19 June 2011
KUWAIT: In recognition of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, EQUATE Petrochemical Company was recognized during the inauguration of International Islamic Charitable Organization's (IICO) palliative care hospital under the patronage of His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir was represented by the Minister of Health Dr Hilal Al-Sayer and with the attendance of IICO's Board Chairman Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatouq.
EQUATE's support and sponsorship of IICO's hospital stems from its strategy to establish overall cooperation with all relevant bodies within and outside Kuwait to ensure sustainability at all levels. Through EQUATE CSR Program and EQUATE Corporate Donations Team, EQUATE launched several initiatives relevant to sponsoring and adopting numerous sustainability driven ventures in medical, educational and professional fields.
Such efforts have included fully renovating a pediatric ward at Al-Adan Hospital, as well as setting up a full reception area and providing heart rate measurement equipment. Mubarak Al-Kabir Hospital received from EQUATE a state-of-the-art equipment to meet the needs of pediatric heart patients. In support of Al-Babtain Center for Plastic Surgery and Burns, EQUATE supplied a system that enables collaboration with specialized centers around the world, in addition to a fully integrated electronic archive for
patient cases.
EQUATE donated equipment that enables the medical and administrative staff Ibn Sina Hospital for Neurology& Neurosurgery to facilitate performing their duties.
Currently, EQUATE is examining a project to renovate two wards at Hussein Makki Juma Specialized Surgery Center. As for supporting persons with special needs, EQUATE constructed Kuwait's first and only multipurpose hall for the Ministry of Education's Al-Noor School for boys.
In cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education, EQUATE has launched two university scholarship programs, with the first dedicated to EQUATE's employees wishing to obtain degrees in majors relevant to the company's business, while the second is for Kuwaiti high school graduates to pursue engineering degrees at US collages. The two programs currently sponsor a total of nearly 30 students.
Established in 1995, EQUATE is an international joint venture between Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Boubyan Petrochemical Company (BPC) and Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (QPIC). Commencing production in 1997, EQUATE is the single operator of a fully integrated world-scale manufacturing facility producing over 5 million tons annually of high-quality petrochemical products which are marketed throughout the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe.
KUWAIT: In recognition of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, EQUATE Petrochemical Company was recognized during the inauguration of International Islamic Charitable Organization's (IICO) palliative care hospital under the patronage of His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir was represented by the Minister of Health Dr Hilal Al-Sayer and with the attendance of IICO's Board Chairman Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatouq.
EQUATE's support and sponsorship of IICO's hospital stems from its strategy to establish overall cooperation with all relevant bodies within and outside Kuwait to ensure sustainability at all levels. Through EQUATE CSR Program and EQUATE Corporate Donations Team, EQUATE launched several initiatives relevant to sponsoring and adopting numerous sustainability driven ventures in medical, educational and professional fields.
Such efforts have included fully renovating a pediatric ward at Al-Adan Hospital, as well as setting up a full reception area and providing heart rate measurement equipment. Mubarak Al-Kabir Hospital received from EQUATE a state-of-the-art equipment to meet the needs of pediatric heart patients. In support of Al-Babtain Center for Plastic Surgery and Burns, EQUATE supplied a system that enables collaboration with specialized centers around the world, in addition to a fully integrated electronic archive for
patient cases.
EQUATE donated equipment that enables the medical and administrative staff Ibn Sina Hospital for Neurology& Neurosurgery to facilitate performing their duties.
Currently, EQUATE is examining a project to renovate two wards at Hussein Makki Juma Specialized Surgery Center. As for supporting persons with special needs, EQUATE constructed Kuwait's first and only multipurpose hall for the Ministry of Education's Al-Noor School for boys.
In cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education, EQUATE has launched two university scholarship programs, with the first dedicated to EQUATE's employees wishing to obtain degrees in majors relevant to the company's business, while the second is for Kuwaiti high school graduates to pursue engineering degrees at US collages. The two programs currently sponsor a total of nearly 30 students.
Established in 1995, EQUATE is an international joint venture between Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Boubyan Petrochemical Company (BPC) and Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (QPIC). Commencing production in 1997, EQUATE is the single operator of a fully integrated world-scale manufacturing facility producing over 5 million tons annually of high-quality petrochemical products which are marketed throughout the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe.
© Kuwait Times 2011
