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Equate, ASCRS hold sustainability workshop

KUWAIT, September 20, 2015

Kuwait-based Equate Petrochemical Company recently organised a sustainability workshop in cooperation with the Arab Society for Corporate Social Responsibility (ASCRS).

The workshop, entitled “Leadership Role for Corporate Social Responsibility,” grouped a number of the company’s leaders and employees representing Equate Sustainability Committee, said a statement from the company.

During the workshop, a number of sustainability and CSR issues were addressed, including their definitions, ISO 26000 relevant to social responsibility, fundamentals, best practices, as well as other subjects.

ASCRS board member and secretary Dr Khalid Bomtaia addressed CSR in terms of definition, historical background, concepts, philosophy, corporate involvement, role of leadership, CSR and sustainability, and ISO 26000.

Abeer Al-Omar, senior executive for corporate communications and government affairs of Equate, said: “Sustainability is a critical objective within Equate Corporate Strategy to ensure embodying our ‘Partners in Success’ slogan with all relevant stakeholders, such as our employees, shareholders and communities as a whole.”

“Sharing and leveraging best practices are a must to achieve overall development and growth, and this workshop in partnership with ASCRS is a prime example of such efforts,” he said.

“In addition, this interactive workshop is an integral part of refining our sustainability strategic plan, which is aimed at fully integrating and aligning our sustainability and CSR initiatives with Equate Corporate Strategy to add value to the business success and our stakeholders,” added Al-Omar, who also heads Equate Sustainability Committee.
 
Sultan Al-Bazie, board chairman of ASCRS, said: “The society had the pleasure of conducting this workshop with Equate. The company’s strong sense for CSR and its efforts to be a pioneer in the field were witnessed by having the opportunity to meet its president and CEO Mohammad Husain and the amount of interaction from Equate Sustainability Committee.”

“Equate is one of the few companies that publish an annual sustainability report and ASCRS is keen on cooperating with leading organisations in the Arab world to implement exemplary principles of CSR and sustainability, which go beyond donations to reach the level of best business practices in all levels,” he said.

“We believe Kuwait has strong potential to reach such an objective due to its economic prosperity,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service




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