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With a striking vision and great ambitions, Bee’ah were founded in 2007 as an environmental management company headquartered in Sharjah, to catapult the emirate into becoming the Environmental Capital of the Middle East and making Sharjah the first Arab city to reach Zero-Waste to Landfill by diverting 100% of its waste through recycling and conversion.

Since then, Bee’ah has grown from a handful of passionate individuals into a business driven by the passion of over 3,500 people working day and night to make a real change in the region. We work on touching, transforming and enhancing the lives of people living and working within the boundaries of the communities we serve.

We provide sustainable solutions in environmental and resource management including Integrated Waste Management, Public Cleansing, Environmental Consulting, Education & Awareness, Renewable Energy, Facilities Management and Sustainable Development.

Tamer Mohammed El Gouhari joined Bee’ah in July 2014 as Business Development Manager. Responsibilities of the position include building a strategy for expansion in the United Arab Emirates, GCC and Middle East and managing high profile accounts, companies and clients to establish a strong link of business and partnership. Tamer, a project management specialist, combines his knowledge of business development with client relations to lead projects and drive Bee’ah forward into new locations with new business opportunities, all of which play a central role in the current and future success of the company. Central to Tamer’s position at Bee’ah is his ability to integrate waste management research into the expansion plans of the company. By studying the market and developing knowledge and understanding of the clients’ needs through research methods including surveys, analysis and proposals, Mr Gouhari has advanced the reputation and reach of Bee’ah within Sharjah and the United Arab Emirates while growing our client base. His attention to innovation at the business and updating the latest technologies at Bee’ah has allowed Tamer to satisfy the needs of our clients while ensuring the company is leading environmental change in the region. Mr. el Gouhari has an environmental background including experience operating waste management projects and providing environmental consultancy services and has gained professional experience as business development manager and as an environmental projects manager, contract administrator and HSE manager at Abu Dhabi Holding. Throughout his career Tamer Mohammed el Gouhari has completed numerous training courses in waste management, recycling and health, safety and environment in diverse locations including Austria, UAE and Oman. 

57, British, was elected as a Director of the Bank on March 21, 2013. He holds Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts degrees in History from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, U.K., and a Diploma in Marketing from the Institute of Marketing, Cranfield, U.K.

He is currently a member of the Board of PNB Holdings Corporation and PNB Global Remittance and Financial Co. (HK) Ltd.

Prior to joining the Bank, he was President of Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation, Inc. (PMFTC, Inc.) for 2 years and concurrently Managing Director of Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing, Inc., a position he held for 10 years. He has an extensive 31 years of experience in the tobacco business, 25 years of which were with Philip Morris International holding various management positions including Area Director for Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Gulf Cooperation Council, Yemen, and Horn of Africa.

Mr. Nelson is actively involved in various business and non-profit organizations that work for the social and economic upliftment of communities. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of American Chamber Foundation Phils., Inc., Philippine Band of Mercy and Tan Yan Kee Foundation. He is also a Director of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc. and serves as Adviser to the Board of the Federation of Philippine Industries.
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Opportunities for UK companies:

BCCP provides market access to UK companies interested in doing business in the Philippines. Specifically we provide the following services:
• Contact identification and market introduction service
• Market research/analysis
• Hot desk & meeting room
• Event management service
• Business opportunities
• Referral services
• Market entry consultancy
• Professional business & sector services
• Product regulation & labelling advice

CONSORCI PER A LA GESTIÓ DELS RESIDUS DEL VALLÈS ORIENTAL is a Waste Consortium of regional waste management and treatment centre managers.

• Unified management in the area of Vallès Oriental, including activities and skills for any of the forms admitted that current legislation assigns to the consortium regarding waste management

• Construction, management, operation, conservation and maintenance of the installations necessary for the operations of treatment, recycling and controlled disposal of municipal waste and similar and all in accordance with applicable regulations in the field

• Construction, management, operation, conservation and maintenance of the network of municipal collection centers as centers of reception and storage selective municipal waste are not subject to home collection

• The management and operation of collection service, collection and transportation of municipal waste and similar

• Promoting the implementation of the selective collection and recycling of municipal waste as much of that might be similar to municipal welcomed

• Finding solutions of Sanitation digest, Dehydration – drying waste, Fraction plant treatment: crushing and screening, crushing bulk system, Organic treatment packaging, Gas use from engine cogeneration: heat networks, Systems to scare seagulls, Smart platform management.

