Media Release
Dubai, Feb 11: Dubai municipality honored Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one of the leading jewellery group with over 126 retail outlets for its outstanding support and participation in the public awareness campaign, ‘ Clean up the world 2014’. Hamza K S, manager, CSR of Malabar Gold & Diamonds received the award from engineer Saleh Abdulrahman Amiri, assistant director of General Environment & Public Health Services and engineer Abdul MajeedSaifaie, Ddrector of Waste Management Department & Head of Clean up the World team 2014.
Being a sponsor of the event, Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one of the leading jewellery groups supported the campaign in the emirate of Dubai launched by H EEng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General, Dubai Municipality under the slogan ‘ Our Place…Our Planet...Our Responsibility’.
The event, which was aimed at creating public awareness on maintaining clean city, was held in different parts of Dubai and above 40,000 registered volunteers from different walks of life took part in it.
To support this initiative, volunteers from Malabar Gold & Diamonds joined the officials from various government departments, schools and other delegates to clean various parts of Dubai.
The official bodies of UAE give significant importance to the health and safety of the environment and run different cleaning campaigns to improve the quality of life here. It also keeps attracting millions of tourists to this magnificent country. Multinational companies like Malabar Group can play an important role to enhance the standard of living of the community and it sets a wonderful example of philanthropy that others can follow.
Speaking on this occasion, Shamlal Ahamed, managing director of International Operations, Malabar Gold & Diamonds said, “We believe that companies like us can bring a real difference to the society by actively getting involved in CSR activities. We encourage more companies in UAE to support such initiatives, as it is only through our combined efforts that we will be able to pass on this beautiful country for our future generation.”
Similar initiatives were taken by Malabar Gold& Diamonds in Bahrain and in India and it drew good response from the public.
CSR activities are a fundamental part of Malabar Group’s culture and the organization ensures that a fixed percentage of its net profit is used for CSR activities every year.The group supports many philanthropic activities and is always ready to take initiatives to help the deprived section in the society. The key focus areas of the CSR initiatives of Malabar Group are in the areas of Health, Education, Women Empowerment, Housing and Environment.
Editor’s Note
Malabar Gold and Diamonds is the flagship company of Malabar Group, a leading diversified Indian business conglomerate.
Established in 1993 in South Indian state of Kerala, Malabar Gold & Diamonds today has a strong retail network of 126 outlets spread across eight countries, 10 wholesale units in addition to offices, design centers and factories spread across India, Middle East & Far East. With an annual turnover of $3.5 billion, the company currently ranks among the world’s top five jewellery retailers in terms of annual turnover.
With 7 cluster manufacturing units in India and GCC – the company currently has 6 jewellery brands to cater to the discerning needs of customers. With headquarters in Kerala, India and branches across India, Middle East & Far East, Malabar Group is best known for its activities in the field of gold, diamonds, silver and lifestyle articles.
Malabar Gold & Diamonds also features an online store – www.shopmgd.com providing customers the opportunity to purchase their favorite jewellery any time and on any day from the comfort of their home.
The company, which has a strong corporate social responsibility scheme embedded in its system, is committed to make a difference in human lives by spending over Rs300 million in charitable activities in the year 2015, part of the Rs850 million earmarked for charitable activities between 2012 - 2015.