DEWA hosts conference on quality, health, safety and environment

Dubai / WAM

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) on Sunday opened the 9th Annual Best Practices Conference on Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment, at the Hyatt Regency Creek Heights.
The conference was attended by Ahmed Buti Al Muhairbi, Secretary-General of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, Waleed Salman, Executive Vice President for Strategy and Business Development, Rashid bin Humaidan, Executive Vice President of Distribution Power, and Dr. Yousef Al Akraf, Executive Vice President of Business Support and Human Resources at DEWA.
The event gathers leaders and experts on safety and occupational health, to discuss best practices in quality, health safety and environment at work, and provides a world-class valuable experience for the participants and stakeholders. Through the conference, DEWA aims to provide a strategic platform to exchange skills and experiences, in addition to international policies and processes required to face increasing challenges, to find innovative proactive solutions in this field.
During his opening speech, Al Tayer noted DEWA’s commitment towards keeping up to date with the latest updates in quality, health and safety, and the environment. “DEWA takes priority in ensuring the sustainability of environmental resources to achieve the UAE Vision 2021, to harvest a sustainable environment with a focus on the quality of air, the conservation of water resources, further dependence on clean energy, and green
development in Dubai.”
“DEWA strives to achieve the Dubai Plan 2021 to establish Dubai as a smart and sustainable city, whose environmental elements are clean, healthy, and sustainable,” said Al Tayer.
Al Tayer noted that DEWA works to enhance innovation and creativity to develop new ideas, procedures, and operations in fields that concern all public and private organisations around the world. This adheres to the directives of the wise leadership, to adopt innovation and creativity across all fields. This also supports the National Innovation Strategy, launched by Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to transform the UAE into one of the most innovative countries in the world over the next seven years.
“The conference reflects DEWA’s commitment to develop its staff and work with its partners to enhance our operations to the highest levels of excellence and quality, and contribute to achieving the happiness of all stakeholders.” he said.
“The conference also supports the vision of our wise leadership, to enhance sustainable development within a happy and positive society, while ensuring that all government policies, programmes, and services contribute towards building a positive community, capable of facilitating happiness for individuals, families, and employees, while instilling positivity as a major value in the Emirati community,” Al Tayer concluded.