Sohar Aluminium volunteering project wins top honour

Sohar Aluminium was recently awarded the Gulf Aluminium Council’s (GAC) “Community Service Award” during the 2017 Arab International Aluminium Conference and Exhibition (ARABAL).

This prestigious new award was accepted on behalf of the organisation by Eng Said al Masoudi, Sohar Aluminium’s Chief Executive Officer, for its Employee Volunteering Programme.

The landmark programme saw 175 of its employees complete 884 man-hours of community volunteering last year, setting a record for the company and receiving major acclaim from the community at large.

“Sohar Aluminium is honoured to receive this award recognising the commitment shown by our employees to the betterment of those living in our community. Since inception, Sohar Aluminium’s mission has been to bring wealth, prosperity and growth to the Al Batinah region through excellence and ownership, and our company’s Volunteering Programme is the embodiment of this mission. We take pride in contributing to the social development of the region and I would like to thank our ambassadors of good deeds, our employees, who are continuously bringing great value to our com- munity,” commented Eng Said al Masoudi, Sohar Aluminium Chief Executive Officer.

The Sohar Aluminium Volunteering Programme is now recognised as one of the most active and outstanding community service programmes in the region.

Launched in 2014, the success of this programme is driven by the employees who come up with ideas for causes that they feel strongly about and support communities through their areas of expertise. This programme is seeing excellent involvement from various departments across the plant and it shows continued growth year on year.

“Sohar Aluminium’s Corporate Citizen- ship is our recognition that our company, has social, cultural and environmental responsibilities to the community where we operate, as well as economic and financial ones to our shareholders. We continuously engage with the community to share the company’s best practices, and communicate vital messages about environment, health and safety. Through these activities we hope to establish, and maintain the sustainability of the business for generations to come as part of His Majesty’s Vision 2020 for the development of Oman and its people,” commented Dana Geadah, Sohar Aluminium Corporate Citizenship Pillar Champion.