Kingdom Centre, a significant local investment of Kingdom Company (KHC), chaired by HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud announced that Kingdom Tower, Riyadh participated in the global initiative Earth Hour by switching its lights off for an hour yesterday Saturday 31st March 2012. Hundreds of millions of people, businesses and governments around the world unite each year to support the largest environmental event in history “Earth Hour”.

In 2011, more than 5,200 cities and towns in 135 countries worldwide switched off their lights for Earth Hour, sending a powerful message for action on climate change. It also ushered in a new era with members going more than an hour to commit to lasting action for the planet.

Kingdom Centre has supported other environmental and humanitarian initiatives such as Autism Day, Breast Cancer Awareness and United Nations Day.