Canon Middle East (CME), a leader in imaging solutions, took part in Dubai Electrical power and Water Authority's (DEWA's) community event to commemorate Planet Hr 2017 held at Bay Avenue Park in Business Bay.

Earth Hour Dubai, held under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, has actually assisted elevate understanding concerning the results of climate change.

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA stated, "Dubai has accomplished an exceptional reduction of carbon emissions and power use during Planet Hour 2017, which was organised by Dubai Electrical power and Water Authority (DEWA) together with the Dubai Supreme Council of Power and the Emirates Wildlife Society (EWS). DEWA organises Earth Hour in adherence with the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Rate of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai. DEWA tape-recorded a decrease of 244MW, a 22MW boost as compared to last year, this led to offsetting 107 tonnes of carbon exhausts, an 11 tonnes boost compared with in 2014. The significant results, which Dubai has achieved show the value of the logical use energy and minimizing Dubai's carbon footprint to protect the atmosphere and natural deposits to attain lasting growth." Said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Power, and MD & Chief Executive Officer of DEWA.

" DEWA has actually been organising Earth Hour each year given that 2008, to elevate recognition on the value of the practical usage of electrical energy, advertise reasonable intake, and emphasize practices that contribute favorably to ecological job. It likewise supports nationwide initiatives to minimize carbon dioxide discharges and ecological air pollution, and discover sustainable solutions to global warming, environment modification, environmental management, while preserving natural deposits for generations ahead." added Al Tayer

Canon supported the event through a movie theater testing on renewable resource entitled The Breakthrough in Renewable Energy in addition to organising family-oriented tasks. The occasion was a great success, which witnessed several site visitors take part at the Earth Hour occasion.

On top of that, Canon additionally displayed an innovative recycling stand where guests from the community disposed their waste sensibly, which was tracked by visiting with a digital system. In overall 7,018 things were recycled at the Planet Hour, with the highest possible variety of items disposed by the leading three visitors obtaining a cam power shot as a prize. Yousef was the leading victor with 2,736 items reused, with Mohamed the runner-up with 1,440 products and Ruben being available in 3rd with 1,202 recycled things. The company acknowledged the engagement of these site visitors and as mark of appreciation sent them a thank you note.

Anurag Agrawal, Managing Director, Canon Middle East claimed: "Earth Hour is lined up with the vision of our rulers of encouraging the use of renewable energy. They have stressed the importance of helping Dubai become a world model for sanitation, renewable resource and sustainability, which is additionally integrated in our global ideology of Kyosei - the function of living and working together for the typical good. Via this campaign, we intend to spread out awareness within the community on the effectives of sustainable techniques of disposing waste.

" We look forward to keeping our long-term cooperation with DEWA, an organisation well-known for its sustainability efforts whose objective is to promote the setting and help them in attaining this objective annually," Agrawal added.

Earth Hour is just one of the biggest motions joining people to shield the planet, where countless people around the globe collaborated for one reason. Individuals participate and contribute by turning off lights and unneeded appliances for one hr (8.30-9.30 pm) to share the should rationalise electricity usage, save natural deposits, and safeguard the environment. It is a global activity to increase recognition on the results of climate change.

In recognition of Canon's CSR commitment, the organisation has been recertified the Dubai Chamber CSR Tag in 2016 for the fourth successive year and was recertified to ISO 14001 Environmental Administration Criterion in 2013. Honouring Canon Middle East regional CSR efforts in 2015, The Arab Company for Social Duty granted Canon Middle East for Best Environmental Practices in the Arab World.

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