Empower Organises Annual Wellness Day Campaign For Staff
Ahmad Bin Shafar: "Through its events, Empower aims to provide a healthy and safe environment for employees, to stimulate their positive energy, and positively reflect the organisation's productivity
Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world's largest district cooling services provider, organised a wellness campaign for its employees at the company's Head Office and camp, to raise awareness on the importance of keeping fit, encouraging healthy practices, and adopting a healthy lifestyle. This comes within the framework of Empower’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) which places employees’ health at the top of its priorities and supports its efforts to achieve the Dubai Plan 2021, to make Dubai a home for educated, cultured, and healthy individuals.
The campaign included free health check-up for all employees and offered tests for diabetes, high or low blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index, hepatitis and stomach bacteria, as well as skin and hair tests.
At Empower, we spare no effort in achieving the well-being and happiness of our employees, in line with our CSR commitment and belief that providing a healthy and safe environment for employees, to stimulates their positive energy, which positively reflects the organisation's productivity to maintain our global leadership in the district cooling sector,” said Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO of Empower.
“Empower's annual wellness campaigns aim to introduce various diseases to employees and raise awareness on their severity. They are also an opportunity for early detection of certain diseases, as we offer the necessary advice and guidance to prevent chronic diseases, as well as treatment to patients if needed. Empower strives to spread awareness among its employees on the importance of making body exercise as a part of their culture and daily lifestyle. This supports the directives of our wise leadership to set sports as part of the culture of the UAE,” noted Bin Shafar.
The campaign was held in collaboration with Neuron Health Company, with the participation of Prime Medical Center, Canadian Specialist Hospital, Emirates Optical, Emirates Rehabilitation and Homecare, Quro Obesity Center, among others.
Empower provides district cooling services to more than 1,090 buildings, catering to more than 100,000 customers. The company operates more than 1.43 Million Refrigeration Tons (RT), providing environmentally friendly district cooling services to large-scale real estate developments, such as Bluewaters, Jumeirah Group, Business Bay, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai International Financial Centre, Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Ibn Battuta Mall, Discovery Gardens, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai World Trade Centre Residences and Dubai Design District, International Media Production Zone and others.
