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The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, allocates eight percent of its sales revenue to CSR initiatives, and works with various public and private organisations to implement these initiatives.
DEWA’s CSR efforts over the past few years have contributed to an increase in the society’s happiness from 82 percent in 2013 to 92 percent in 2017, in addition to many local and international achievements in CSR, said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, in his keynote speech at the Arabia CSR Forum 2018, which is organised by the Arabia CSR Network.
The forum, under the theme "Driving Innovation through the SDGs" is being held on 2nd and 3rd October, 2018, in Dubai.
The inaugural session was attended by Sheikh Salem bin Sultan bin Saqr Al-Qasimi, Chairman of the Department of Civil Aviation of Ras al-Khaimah; Dr. Rashid Al Leem, Chairman of Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority, SEWA; Habiba Al Marashi, President of Arabia CSR Network, and a number of senior officials from the public and private sectors and leading Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, specialists.
"Our social initiatives are an integral part of our strategic plan. We have institutionalised an integrated system for social work that includes plans, initiatives, implementation and evaluation, based on the Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, to ensure the sustainability of its results,'' Al Tayer stated.
"DEWA is sponsoring this year's forum during the Year of Zayed, which marks 100 years since the birth of the leader of sustainability and community, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Founding Father, who laid the foundations for social, humanitarian, and charitable work in the UAE and extended a helping hand to those in need all over the world, regardless of their colour, race, or religion. Our wise leadership is following the same path. The UAE has developed various strategies and initiatives including the UAE Vision 2021, UAE Centennial 2071, the UAE Energy Strategy 2050, the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, and other federal and local strategies, as part of its global responsibility to combat climate change by conserving natural resources, increasing the share of clean energy, implementing green development plans, and contributing to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals 2030," Al Tayer said.
"Dubai is spearheading the global efforts to promote sustainable energy and works to reduce its carbon footprint. This is done through a comprehensive approach for sustainability, which we consider the basis for the transition towards green economy, and is in line with our aspirations to engage the youth who are the driving force and a key element in achieving the vision of our wise leadership and the sustainable development goals locally, regionally, and globally," Al Tayer added.
The forum is a platform that takes place every two years alongside the Arabia CSR Awards. It is the region’s premier convention on CSR and sustainability. It attracts leaders, thinkers, evangelists, practitioners and policy makers from all over the globe. The forum targets latest themes, topics and debates around CSR and sustainability, illuminating minds and motivating adoption of international standards and best practices. The 2018 forum will lift the veil off a most challenging theme "Driving Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals".
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