{"id":22908,"date":"2023-05-09T12:18:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T12:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=22908"},"modified":"2023-05-09T12:18:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T12:18:15","slug":"union-coop-to-support-emirates-nature-wwf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/05\/09\/union-coop-to-support-emirates-nature-wwf\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Coop to support \u2018Emirates Nature-WWF\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">UAE-based retailer Union Coop has inked a memorandum of understanding with \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emiratesnaturewwf.ae\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emirates Nature-WWF<\/a>&#8216; in cooperation with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), an international environmental non-profit organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The memorandum aligns with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/07\/27\/union-coop-donates-aed4-67-million-to-local-causes-this-year\/\">Coop\u2019s<\/a> social responsibility goals to support government, private and social welfare institutions and community welfare projects.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This agreement falls within the framework of Union Coop&#8217;s programs to strengthen cooperation with associations that serve the community groups, participate in initiatives directed at them and expand their role in community development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Union Coop\u2019s managing director, Abdulla Mohammad Rafie Al Dallal, said that this agreement\u2019s primary goal is to establish a concept of corporate social responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This is hoped to strengthen the bonds of cooperation with the primary sectors and relevant agencies by launching initiatives that are directed towards the members of the society, thereby expanding the cooperative\u2019s role in the community\u2019s development.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As per this agreement, Union Coop will support the directions of Emirates Nature-WWF and offer moral support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Director general of Emirates Nature-WWF, Laila Mostafa Abdullatif, marked the Union Coop&#8217;s societal role in the adoption of community initiatives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In July, Union Coop donated AED4,673,113.96 to various local community projects and campaigns this year across the social, health, security, economic, charitable, sports and youth sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Coop has signed a MoU with \u2018Emirates Nature-WWF&#8217; in cooperation with the World Wildlife Fund<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":22909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3966,4114],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22910,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22908\/revisions\/22910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}