13-Apr-2025
Leading Bahraini Industrial Companies Driving Sustainable Industrial Transformation
Bahrain’s industrial sector is advancing sustainable production through low-carbon aluminum, large-scale solar energy, resource efficiency, cleaner technologies, and mangrove restoration initiatives.
Home to the world’s largest aluminum smelter on a single site, Bahrain produces approximately 2 percent of global aluminum output. With a production capacity exceeding 1.623 million metric tonnes per annum in 2025, Aluminum Bahrain (Alba) is advancing the transition towards lower-carbon industrial production through its ESG and decarbonization roadmaps.
In 2024, the company launched EternAl™, a low-carbon aluminum product line incorporating recycled aluminum, supporting circular economy principles, reducing carbon intensity, and responding to growing global demand for more sustainable materials.
The Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Company (ASRY) was established in 1977 as a leading maritime repair and fabrication facility, specializing in ship and rig repair, conversion, fabrication, recycling, and marine services. Supporting Bahrain’s green industrial transition, ASRY launched a 44.5 megawatts solar project in 2025, the largest in the global shipbuilding and ship-repair sector, strengthening renewable energy integration within industrial operations while supporting emissions reduction and greater operational sustainability.
The Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC), one of the first petrochemical companies in the Middle East, continues to integrate sustainability across its operations through a comprehensive Environmental Strategy and sustainability framework. The strategy focuses on improving environmental performance through emissions reduction, energy and resource efficiency, waste minimization, pollution prevention, biodiversity conservation, and the adoption of cleaner technologies and international best practices.
As part of its implementation efforts, GPIC installed rooftop solar panels within its complex in 2024, expected to generate approximately 1,072 megawatt-hours of renewable energy annually, while also expanding its Mangrove Tree Plantation Project, which has resulted in the planting of more than 100,000 mangrove trees in support of ecosystem restoration, carbon sequestration, and Bahrain’s carbon neutrality ambitions.