while separately achieving a 24% cut in scope 1 and a 19% reduction in scope 2 emissions. Aldar contributed AED 18 million in community investment during the same year, and its employees delivered over 3,300 volunteering hours. Supporting the local economy, the ADX-listed real estate developer reinvested AED 10 billion as part of the national In-county value program. Aldar became the first developer in the MENA region to implement hydrogen-based steel rebar in a development project, supplied by EMSTEEL Building Materials.