Gulf Bank Wins ‘Corporate Social Responsibility Excellence Award’
The Bank has been awarded for their outstanding work in encouraging wellbeing of the people of Kuwait.
Kuwait – December 26, 2012: Gulf Bank, a provider of the best and fastest service in Kuwait, today announced it has won the prestigious ‘Corporate Social Responsibility Excellence Award’ from the Arab Organization for Social Responsibility. The Bank has been awarded for their outstanding work to encourage wellbeing in the national Kuwaiti community during 2012. The award ceremony took place in Dubai at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel on December 15, 2012, gathering together senior executives from companies from different sectors similarly being honoured for their exceptional efforts of services in the community.
“The various initiatives that the Bank has carried out throughout the years have always started with the basic objective of increasing the well being of our beloved Kuwait. As a responsible financial institution, our aim is to serve the country and the people who need our support whenever possible.”
Government and private institutions in the Middle East are being encouraged by the Corporate Social Responsibility Excellence Awards to actively maintain their social responsibility activities by focusing primarily on sustainable development, environmental protection, and community servicing through awareness programs.
Fawzy Al-Thunayan, General Manager of Board Affairs at Gulf Bank, the second largest bank in Kuwait, said: “This award reinforces the Bank’s successful CSR approach, and we are very grateful to the Arab Organisation for Social Responsibility for recognizing Gulf Bank with this award. The various initiatives that the Bank has carried out throughout the years have always started with the basic objective of increasing the well being of our beloved Kuwait. As a responsible financial institution, our aim is to serve the country and the people who need our support whenever possible.”
“Earlier this year, Gulf Bank launched its ‘Give Life’ campaign to encourage more people to donate blood in Kuwait. The initiative, entitled ‘Give Life’, aims to convey to the Kuwaiti community that blood donation is a simple, easy and a very charitable and responsible thing to do. Recently, Gulf Bank announced that the campaign had reached a major milestone of saving over 1,000 lives thanks to the increasing understanding and generosity of the Kuwait public”.
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