A collection of international case studies of best practices. We have selected cases from different regions and various industries, to showcase importance of strategy and implementation working hand in hand. As reality evolves and lessons are learned, improvements are discovered and organisations adapt their strategies to achieve an ever-greater impact. Ultimately, best practice, by definition, will need to adapt, so that the original definition is not negated and optimum performance is maintained. On the other hand, organisations consist of people who learn from experience and may change their strategy to achieve greater results. We have no affiliation with all the brands and cases depicted. The idea behind the concept of best practice is that not only is the practice concerned a superior way of doing something but, by definition, it will always be considered as being “the best”, in that it is an optimal practice and the way something should be done at any point in time.
Workplace wellbeing at IMC, in Jeddah, KSAWork on the International Medical Center (IMC) in Jeddah, KSA began in 1998 under the leadership of Dr. Walid Fitaihi, following an idea conceived in 1993. The Center is now a state-of-the-art facility which exceeds international standards and is renowned for its sense of well-being. In 2012 the IMC…
Nestlé is a Swiss-owned multinational producer and distributor of food and beverages. By revenue, it is the largest food company in the world. Its Saudi operation,headquartered in Jeddah,began in 1997 and has since invested US$400 million in the Middle East, employing more than 7,000 people in the region. CSR approach Nestlé’s CSR department operates to…
Royal Dutch Shell plc, also known as Shell, is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands. Shell’s CSR strategy includes a number of activities, which range from promoting marketable technical and scientific skills of young people to employment promotion. Shell launched the LiveWIRE International programme to combat the…
The Emirates Airline Foundation, launched in 2003, is a non-profit organization formed by the Emirates airline. It aims to provide healthcare, food, education and housing for disadvantaged children across the network covered by the airline. It is run under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the chairman and chief executive…
Earlier this year EMG Dubai team visited Masdar City, one the most sustainable cities on the planet. Masdar City is an example of great pioneering in designing an utterly sustainable environment. Situated 17 kilometres south-east of Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, and with an area of 6 square kilometres, the city is exclusively…
“We have a very simple philosophy. Whatever we do – and this doesn’t just apply to CSR – anything that the company undertakes always has an internal standard of performance. And that’s the same no matter where we operate.” – said Markus Terho, Head of Sustainability, Nokia in an interview with Z. Davis. EMG spoke…
Interview with Nigel Stansfield, Chief Innovations Officer, Interface. Can you tell us about the very beginning of your journey? Our journey started back in 1994, when our founder Ray Anderson had what he has often called an epiphany. Our key global customers had asked him what Interface’s response to sustainability concerns and issues was. Ray…
“I think one of the most interesting things we have is a policy plan that looks ahead to the year 2100 and at what our role as a company will be, which is really thinking long term.” – Fujitsu’s Global Executive VP for Sustainability, Alison Rowe. EMG spoke with Alison Rowe, about the journey the company…
”In Finland, we use the concept “Green Care” to include all the wellbeing services that use elements of nature to promote human welfare. This includes both social care and health care, but also the services to maintain and promote our own wellbeing is an important factor.” Interview with: Anja Yli-Viikari, Senior Research Fellow at MTT,…
