The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice.
Emicool’s sustainability programme supports the United Nations' 2030 Agenda contributing to 8 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and reinforces the UAE’s National Agenda 2021 “Sustainable Environment and Infrastructure” pillar.
Emicool is implementing integrated management system to ensure its compliance with the international standards and relevant occupational health and safety and the environmental legislation and regulations as well as maintaining best practices.
Emicool is certified with the following ISO standards; ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001 & ISO 46001.
Emicool has established objectives & policies aligned with its strategic direction, to enhance its customer satisfaction; and to provide the best enactment in health & safety for its employees and customers; in addition to its commitments towards the saving of the natural resources.
As part of our vision in continuous improvement, Emicool is always pursuing to implement new standards and initiatives in the industry of district cooling.
CSR is an ever evolving business practice that integrates sustainable development into an organization’s business model. It has a positive impact on social, economic and environmental factors. Emicool proactively supports CSR initiatives leading to the well-being of the community and environment, while striving towards highest standards of professionalism.
During last year, Emicool initiated several CSR activities including "Beach Clean Up" activity in order to protect ocean life and clear the beach of any waste the ocean has brought onto the sand, initiative was proactively supported by employees and resulted in 485 kg of collected waste.
During another CSR initiative “Plant a Tree and get Oxygen for Free”, 500 trees were planted by Emicool team at Emirates Bio Farm. A single tree sequesters up to 35kg of carbon emission per year and total reduction of CO2 emission by planting 500 trees reaches 17,500 kg per year.
In August 2020, Emicool’s electric vehicle fleet marks a year in operation and achieved a drop of 135.5 tons of CO2 emissions, 48% on the maintenance costs
We demonstrate the commitment by engaging with community and other stakeholders with significant CSR initiatives.
GRI is designed to help communicate the impact on critical sustainability issues including climate change, human rights, governance and social well-being for various businesses and government organizations. It enables a safe environment to create social, environmental and economic benefits for everyone. The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards are developed with true multi-stakeholder contributions and is deeply rooted in the public interest.
