Ibrahim Badawood, managing director of Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (ALJCI) has won the “Top Corporate Social Responsibility CEO” award instituted by CEO Middle East magazine.

Yousuf Jistiniah, Bab Rizq Jameel (BRJ) director in Riyadh, received the award on behalf of Badawood during a ceremony held at Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh recently to recognize the top 16 CEOs.

The event, organized by CEO Middle East, was attended by an elite cadre of…

Hilton Abu Dhabi environment, health, safety and hygiene manager Evangelos Karakoulias explains the group’s CSR mission

What is Travel with Purpose? 

Travel with Purpose is Hilton Worldwide’s global CSR project, and one of our four values is “living sustainably”, which we prioritise with several campaigns and tools such as EcoRewards.

How does the EcoRewards programme work?

The EcoRewards sustainability campaign rewards…

Last week I wrote my first sustainability report based on the GRI G4 guidelines. This was for a Saudi business conglomerate and with this report which applied G4 at core level, they became the first Saudi company to issue a GRI checked G4 report. Despite the hugely steep learning curve and the effort it took to tear myself away from the G3 thinking, the report was a colossal source of pride and gratification for me and for everyone who worked on it. Yes, there were times I just wanted to…

The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) has won the 3rd Arab Organization for Social Responsibility Award for outstanding environmental initiatives in recognition of the Authority's remarkable development projects in environment protection, most notably the Kalba Eco-tourism Project.



The project was launched in collaboration with the Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPPA), and is considered as the largest ecotourism project in…

Underlying its sincere support to an important segment in the society, Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, presented the Kuwait Sports Club for the Handicapped with specially customized wheelchairs with an aim of facilitating their comfort while training and competing in tournaments and championships, raising the Kuwaiti flag high with their…