Corporate Social Responsibility
Based on a consciousness of its role as leading national company, Qapco has taken on its shoulders a social responsibility toward the society represented in its participation in the projects that add value and benefit to the society in which it operates. This participation has been one integral part of its policy ever since its foundation. Motivated by the Board of Directors, Qapco takes the initiatives to support the educational, health and social projects that bring back benefit to the State of Qatar and all its residence. By so doing, Qapco achieves its belief in the importance of investing in humans, the basis for any economic or industrial flourishing in any country.
The the social contributions Qapco has carried out diversified to include a wide range of fields. In the health sector, Qapco organized more than one blood donation campaign for the Blood Bank Unit at Hamad Medical Corporation. By means of these campaigns, Qapco urges its employees to donate their blood for those in need for it, and the donation is carried out in Qapco’s headquarters in MIC and at its office in Doha.
In the educational field, Qapco has renewed its sponsorship of the graduation ceremony of the Omar Bin Al Khattab Educational Campus, and has also sponsored other educational institutions such as Qatar University and College of North Atlantic These sponsorships come in line with Qapco’s belief in the importance of advocating and supporting the educational institutions in Qatar as a means to enhance the chances of the Qatari students to gain the knowledge they need in order for them to be able to lead Qatar’s booming technological and industrial development. It is in those students that Qapco invests as part of its strategic plan, so when they graduate, they will be able to implement what they have gained for the benefit of Qapco and its manufacturing processes.
On the environmental level, Qapco pays special attention to the environment and its protection through the development and implementation of programs to ensure continual improvement in QAPCO’S environmental performance. The practices and programs adopted by Qapco, with the target to match the regulatory requirements of the Ministry of Environment , have enabled Qapco to obtain the ISO 14001:2004 Certification, as well as the OHSAS 18001-2007. For the sake of environmental protection, Qapco implements the following categorical “Environment Protection” programs, including Environmental Awareness Programs, Environmental Legislation Compliance, Environmental Management System, Environmental Monitoring Program and Qapco’s Environmental Improvements and Projects Program. These programs are designed to raise the environmental awareness among all the Qapco employees to guarantee a healthy operating environment for all its employees.
