Sustainability award winners honoured

sharjah — UnDEr tHE pAtronAGE oF HIs HIGHnEss SHAIkH Dr SultAn BIn MuHAmmAD Al QAsImI, MEmBEr oF tHE SuprEmE CounCIl AnD RulEr oF SHArJAH, tHE EnvIronmEnt AnD ProtECtED ArEAs AutHorIty In SHArJAH (EPAA) HonourED tHE wInnErs oF tHE 4tH SHArJAH SustAInABIlIty AwArD 2016.

THE AwArD CErEmony wAs HElD At tHE SHArJAH CulturAl PAlACE, on THursDAy, AnD wAs AttEnDED By HAnA SAIF Al SuwAIDI, CHAIrpErson oF tHE EPAA; SAEED MusABAH Al KAABI, CHAIrmAn oF tHE SHArJAH EDuCAtIon CounCIl; ABDullAH SAlEm Al MAsHwI, DIrECtor oF HumAn REsourCEs For tHE GovErnmEnt oF SHArJAH, AnD otHEr sEnIor offiCIAls.

“EnvIronmEntAl protECtIon AnD ConsErvAtIon ArE AmonG tHE CrItICAl InGrEDIEnts oF sustAInABlE DEvElopmEnt AnD tHE SHArJAH SustAInABIlIty AwArD Is A plAtForm From wHICH wE CAn rECoGnIsE Efforts BEInG mADE to- wArDs DEvElopInG A sEnsE oF EnvIronmEntAl stEwArDsHIp, In our CommunItIEs,” sAID Al SuwAIDI.

RAsHID MoHAmmED Al MArzouqI, From SHArJAH ElECtrICIty AnD WAtEr AutHorIty (SEwA), sAID: “THE SHArJAH SustAInABIlIty AwArD Is A FAntAstIC InItIAtIvE AnD SEwA Is plEAsED to notE tHE mAJor mIlEstonEs AnD ACHIEvEmEnts It HAs DElIvErED In Just Four yEArs.

THE AwArDs stImulAtE stuDEnt CrEAtIvIty AnD EnABlEs tHEm to DEmonstrAtE tHEIr AwArEnEss oF EnvIronmEntAl stEwArDsHIp.”

AFtEr tHE AwArDs wErE GIvEn ACross tHE fivE DIffErEnt CAtEGorIEs, stuDEnts From GrADE 4 At AIsHA BIn OtHmAn SCHool, sAnG A sonG tItlED Beautiful Environment tHAt prAIsED tHE EnvIronmEnt AnD tHE ImportAnCE oF ConsErvAtIon.