CSR Middle East
Corporate social responsibility picks up in Kuwait
- Kuwait has been recognising private firms for their corporate social responsibility achievements, a step that aims to encourage others to contribute to launching more projects that would support Kuwaiti society.
- Kuwait: Tuesday, February 05 - 2008 at 00:53 |
Adnec goes green for World Energy Forum
- The Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (Adnec) is using the World Future Energy Summit to launch its own campaign, aimed at reducing waste from exhibitions and conferences.
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, January 21 - 2008 at 13:22 |
Dubai shows that it cares
- Dubai, a city not normally known for its social responsibility, recently put the finishing touches on a wildly successful fundraising drive which showed that the uber-capitalist business and financial hub also has a heart.
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, December 10 - 2007 at 10:44 |
Emirates Bank targets local ambition
- Most big companies have a corporate social responsibility programmes and Emirates NBD bank bases its, which is aimed at emiraties, around the term Al Tomooh.
- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, November 29 - 2007 at 16:23 |
Airlines put carbon aside
- It's true that the term 'green flying' is not as popular in the Middle East as it is in Europe and the US. But the idea is catching on as individuals have become more environmentally conscious and airline companies tap into a potential for boosting profits by producing environmentally friendly planes.
- Middle East: Thursday, November 08 - 2007 at 17:16 |
Beyond charity: CSR drives stability and wealth
- They may be competitors in business, but when it comes to corporate social responsibility, IT companies typically lead the way, working together on projects to help those living in the developing world or poorer regions of their home country.
- Middle East: Sunday, October 28 - 2007 at 16:27 |
Green buildings LEED eco-construction
- While companies building in the Middle East race against each other to offer the 'highest', 'most luxurious' or 'biggest' in the world, the region has yet to offer a building that is 'breathing' and 'living' in harmony with nature.
- Middle East: Monday, October 15 - 2007 at 14:58 |
Making money from Green business
- The 'green' signal is on. Many of the world's biggest companies now realise that the environment matters in business. But while many clean business approaches are part of the corporate social responsibility portfolio, companies have caught on to the other green that environmental practices can bring - that of money.
- Middle East: Sunday, October 07 - 2007 at 11:06 |
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