Mannai Corporation Q.S.C.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2011, 2015)
Reporting Period: 2011
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Awards & Recognition
- ‘Application Partner of the Year 2011’ and ‘Exadata Partner of the Year 2011’ by Oracle Corporation
- ‘Country Partner of the Year (Qatar) – 2011’ from Microsoft
- HP ME Partner of the year (All HP Business Units) - 2 years in a row
- HP Software and Solutions ME Partner of the year
- Symantec Partner of the Year - Qatar
- Cisco - Public Sector Partner of the Year
- Cisco - Services Partner of the Year
- ‘Top Five’ in the Technical Staff Skill Competition conducted by General Motors
- 2011 distinguished Service Award from White Westinghouse
- TCL Global VIP Partner Award 2011
Reporting Period: 2015
Environmental Metrics
Social Achievements
- Invested a record amount in people development with particular emphasis on front line staff on ensuring a consistent, professional and delightful experience for customers through deployment of the "Damas Signature Customer Experience"; this was further extended to include a grooming module and new staff uniforms which firmly endorses the visibility of Damas as a luxury retailer.
- Gulf Laboratories Co. WLL’s quality and occupational health, safety and environmental management systems are certified to ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 standards.
Governance Achievements
- Mannai Corporation is committed to having a high level of corporate governance practices and procedures in a way which maintains the company’s standards and enhances shareholder value.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Challenging global economic environment in 2015
- Weaker oil price adds to the uncertainty of economic conditions in the region
- Challenges in overseas businesses (Damas impacted by slowdown in consumer retail spending and decline in Chinese and Russian visitors to Dubai; Axiom faced challenges due to retail slowdown in UAE and reduced margins from handset manufacturers)
- Challenging year for the travel industry due to rationalisation of travel spends by major customers on account of the drop in oil prices
Mitigation Strategies
- Diversity of Mannai’s business portfolio provided stable operating performance
- Proposed acquisition of GFI Informatique to further diversify earnings stream
- Axiom is on track to execute strategic initiatives to improve earnings
- Mannai is committed to continuing its record of growth and delivering positive results for shareholders
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Awards & Recognition
- General Motors’ 2015 Cadillac Grandmasters Dealer Award
- Best GMC Sierra Market Share in Middle East 2015
- Cadillac Highest Sales Growth – Middle East 2015
- Cadillac Highest Market Share – Middle East 2015
- 2015 Largest JCB Excavator Dealer in the World
- Elite Distributor Award by Grove Cranes
- Caltex Lubricants, Gold Award - Highest Performing Marketer (Distributor) 2015
- First place in the Middle East and Africa under the Caltex Distributor Program
- Best Premium Brand (Cadillac) Dealer and amongst Top 5 Dealers for the Core Brand (GMC) for the ‘Fix it Right First Time’ program conducted by General Motors in the GCC and Levant region
- Anan Fakhreddin, CEO of Damas Jewellery, Best Business Leader Category
- Damas Jewellery. Most Admired Retailer of the Year – Gold, Jewellery and Watches Category
- 2015 Oracle Specialised Partner of the Year - Applications - Global
- 2015 Oracle Specialised Partner of the Year - Applications - EMEA
- 2015 Oracle Storage Award - MEA
- 2015 Open Text Most Collaborative Partner Award
- Microsoft Best Cloud Partner for SMB, Qatar 3rd Quarter- 2015
- NetApp Partner of the Year 2015
- Top Performing Veritas Partner in Gulf - Ingram Micro-Aptec
- Founding member of Partner Force Program 2K15, recognised at Veritas EMEA Partner Link Conference, Monaco
- CISCO Master Collaboration Specialised Partner
- CISCO Gold Certified Partner - 2015
- CISCO Master Security Partner - 2015
- EMC: Tier 1 Solution Provider Gold Business Partner - 2015
- VMware - Premier Solution Provider - 2015
- VCE - Solution Provider Gold Partner - 2015
- RSA - Securworld Gold Partner - 2015
- Panduit Partner of the year - 2015
- HP Enterprise Partner of the Year - Middle East 2015 (Third Year in a Row - 2013, 2014 and 2015)
- NEXThink Partner of the Year Middle East 2014
- NEXThink Innovation Award "Security" - Worldwide 2014
- White Westinghouse – Best Sellout in Power Retailers Category, 2015
- Moulinex- Excellence Award 2015 for Exceptional Growth on Moulinex, 2015
- Outstanding Performance on the Water Security Mega Reservoirs Project from Saint Gobain PAM
- Best Distributor award of Bitumat products in Export/Middle East region