DP WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORT 2021
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UN SDGs
UNGC PRINCIPLES • Principle 1 • Principle 2
The framework is divided into three areas: • The Universities Programme – focuses on tours, career talks, career and skills workshops, webinars, hackathons, and DP World’s own CTO Programme (Certificate in Terminal Operations). • Hope for Conservation – In partnership
and special effects to depict the future of DP World. It challenges students to work in teams to implement new technology. We participated in thought leadership platforms such as the Rewired summit, and co-hosted a dinner event with the Global Business Coalition for Education, with the them of businesses taking action for education.
A total of 355 school groups and over 7,000 students participated in our education programme at Expo 2020 Dubai between October and December 2021. At Expo 2020 Dubai, we also supported UNICEF on 11 October, International Day of the Girl Child, by turning the DP World pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai UNICEF blue and displaying the UNICEF logo.
with ZSL, Expo 2020 Dubai and Edinburgh Science, we hosted a
Conservation for Hope event at our pavilion on the theme of ‘Advancing Best Practice in Wildlife & Biodiversity Conservation’. We brought together expert conservationists and private sector representatives to highlight effective, replicable, and scalable interventions and solutions to protect global biodiversity. • The Schools Programme – Highlights our FlowLab educational initiative at the DP World Pavilion. The FlowLab provides students with an immersive experience, using a combination of interactive technology, physical props, CASE STUDY: BAREFOOT COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL IN SENEGAL DP World Dakar signed a US$400,000 one-year contract with Barefoot College International (BCI), an international non- governmental organisation working with marginalised rural women in more than 90 countries worldwide. The grant will enable BCI to train rural women in West Africa to become solar engineers, educators, and micro-entrepreneurs.
It will also cover equipment, operating and set-up costs at BCI’s new training centre which is currently under development. On completion of the training, women will be equipped with the skills needed to install, maintain and repair solar-powered infrastructure in local neighbourhoods.
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