Henkel Saudi Arabia has also won the CHEP award for Sustainability 2011, after becoming the final winner of the CHEP Middle East Industry Awards 2011 for Sustainability. In this category CHEP recognizes commitments made in sustainability leadership, with focus on environmental affairs, sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. CHEP is a partner with many companies worldwide for sustainability, and CHEP is recognizing Henkel for the recent sustainability project that was done recently in collaboration with Carrefour.

In a comment made following these awards, Memosh Khawaja, GM, Henkel UW GCC, said: "After a little more than a year of having embarked upon the journey to establish our corporate standing on sustainability and responsibility, these awards ignite Henkel UW GCC with more energy and passion to carry on the mission and contribute more significantly to the local society."

Research institutes and sustainability analysts regularly assess how companies balance economic, ecological and social factors. Henkel's leading role in sustainable development and corporate social responsibility is confirmed by many of these international rating organizations and sustainability analysts. Henkel welcomes these external assessments of sustainability performance, which result in greater market transparency.

Memosh added: "Because we believe that maintaining balance between economic success, protection of the environment and social responsibility has been fundamental to our corporate culture for decades, these awards confirm our commitment to one of our core values, Sustainability."