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· Bond Interiors, Ducab, Emirates Transport, Emrill Services LLC, Jubaili Bros, Kimoha Entrepreneurs, Majid Al Futtaim Properties, Premier Composite Technologies, Standard Chartered and wasl, are honoured for their sustainable business practices
· Al Shirawi:Since its launch, 178 Labels have been awarded to companies some of whom received it for the fifth time
Dubai, UAE: The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry honoured 10 companies for their corporate social responsibility and sustainability efforts during a recognition ceremony held at its premises on Tuesday.
The Dubai Chamber CSR Label was presented to Jubaili Bros for the first time while Bond Interiors, Premier Composite Technologies and wasl received it for the second time.
Kimoha Entrepreneurs achieved it for the third time, while Ducab, Emirates Transport, Majid Al Futtaim Properties and Emrill Services LLC received it for the fourth time and Standard Chartered for the fifth time running since the inception of the CSR Label five years ago.
Congratulating the honourees for their achievement,H.E. Hisham Al Shirawi, 2nd Vice-Chairman, Dubai Chamber, said: "Today, we are delighted to be rewarding 10 companies, which shows the rising interest of the business community in applying CSR best practices in their work environment and get rewarded.
"It has been five years since the Dubai Chamber CSR Label was first introduced to the UAE business community as part of Dubai Chamber's continuous efforts in promoting CSR and raising the bar for responsible business practices.
"Since the launch of the Dubai Chamber CSR Label, 178 Labels have been awarded to companies from various sectors and sizes, including multinationals. As for the model itself there are more than 1,800 companies that are using it as a diagnostic framework and a CSR and sustainability management tool," he said.
"The success of the initiative spearheaded by Dubai Chamber Centre for Responsible Business is very encouraging as is evident from the increased number of honourees, many of whom are coming back for the second, third, fourth and even fifth time to receive their due recognition for leading the field in CSR and sustainability," said H.E. Al Shirawi.
On their part, the honourees lauded the role of Dubai Chamber in providing them with a framework to define and improve their corporate social responsibility performance as well as the opportunity to promote their activities, and to enhance their reputation as leaders in achieving sustainability.
The CSR Label is open to all organisations, private or public, regardless of their size, sector or operations and can make a major difference to a company's reputation, efficiency and productivity and its success depends on how the CSR objectives are set and communicated to all of their stakeholders.
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