Libya Branch: green-industry partnership and the Ministry’s carbon-neutrality programme

The R. Rockefeller S.C. highlights the Green Industry Centre as one of the partners in the Libya Branch’s cooperation network. The partnership brings an industrial-sustainability focus to the Group’s work in Libya, alongside its branch-development pathway on the Benghazi and eastern Libya side.

The Ministry of Industry and Minerals and the Centre’s role

The Centre operates under Libya’s Ministry of Industry and Minerals. Its official institutional profile records an origin as the Renewable Energy Centre in 2014, transfer to the Ministry in 2024, and reorganisation under the Green Industry Centre name in 2025.

Its remit combines research, specialist advice and training with cleaner technologies, more efficient use of energy and resources, and carbon-footprint management. The Centre also promotes cooperation between public institutions and private businesses to support Libya’s industrial transition. Official Centre profile.

The agreement and its cooperation priorities

A Memorandum of Understanding between RRSC Tunisia and the Green Industry Centre, affiliated with Libya’s Ministry of Industry and Minerals, establishes a framework for technical and advisory collaboration.

• Reducing the industrial carbon footprint.
• Preparing pathways towards carbon neutrality.
• Providing specialist technical advice.
• Developing local expertise in environmental audits aligned with international standards.
• Sharing proposed technologies and approaches to carbon management.
• Convening industrial-sector seminars and conferences on sustainability.

The agreement was signed for the Centre by Director General Prof. Dr. Mustafa Al-Taher Al-Aib and for RRSC Tunisia by its President, Mohamed Lassaad Kedimi, named Mohamed Lassad El-Kadimi in the published announcement. Read the announcement reported by Libya Herald.

Benghazi within the wider Libya programme

RRSC’s relationship with the Ministry in Tripoli dates from 2024, according to the Group’s published account. Mohamed Lassaad Kedimi, North Africa President and Chief Executive Officer of the Tunisia branches, coordinates the Libyan programme on a written mandate from the parent company.

RRSC’s published Libya programme distinguishes its institutional cooperation in western Libya from the development of a branch structure in Benghazi, intended to support work in the east and south. The Group’s North African platform, coordinated through Tunisia, connects these complementary strands.

The Green Industry Centre is based in Misrata. Its partnership forms one part of the Libya Branch’s wider network, while Benghazi is the focus of the separate eastern branch-development pathway. The programme connects environmental auditing and industrial decarbonisation with energy recovery, digital modernisation and training for Libyan engineers.

The Ministry programme: industrial cooperation, skills and research

The programme extract supplied by RRSC, bearing the heading of the Government of National Unity — Ministry of Industry and Minerals, sets out second- and third-phase priorities. These are distinct from the Centre’s specific cooperation memorandum.

The Arabic extract identifies Dr. Hussein Faraj Al-Shtiwi (حسين فرج الشتيوي) in its signature block.

The second phase is expressly conditional on successful completion of the first phase and coordination and agreement with the oil sector, including the National Oil Corporation (NOC). It envisages:

• A Libya branch-development step, referenced for 2026, to support technical cooperation on carbon neutrality.
• Training Libyan professionals on carbon neutrality and carbon-related trade requirements.
• Helping industrial and oil companies develop decarbonisation strategies, and supporting the Ministry’s work towards a national approach.
• Studies and assessments for exporting companies, including review of existing studies and preparation for applicable international verification and certification processes.
• Exploration of recognition of avoided emissions and potential carbon-market opportunities, subject to the relevant methodologies, verification and market requirements.

The third phase envisages university-linked training in cooperation with a private university in Tunisia, placements at RRSC research, engineering and innovation centres, possible academic programmes in carbon-neutrality engineering, and an international symposium on the low-carbon economy.

These are programme objectives and conditional next steps, not an announcement that a branch has already opened, qualifications have been accredited, carbon credits have been issued or revenues secured. The supplied extract does not include the first-phase programme or a readable signing date.

View the supplied Arabic programme extract · View the supplied English translation.

Why industrial carbon readiness matters

The accompanying Libyan Industry Union notice describes preparations for the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), referring to Ministry-level coordination and technical participation from the Libyan Iron and Steel Company. It also names INSIDE ESG as the provider of a presentation; this contextual notice is separate from the RRSC–Centre memorandum.

The European Commission confirms that CBAM’s definitive regime applies from 1 January 2026, covering selected goods in cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity and hydrogen. This reinforces the importance of reliable emissions data and industrial capabilities. CBAM compliance and voluntary carbon-credit activities are separate processes. European Commission: CBAM definitive regime.

View the supplied Libyan Industry Union notice.

Explore the Libya Branch and its partnership update.

Background: RRSC’s Libya development programme · Green Industry Centre.