Kuwait – (Masaader News)
Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, announced that a team of its employees and their families participated in a beach cleanup initiative at Shuwaikh beach. The event came in collaboration with the Kuwait Dive Team with the aim of preserving Kuwaiti marine life.
This initiative falls under Zain’s Corporate Sustainability umbrella, and came as a continuation of its strategic partnership with the Kuwait Dive Team, part of the Environmental Voluntary Foundation. The company is keen on shouldering initiatives that contribute to preserving the Kuwaiti marine life, which is considered one of the main pillars of the valued Kuwaiti heritage.
The beach cleanup initiative witnessed positive feedback and participation from Zain employees, further reinforcing the company’s keenness in having a productive role in preserving the local environment. Zain also strives to invite its employees to take part in initiatives and campaigns that give back to the community.
Recently, Zain dedicated a brand new boat to the Kuwait Dive Team, which will be utilized to carry out marine preservation projects throughout the upcoming years. The boat is fully equipped with the latest state of the art equipment, and will be used for removing wrecked ships and boats from the bottom of the ocean, removing abandoned fishing nets, installing and maintaining environment-friendly anchors, monitoring coral reefs, cleaning shores, islands, and beaches, documenting marine life, and more.
Zain’s support to the Kuwait Dive Team throughout the past 14 years comes under its Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsibility strategy towards the environmental sector. The company’s sustainable goals closely focus on preserving the Kuwaiti environment, especially Kuwait’s marine life, and seeks to raise awareness of protecting it within the community.
During October 2016, the Kuwait Dive Team honored Zain in the occasion of completing 800 marine preservation missions using a boat the company dedicated to the team back in 2003. The newly dedicated boat from Zain is much more advanced, and features state of the art equipment that will ensure easy and fast marine preservation missions throughout the upcoming years.