October 2017
RAK Ceramics receives Global Giving Award
Leading ceramics company wins award for Best CSR Impactful Initiative
Ras Al Khamiah, UAE, 15th October 2017 – RAK Ceramics PJSC (Ticker: RAKCEC: Abu Dhabi), one of the leading ceramics’ brands in the world, is delighted to announce that it has won three awards, Best CSR Impactful Initiative, Top 100 Most Sustainable CEOs and GCC Best Employer Brand. The awards were presented to RAK Ceramics at The Address Hotel, Dubai Mall on Wednesday 11th October.
The company won the award for Best CSR Impactful Initiative at the Global Giving Awards in recognition of its recent Iftar Celebration which was organised in partnership with Samena Capital. The Iftar celebration was held on Thursday 18th June for approximately 5,000 of its factory workers. The celebration was the largest Iftar held by any company in the history of Ras Al Khaimah, and provided management with the opportunity to thank factory workers for their continued hard work, dedication and loyalty to the company.
Abdallah Massaad, Group CEO of RAK Ceramics said, “We are delighted to have been presented with these three awards. Our Iftar celebration gave us an opportunity to thank our factory workers for their continued hard work, dedication and loyalty to the company. Every single worker was served food at the Iftar by a senior manager or employee of RAK Ceramics and Samena Capital as a gesture of our appreciation and respect for the work they do. The feedback from our employees was overwhelmingly positive and the pride and sense of community that hosting the Iftar provided has created a huge impact. The strongest message, and the one that has made a lasting impact, is that working at RAK Ceramics means being part of a community which cares for its employees, and being very proud to be part of that community.”
Abdallah Massaad, Group CEO of RAK Ceramics was also honoured as one of the Top 100 Most Sustainable CEOs for his continued to commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainability. RAK Ceramics was also presented with the award for GCC Best Employer Brand.