Gulftainer honoured for its commitment to environmental causes

Gulftainer, the largest privately owned, independent port management and logistics company in the world, has been honoured with the Emirates Nature-WWF ‘Leaders of Change’ award at the VIP Pledge to ‘Go Beyond the Hour’ event, conducted lately. The ‘Go Beyond the Hour’ initiative called on key government and corporate entities to ambitiously look beyond Earth Hour and make a longer-term commitment to protecting the environment, championing conservation and preserving nature. The closed-door event in the UAE Pavilion attracted VIP guests and esteemed guest speakers including Mohammed Al Bowardi, minister of state for defense and chairman of Emirates Nature-WWF, Mariam Almheiri, minister of climate change and environment, and Razan Al Mubarak, managing director of Emirates Nature-WWF and president of the IUCN.

Accepting the award for their exceptional efforts in sustainability and commitment to the national environmental agenda, David Casey, COO, Gulftainer, said: “We gratefully accept the ‘Leaders of Change’ award which is a testament to our vision to undertake additional social responsibilities for the betterment of the communities which we serve and society as a whole. Through our commitment to a corporate social responsibility strategy, we will continue to search out more innovative and effective ways to address global issues such as climate change, poverty and disease through our business.”