Dubai Duty Free walked out a big winner at The Golden Globe Tigers Awards, held in Malaysia last month, taking home multiple awards including the 'Best Green 4R’s Award (Reduction, Reuse, Recycling and Recovery)', 'Best Green Employee Engagement Award' and 'Environmental Best Practices Award'.

Hosted by the Asian Confederation of Businesses and World CSR Day and endorsed by CMO Asia, the Golden Globe Tigers Awards recognise individual and organizations who have achieved the highest levels of standards and benchmark in numerous areas such as corporate social responsibility, social media and digital marketing and education leadership award.

Commenting on the awards, Colm McLoughlin, executive vice chairman of Dubai Duty Free, said: “We are delighted to receive these three Golden Globe Tigers Awards for our works towards environment protection which is part of our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility. We have made a pledge to adopt these principles throughout the company and have a dedicated Corporate Responsibility department that is very active in driving forward new initiatives.”

The awards ceremony was attended by over 200 individuals representing companies from Singapore, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Hongkong, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia and UAE. Dubai Duty Free’s Manager for Corporate Responsibility, Olympia Pineda, was on hand to receive the award in Malaysia.

Other winners from UAE were Abu Dhabi Police, DEWA, Dubai Custom, Geoscience Testing laboratory, Dubai Education, and Emirates College for Management & Information Technology. - TradeArabia News Service