{"id":23142,"date":"2023-05-30T14:07:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T14:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=23142"},"modified":"2023-05-30T14:07:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T14:07:35","slug":"apparel-group-at-qatar-csr-summi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/05\/30\/apparel-group-at-qatar-csr-summi\/","title":{"rendered":"Apparel Group gets best CSR initiative award in retail sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/04\/25\/apparel-group-sustainabilty\/\">Apparel Group<\/a>, a UAE-based retail fashion and lifestyle conglomerate, has received the CSR Award for exemplary corporate social responsibility in the retail category at the <a href=\"https:\/\/qcsrsummit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qatar CSR Summit<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a strategic partner of the UN Global Compact, Apparel Group is committed to corporate social responsibility initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CEO of Apparel Group, Neeraj Teckchandani, said: \u201cThe recognition received by Apparel Group at the Qatar CSR Summit reinforces the company&#8217;s commitment to corporate social responsibility and its dedication to forging solid cross-sector collaborations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Through partnerships with organizations such as the Red Crescent and Qatar Charity, Apparel Group strives to create a positive impact on both the environment and society. As Apparel Group continues to drive sustainable practices and corporate social responsibility, the company remains dedicated to making a lasting and positive impact on the community and the environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The CSR Award signifies contributions to the community and dedication to environmental stewardship and social welfare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The summit, held at Qatar University on May 16\u201318, brought together CSR experts and professionals to explore the incorporation of economic, social and environmental goals into organisational operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One of the company&#8217;s notable initiatives aligns with Qatar&#8217;s efforts to ban plastic usage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This year, Apparel Group has made significant strides towards sustainability including organising beach cleanups, participating in Earth Hour initiatives and contributing to earthquake relief funds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Apparel Group operates more than 2025 retail stores and over 80 brands on all platforms while employing 20,000 personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparel Group has grabbed the CSR Award in the retail category at the Qatar CSR Summit for its commitment corporate social responsibility initiatives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":22696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4484,1],"tags":[4063,3986,4861],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23142"}],"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=23142"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23144,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23142\/revisions\/23144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}