United Projects for Aviation Services Company (UPAC), a leading commercial real estate and facilities management company, celebrated Earth Day for the third consecutive year.
On 22 April, UPAC hosted a screening of environmental documentaries at Discovery Mall, covering key topics including environmental preservation, water conservation and the importance of agriculture. Ten UPAC volunteers distributed 480 small plants to the audience, which included children and asked them to re-plant them in their own gardens. UPAC also distributed informative flyers about Earth Day to increase the awareness amongst the children.
UPAC is also continuing its recycling program to reduce plastic waste. Since the beginning of the year, the company has collected nearly 700 kg of plastic bottles for safe disposal and recycling.
In addition, to promote a healthy life style, UPAC organized a competition ran through the months of April and May to measure employees’ activities and movement during the day. The competition encourages employees to walk instead of taking the elevator or escalator, an easy way to help reduce electricity consumption. Employees who entered this competition have installed an easy-to-use ‘steps counter’ application on their smartphone or handheld devices in order to track their movements during that period, and those who have achieved the highest number of steps would win the competition. For the month of April, Ganesh Gadge, won the competition after achieving 448,998 steps while Majdi Hanna won in for May for achieving 493,137 steps.
UPAC has pledged to continue working with various environmentally friendly organizations to further its commitment and support of the environment. As a responsible company operating in Kuwait, UPAC aims at reducing its environmental impact and increasing its efforts in promoting various CSR activities.