Types of Suppliers the Buyer is looking to meet include:

• Waste management suppliers
• Transport and treatment of waste suppliers

Fitama Putri Mandiri is focusing on waste management and water treatment business, including the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction). They have supported the Indonesian government in realising their waste management projects including:

• the Energy Ministry (Landfill in Palembang) for output 500kw
• Landfill in Bekasi (TPA Sumur Batu), and  with the Ministry of Public Works

Some highlighted works include:

• Sept 2014 – Dec 2014: Construction of power plants in the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Sukawintan, Palembang (South Sumatera). 
• Dec 2014: Structuring of Land and Land Cover in landfill Sukawinatan, Palembang (South Sumatera)
• Feb 2015 – Dec 2015: Implementation Consultancy Power Plant Operation Trash Sukawinantan, Palembang (South Sumatera)
• Aug 2015 – Dec 2015: Gas handling jobs in Cell 4, 5A, 5B, and 5C, Final Disposal Site of Municipal Waste in Sumur Batu, Bekasi (West Java)

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Opportunities for UK companies

A residential estate of 30,000 household needs MSW collection and waste to energy plant to treat 60ton per day at 2 hectare land the landowner will provide,   we are looking into 1MW GBP 8 million EfW and WtE solid waste pelletizing and combustion power plant and similar size for wet Anaerobic Digestor and biogas power plant.  

Gikoko is in talk with 15 hectare landowner of north Jakarta MSW treatment designated area who wants to lease out 3 hectare for treating Jakarta solid waste for zero waste electricity project. Again 1MW solid fuel combustion / gassification and AD technology worth GBP 15 million  project needs to be submitted in end August for decision in late September.  

Types of suppliers interested in meeting:

• MSW sorting, drying, shredding, pelletizing machinery
• Anaerobic Digestor specialist
• Syn gas and biogas engine makers
• Gas and electricity monitor 

Gikoko Overview

Gikoko is an thermal engineering boiler and air quality control manufacture of industrial boiler, biomass power plant  and have made landfill gas collection and flaring equipment and constructed turn key 4MWe woody biomass captive power plant for central Jawa particle board factory. 

We have worked Public Works Sanitation and Environment directorate  improve MSW final dispoal facilities land use through MSW reduction technology and with Ministry of Energy and Mines renewable energy directorate for electricity generation in Palembang.

Our mission is to bring technlogy and finance to implement good environmental service of  MSW treatment and make project bankable and sustainable with high management standards

Gikoko first  became involved in landfill gas flaring and electricity generation from year 2006 through access to World Bank and ADB's CDM carbon finance.  We won four landfill gas utilization Build Own Operate concession from four h Indonesian local government who own and operate landfills but needed private sector to supply technical expertise and set up operational and maintenance teams. Since promulgation of Feed in Tariff Gikoko has entered into negotiation for Power Purchase Agreement with state owned electricity company.

We are actively seeking Energy from Waste and Waste to Energy technology and finance to implement modular project that can be scaled up to reduce MSW bulk and receive tipping fee and sell bank-able electricity at premium prices.  

Country Overview

With a population around 250 million, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country and is a home to the world’s 16th largest economy. The speed and scale of urban growth is astounding, 53% of population lives in cities, not only producing 74% of GDP but also at least 200.000 tonnes of waste per day. 

The management of waste is becoming a major problem in Indonesia as the cities are growing even faster than the infrastructure development.

Major projects in planning include:

• Design and Construction of a Water Desalination Plant at Tseung Kwan O and associated infrastructure (project cost c. £1bn)
• Relocation of Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works (c. £2½bn)
• Waste Treatment (Food Waste, Waste to Energy, Integrated Waste Management Facility, etc) and Disposal Facilities (c. £1bn+)
• Water Main Replacement and Rehabilitation / Water Intelligent Network (WIN) (c. £300m+)

These relatively huge procurements will be won by a large prime bidder but offer the opportunity for UK businesses to either be part of a bid consortium (the majority of the opportunity at that stage being in design and consulting engineering and management) or to enter the supply chain following the award of the prime contract.  It is likely that these projects will call for and value significant technical expertise and local experience, so partnership with a local company is likely to offer the greatest chance of success.  They may not prove very suitable for brand new exporters unless they can demonstrate significant UK domestic industry experience.

