Climate Change Data

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