Communication on Progress

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Self-assessment

Includes a CEO statement of continued support for the UN Global Compact and its ten principles
Description of actions or relevant policies related to Human Rights
Description of actions or relevant policies related to Labour
Description of actions or relevant policies related to Environment
Description of actions or relevant policies related to Anti-Corruption
Includes a measurement of outcomes

Statement of continued support by the Chief Executive Officer
Statement of the company's chief executive (CEO or equivalent) expressing continued support for the Global Compact and renewing the company's ongoing commitment to the initiative and its principles.
Date : September 19, 2016

Subject : CEO Statement

To our Stakeholders,

Al Ajmi Engineering Consultants’, hereby reconfirms, as in previous years, its commitment
towards the UN’s Global Compact initiative and its continued intent to embrace and act
on the UN’s Global Compact “10 Principles” in the areas of Human Rights, Labour,
Environment and Anti-Corruption.

In this fourth annual Communication on Progress, we express and demonstrate how we acted upon our promises during the previous COP.

As always, we bind ourselves to explore new ways of achieving new goals and continually share this information with all our stakeholders.

Yours Sincerely,

Wassim Adlouni
CEO

Human Rights

Assessment, policy and goals
Description of the relevance of human rights for the company (i.e. human rights risk-assessment). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on Human Rights.
We consider the United Nation's Declaration of Human Rights as a standard of accomplishment at AEC. Likewise, such rights remain maintained in our organization at all levels.

Implementation
Description of concrete actions to implement Human Rights policies, address Human Rights risks and respond to Human Rights violations.
As evidence of our dedication in upholding the Human Rights arrangements as enunciated in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, we have acted upon and committed ourselves to the new policies implemented in AEC.

Measurement of outcomes
Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.
To guarantee that nobody in our organization violates any of the human rights strategies, we continue altering our strict program of observation, which is part of our ISO Certification, henceforth, that enables any data or activity to undergo various levels of the organization for endorsement from its applicable senior. This helps in uncovering any infringement at that level once done.

Labour

Assessment, policy and goals
Description of the relevance of labour rights for the company (i.e. labour rights-related risks and opportunities). Description of written policies, public commitments and company goals on labour rights.
At AEC we were and still are sharp in giving all workers their rights without bias, paying little heed to ones' experience.

Implementation
Description of concrete actions taken by the company to implement labour policies, address labour risks and respond to labour violations.
As evidence of our sense of duty regarding giving legitimate labour rights, the policy regarding Labor rights remains in effect and upheld in our company.

Measurement of outcomes
Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.
The way our operations work, particularly in the wake of putting methods beforehand for ISO Certification, any violation would be exposed easily.

Any violation of any rights and policies would be managed instantly following examining the occurrence.

Environment

Assessment, policy and goals
Description of the relevance of environmental protection for the company (i.e. environmental risks and opportunities). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on environmental protection.
The Environmental Policy in AEC is one of the most policies acted upon as it is upheld in all our endeavors across all business units, from the company services down to the business operations.

Implementation
Description of concrete actions to implement environmental policies, address environmental risks and respond to environmental incidents.
Besides the policies implemented, we continue to push all project stakeholders to transition to paperless technologies for operation purposes. Additionally, the product selections we make in Client projects all comply to the highest green building standards.

Measurement of outcomes
Description of how the company monitors and evaluates environmental performance.
As for coping and mitigating risks, policies of stakeholders are reviewed to ensure full compliance to our standards. All comments on submittals should be revised as per our comments and input.

Anti-Corruption

Assessment, policy and goals
Description of the relevance of anti-corruption for the company (i.e. anti-corruption risk-assessment). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on anti-corruption.
Anti-corruption is one of the primary issues we generally endeavor to keep an eye on in our organization. The positive feedback we get in the market is the thing that separates us from our competition.

Implementation
Description of concrete actions to implement anti-corruption policies, address anti-corruption risks and respond to incidents.
The anti-corruption policies implemented by AEC regarding bribery, perjury and all other forms of corruption possible in our
industry have been kept and upheld in all business dealings internally and externally.

Measurement of outcomes
Description of how the company monitors and evaluates anti-corruption performance.
General evaluations across all levels of the organization by arbitrary checking and in addition to having a yearly external review guarantees every sect of our activities follows the approaches put forward by our organization.