Country overview – in relations to sector opportunities:

• HK continues to be a substantial market for UK exports – currently 12th largest market for goods (3rd largest in APAC) and market worth over £2bn/year in services – but goods export values declined in the second half of 2015.
• World's 8th largest trading economy - as well as (still) gateway to mainland China and A-Pac.
• Many UK companies have APAC HQs in HK – latest stats were some 126 UK companies with regional HQs here and some 630 in total have offices here.  Many more have agents and distributors.
• Significant amounts of investment come from HK (and from China via HK) into the UK creating jobs and growth.

Hong Kong Economy

 The four pillar economic sectors of Hong Kong are: trading and logistics (23.4% of GDP in terms of value-added in 2014), tourism (5.1%), financial services (16.6%), and professional services and other producer services (12.4%). Government development priorities lie in cultural and creative, medical services, education services, innovation and technology, testing and certification services and environmental industries.

Opportunities in Hong Kong

 UKTI support for UK companies focuses primarily upon the opportunities arising from Hong Kong’s programme of social and economic infrastructure development.  A series of High Value Projects/Campaigns offers opportunities in all stages of project lifecycles, from master planning, design and environmental consultancy through construction, electrical and mechanical engineering, equipment and interiors, to support, training and education:

• West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) - one of the world’s largest cultural projects to construct 17 museum and performance venues
• Kai Tak Development (KTD) - a huge (area 8 times that of Canary Wharf) and highly complex urban regeneration development project
• Transport – Hong Kong has a 15 year railway development programme
• Hong Kong Airport - third runway expansion project is now underway at a cost of over £11bn
• Healthcare - Government has set aside a dedicated provision of $200 billion (£18bn) for a ten-year hospital development plan to enable the Hospital Authority (HA) to expand and upgrade healthcare facilities
• Education – focussed on development of an academic city; British Schools and educational supplies
• Urban Regeneration and Built Heritage – focussing on the redevelopment of East Kowloon into a new Central Business District plus other industrial revitalisation and redevelopment projects valued in excess of £1.5bn
• Macao Leisure and Retail – existing resorts undertaking significant expansion projects and developing entertainment and retail facilities.

Business Environment

• Hong Kong has traditionally been a very welcoming market for UK and international companies to do business, with an enduring appeal built on political stability, the rule of law, free market principles, free flow of information, and English as the language of business.  For the past 21 years Hong Kong has been ranked as the ‘World’s Freest Economy’ by the Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal.  The index measures economies in 10 areas, including trade, business, investment and property rights. Hong Kong scores particularly well on business, trade, financial and labour freedoms.
• As in all markets, the competition is entrenched and growing.  Chinese companies, Koreans, Japanese and Americans are becoming more and more active.  There are also growing French and German interests.

Personal Profiles

Richard has been the Deputy Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong for 4 years. Sector interests include Environment and Power & Renewable Energy

Frances Moffett-Kouadio is the Trade Commissioner to Hong Kong & Macao. She joined DTI (now the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills-BIS) as a fast-streamer in 2001, following a successful teaching career. At DTI she led on an EU Directive, wrote the Departments first Equality Impact Assessment and worked on the Business Support transformation programme, before joining UK Trade & Investment in 2004.  Frances has a range of experience in different markets, including Iraq, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa and was Director of Trade & Investment at the British Embassy in Abu Dhabi for the five years prior to taking up the role of Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong in 2014.

Opportunities for waste management companies to provide waste-to-energy solutions in 7 Indonesian cities.

