--- id: 1183 title: "du Wins the CFI.co 2014 Sustainability Programme Award, UAE" award_year: 2013 published: 2013-11-04 10:51:05 published_gmt: 2013-11-04 10:51:05 author: "CFI.co Editorial" url: "https://cfi.co/awards/middle-east/2013/du-wins-the-cfi-co-2014-sustainability-programme-award-uae/" categories: ["Best Practice", "Industries", "Middle East", "Sustainability", "Telecom"] content_class: award_rationale independence_status: independent_editorial sponsor_disclosure: none editorial_lens: constructive_positive_lens historical_status: current_at_publication correction_status: none archive_policy: no_delete provenance_layer: github_versioned wayback_status: archived wayback_first_snapshot: 20210924130900 wayback_snapshot_url: "http://web.archive.org/web/20210924130900/https://cfi.co/awards/middle-east/2013/du-wins-the-cfi-co-2014-sustainability-programme-award-uae/" license: CFI-OAAL-1.0 content_sha256: b9bb2b0dd7729af4ef4d39af7647a5690b5b54970e9207f6e7beb02e49c1ad3f canonical: 1183-du-wins-the-cfi-co-2014-sustainability-programme-award-uae.json --- # du Wins the CFI.co 2014 Sustainability Programme Award, UAE > Verbatim archived copy. Canonical machine record: `1183-du-wins-the-cfi-co-2014-sustainability-programme-award-uae.json`.

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du) is the CFI.co Best Sustainability Programme winner, UAE, 2014. The Judging Panel pointed out that, ‘this company has shown a passionate concern about sustainability issues since its establishment eight years ago. Management sets out to humanise technology and be ever thoughtful about the environment. We sense that they have been successful in these aims. We are also pleased to see that du is encouraging entrepreneurship and were very impressed by the ‘Every Step Counts’ wellness Campaign driven by du’s Chairman which encourages exercise and healthy lifestyles. There is an attitude at du that they are preparing paths for future generations and an acceptance of the important responsibilities that this entails.’