Zain wins awards in sustainability and women’s empowerment

TDT | Manama                                                

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com     

Zain, a leading provider of innovative technologies and digital lifestyle communications operating in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, said it continues to be recognised for its pioneering endeavours in the areas of Sustainability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI).

Zain was presented with the Leadership in Sustainability Award 2023; and Championship Award in Women Empowerment 2023 at the annual Global Good Governance Awards recently held in Dubai and organized by Cambridge IFA, a UK-based think tank.

The Awards celebrate individuals, governments, public and private sector institutions, and NGOs that exhibit governance and sustainability as their strategic priority.

Zain said it remains as one of the most active organizations in the region with respect to delivering meaningful connectivity through its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives, with the company playing a crucial role in empowering the markets in which it operates to reap the benefits of digital transformation for the benefit of the communities it serves and beyond.

Recently, Zain joined the United Nations (UN) Global Compact initiative, a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation, and disclosure of responsible business practices.

Annually, the company publishes its sustainability report, where it details the progress and strategic efforts undertaken across Zain’s footprint as it continues to execute on its five-year, 2025 Corporate Sustainability strategy.

Within the Women Empowerment (WE) gender initiatives under Zain’s DEI activities, the company has been working on narrowing the gender divide in leadership roles at the company.

With the development of a year-long middle management succession program, Zain said it is looking forward to drawing closer to 25% of its leadership consisting of women by 2025, against a background of just 14.5% when the program was first introduced in late 2017.