Dubai Duty Free honoured with two global CSR awards

Dubai Duty Free (DDF) won two top corporate social responsibility awards at the recent CMO 5th Asia Best Corporate Social Responsibility Awards and 1st Asia Green Future Leaders Awards held on August 12 at Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore.

Dubai Duty Free Vice President for Finance, Bernard Creed, accepted the awards in Singapore on behalf of Dubai Duty Free

“The Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practices” was awarded to DDF for demonstrating its outstanding commitment to Health and Safety, Environment in the community and for sustaining stronger relationships with its employees, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders.  “The Best Green Organisation of the Year” was also awarded to DDF for demonstrating our environmental commitment through our people, processes and facilities.

The ASIA Best CSR Practices Awards, which is composed of 31 organisational and 8 individual categories,  is Asia’s highest recognition of corporate organisations that have a significant and positive impact on the lives of people around them while the ASIA Green Future Leaders Awards recognises those leaders who have made a sustainable contribution in every sphere, like renewable energy, waste management and recycling to create a better world.

The awards were judged by 10 top executives from various leading companies and academes in Asia, each with vast experience in the field of Corporate Responsibility.

Dubai Duty Free executive vice-chairman Colm McLoughlin commented: “These awards are a true reflection of our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility. We have made a pledge to embed these principles and have a dedicated Corporate Responsibility department that is very active in driving forward new initiatives. Corporate Social Responsibility is linked to our Company’s core values and is the foundation upon which we measure our success. “