Abu Dhabi Ports Opens Health, Safety & Environment Week
Abu Dhabi Ports has kicked off Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Week 2018, its annual CSR event which launched last year under the theme of sustainability.
The three-day event will run from 23 to 25 October, from 9.00 to 14.00, at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal in Zayed Port, in collaboration with Capital Health Screening Centre, a Mubadala Company (CHSC) and National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC).
In line with the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 to create a sustainable economy, the stakeholder event aims to raise local community awareness, encourage partner and customer engagement and promote knowledge sharing and a strong health, safety, and environment (HSE) culture amongst corporations in Abu Dhabi.
Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, CEO of Abu Dhabi Ports, said: “The first Abu Dhabi Ports HSE Week launched to great acclaim last year, and having a second edition of this annual event is a testament to its early success.
“At Abu Dhabi Ports we recognise that to be a truly world-class organisation we must work hard to continually improve our health, safety and environmental performance, in collaboration with strong local advocates.
“We believe this initiative supports the efforts of Abu Dhabi’s leadership and helps move forward the dynamic HSE dialogue in Abu Dhabi in the right direction.”
Yasser Zaghloul, CEO at Abu Dhabi. National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC), remarked: “We are excited to partner with Abu Dhabi Ports on its flagship CSR initiative, which this year is aimed at promoting employee health and wellbeing in Abu Dhabi.
“NMDC is a responsible corporate citizen with demonstrated excellence in Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) which is the cornerstone of a pervasive corporate culture within the organization.
“Safety & Health of our employees, visitors and guests are the embedded values in the organization.
“We constantly strive to minimize environmental impact from our activities and our HSE policy aims at ensuring safety of public, employees, plant, equipment and third parties.”
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