Management of waste is becoming a major problem in Indonesia. Early this year the Indonesian government issued Presidential Decree No. 18 of 2016 to accelerate the development of waste-to-energy in 7 cities, namely:

• Jakarta
• Tangerang
• Bandung
• Semarang
• Surakarta
• Surabaya
• Makassar

Currently Indonesia is facing difficulties in implementing PPP projects due to the complexity of tender process. However, this regulation provides a shortcut and allows the city mayors to directly appoint developers for waste-to-energy projects, creating immediate opportunities. To that end, the government seeks participation by companies providing waste-to-energy technologies besides incineration, such as gasification and pyrolysis. A minimum 1000 tonnes of waste per day will be processed, and the State Utility guarantees the purchase of electricity produced by the facility. Under the Waste Law, the government will finance waste management activities from the state/regional budget. In addition, Feed in Tariff for electricity generated from Municipal Waste is available at between US$ 18,77 to 22,43 cents per kiloWatt Hour.

Country Overview

With a population around 250 million, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country and is a home to the world’s 16th largest economy. The speed and scale of urban growth is astounding, 53% of population lives in cities, not only producing 74% of GDP but also at least 200.000 tonnes of waste per day. 

The management of waste is becoming a major problem in Indonesia as the cities are growing even faster than the infrastructure development. 

UK Trade & Investment helps business export and grow into global markets. In Indonesia we help UK companies increase their competitiveness through overseas trade in Indonesia. Our team exist to help British businesses succeed in overseas country like Indonesia. We get out and meet people to find out about opportunities and then getting British companies excited about those opportunities, before finally helping them when they decide to take the plunge.  Work closely with British Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia, we identify potential partners or distributors, sound out their interest in a company, make introductions to key decision-makers, and when necessary we help businesses overcome obstacles. We give British companies a ready-made network of experienced companies and potential partners to learn from.  

Singapore has a Water and Waste high value opportunity in market:
The Deep Tunnel Sewerage System Phase 2 is comprised of a co-located Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) as well as a Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) which are integrated with one another. The project also includes construction of a 40km sewer tunnel as well as over 60km of link sewers.

UKTI is currently working on engaging the UK supply chain for both water and waste elements of the project and educating companies on the opportunities in the market. Key procurement timelines should be shared and understood this year so that UK companies can position themselves to bid or partner. New exporters can access these market opportunities if they have sufficient time to partner or to register a business entity in Singapore.

Waste-to-energy: The country is proactively looking for innovative and efficient solutions to employ in its future incineration plants

Food Waste: Singapore, has a serious issue with food waste. Even though the country recycles a respectable 60% of its waste, only 13% of food waste is recycled. The Government is trying to implement technological and policy level interventions to tackle the issue.

Innovative technologies: The NEA is looking for companies offering innovative solutions in the waste management sector. Due to manpower issues, the Government is scouting for technologies such as automated cleaning vehicles for premises, automated street cleaning vehicles etc.

E-Waste: One of the major issues affecting Singapore is the high levels of e-waste being generated every year (around 60 million kg in2014). Only a fraction of that is recycled or disposed of properly. In order to address the issue, NEA is studying the option of having a regulated national system to collect, recycle and manage e-waste. 

Other opportunities: NEA is also assessing ways to reduce domestic waste generated in the country. Singapore saw a 1 percentage point drop to 19 per cent in the domestic recycling rate in 2014. Companies could also look at offering solutions that assist households improve their recycling capacity. Another area of focus the re-use of ash produced as a result of the incineration of waste. 

• Water & Waste Infrastructure – Engineering consultancies/ Other specialist consultancies (Project Management, Environmental Impact Assessment etc)
• Supply Chain – Valves/Pipes/Pumps/Cable Systems/Process Equipment
• Waste 2 Energy Technology Companies
• Automation – Bailers, Sorters, automated systems of any kind( including software platforms)

Singapore is a small wealthy city state with increasing issues around land scarcity and rising waste levels.

The country has a land area of approx 700sq km with the Government currently reclaiming a great deal of land to accommodate infrastructure growth 

Ideally Singapore sits along where the major east/west shipping lanes converge making it a natural focal point for trade. As such Singapore boasts a very pro business, open economy that is often seen as the barometer for global trade.  The country is often seen as a natural gateway into SEA’s 600 million residents, boasting a low tax and low political risk environment. 

Singapore is positioning itself as a “Clean Technology” hub for the South East Asia region and engages/invests in foreign companies who are looking to test bed of develop their innovations in the market.

Nicola covers Environment sectors for Singapore mainly focused on water, waste and low carbon solutions as well as energy for the South East Asia region as a whole.

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