Communication on Progress

Participant
Published
  • 27-Sep-2018
Time period
  • September 2018  –  September 2019
Format
  • Stand alone document – Basic COP Template
Differentiation Level
  • This COP qualifies for the Global Compact Active level
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 27, 2018

    Subject : CEO Statement

    To our Stakeholders,

    We hereby reconfirm, as in previous years, that Al Ajmi Engineering Consultants is committed 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.

    We express and demonstrate our actions as promised during the previous COP.

    We consistently bind ourselves to explore new ways of achieving new goals and at all times 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.

  • Al Ajmi Engineering Consultants "AEC" considers the United Nation's Declaration of Human Rights as a standard of accomplishment in its organization. Likewise, these rights are continually maintained at AEC.

  • Implementation
  • Description of concrete actions to implement Human Rights policies, address Human Rights risks and respond to Human Rights violations.

  • We reaffirm our dedication in upholding the Human Rights arrangements as pronounced 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 violations 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 continually give all workers their rights without prejudice regardless of one's background.

  • Implementation
  • Description of concrete actions taken by the company to implement labour policies, address labour risks and respond to labour violations.

  • We manifest our sense of duty in giving legitimate labour rights, the policy regarding Labor rights remains in effect and sustained 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, 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 greatly 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 concerns that we generally endeavor to strive to control 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 section of our activities follows the approaches to put forward by our organization.