KARACHI: Dawlance is one of the 65 companies to win the prestigious 8th Annual Environment Excellence Award (AEEA) for best performance in 2010-11. The awards are organized every year by the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) which is an NGO affiliated with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and supported by Pakistan Ministry of Environment.
The final results were announced by Chairman Dr. Kaiser Waheed and President NFEH M. Naeem Qureshi during the final meeting of jury.
Dr. Shaikh Kaiser Waheed said, “The award has been instituted to recognize and promote the organizations which make an outstanding contribution to sustainable development. They aim to highlight policies, practices, processes and products from all sectors of business in the country, which help achieve economic and social development without harming the environment and natural resources. In this year over 148 companies and organization have submitted their nominations.”
Expressing his delight over the announcement, Hassan Jamil, Head of Marketing, Dawlance Group of Companies said “At Dawlance, we are delighted to learn that we have been recognized for Environment Excellence through 8th AEEA. We are grateful to NFEH, the distinguished jury members and all those who considered the environment related efforts of Dawlance worthy of this accolade. Dawlance believes in continuous value addition in its environmental initiatives.”
A three member jury finalized the names of 65 companies for 8th AEEA-2011. The jury comprises of environment experts including Dr. Sami uz Zaman, CEO Global Environment Lab, Shamsul Haq Memon, Consultants Sindh Coastal Authority, Zaheer Beg, EVP, National Bank of Pakistan and Gulzar Firzo, Chairman Standing Committee on Environment, FPCCI.
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