President and Chief Executive Officer of Aramco Amin Hassan Al-Nasser stressed that volatility of the oil market after the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing demand have affected the supply chains, adding that there are several factors, mainly higher interest and inflation rates, which led to developing a negative outlook for some. Speaking during a panel discussion as part of the sixth Future Investment Initiative (FII6), Al-Nasser said that Aramco has launched its strategy on sustainability and renewable energy that seeks to reduce carbon by 15% by 2025 compared with 2018, and will reduce 55 million tons in 2025 through investments and increasing the efficiency of solutions based on reducing carbon. He also noted that Aramco adopts carbon circular economy and other technologies that contribute to reducing carbon emissions, renewable energy projects, and investment in energy with lower carbon, such as hydrogen. Aramco president said that the Sustainability Fund, whose value stands at USD1.5 billion, invests in technology and is considered the biggest finance of its kind in the world in the sustainability field, and will be directed to important technologies for startups that help reduce impacts of climate change. Al-Nasser also delivered a presentation on blue hydrogen and the hydrogen market and its current and future usages, in addition to the importance of balanced agreement on renewable energy means due to the fact that they are not alternatives with high level of availability compared with supply and demand on traditional energy resources.
