AUB launches Khairan clean up initiative
KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank (AUB) launched an initiative to clean up the seabed at Al-Khairan Bay (inlets) with the participation of a number of volunteer amateur divers from the bank’s staff who enjoy diving. Taken place on the morning of Friday, November 15, 2019, to spend a whole day cleaning up the bay’s seabed from water pollutants that damage and kill marine creatures and pollute their environment, which leads to depleting the vital resources of this wealth.
This initiative is part of AUB Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program consistent with its positive change-based culture which integrates environmental considerations into the core of its business, professional practices and approach to social responsibility, which in turn reflects its strong and continuous commitment to the local community, in line with the vision of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah “New Kuwait 2035”, that considers the environment one of its pillars. It also reflects the bank’s commitment to contribute to the process of sustainable development, which considers the environmental dimension and its preservation one of its main themes.
Commenting on this initiative, Sahar Dashti, General
Manager Customer Protection, who is also the Head of AUB CSR Team said: “Through this initiative, we aim to contribute to the preservation of marine wealth and fish reservoirs, as well as to reduce cases of fish mortality on Kuwaiti coasts and its escape to territorial waters due to pollution. We also consider this initiative as a message to the community regarding the importance of preserving the marine environment, which is exposed to severe assaults due to the lack of public awareness in this regard, which requires intensive awareness campaigns.”
Dashti affirmed that AUB is keen to establish a responsible and conscious behavior towards the environment among its employees, as well as strengthen the culture of volunteerism and teamwork among them, which contributed to the development of the concept of volunteerism with them in order to achieve the noble goals that benefit the society. This is reflected through the high turnout of the bank’s staff in the activities and events in the fields of community service and environmental preservation
Dashti added: “Our CSR obliges us to contribute to building a healthy society that is fully consistent with nature. This commitment stems from our belief that different institutions can play a pivotal role in gradually changing the society’s behavior on environmental issues.”
Dashti affirmed that AUB is always at the forefront with environment friendly institutions that put environmental issues at the top of their CRS programs, through which they are keen to preserve the biological balance, instill and promote the environmental culture within all segments of society and raise awareness of the negative effects arising from failure to preserve the environment and the need to take action to protect it.