Dubai, UAE, Business News: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has won three diamond level awards at the Harvard Business Council 2021 International Awards Second Cycle. The Harvard Business Council is based in New York, USA. DEWA won the Project Award, Information Technology Award, and Health & Safety Award, all at the Diamond Level.
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, expressed his happiness on winning these awards. He also thanked Harvard Business Council for their efforts in recognising excellence.
“Winning these prestigious awards from the Harvard Business Council supports our efforts to realise the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to strive for excellence and reach the top position in all areas. While we are proud of winning these prestigious awards, we will continue to support Dubai’s endeavour to become the city of the future,” said Al Tayer.
Al Tayer explained that DEWA received the Diamond Level Project Award for the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the largest single-site solar park in the world, based on the Independent Power Producer (IPP) system, with a planned capacity of 5,000 megawatts by 2030. DEWA won the Diamond Level Information Technology Award thanks to the effectiveness of its state-of-the-art digital infrastructure and providing all its services through smart channels that provide customers with access to all its services anytime, anywhere. Winning the Diamond Level Health & Safety Award reflects DEWA’s commitment to improving the health and safety standards across all its projects and operations in line with its Integrated Systems Policy through which, it is committed to the effective implementation of quality, health, safety and environmental management systems to provide its services according to the highest quality, efficiency, and availability standards.
”HBC has received more than 4700 online forms, from which only 842 of them submitted all the necessary files for their application, DEWA’s result scores have been the highest of all other entities who entered the competition, thus becoming our number one top winner for this 2021 first & second cycles. As a globally leading organization, their leadership team orchestrates the development of the set of DEWA’s strategic directions based on several integrated best practice in Project management, Information Technology, and Health & Safety’’. Said Michael Brown – Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Business Council
“The Harvard Business Council 2021 International Awards focus on total quality management. They evaluate organisations across different sectors in terms of their excellence, adopting best practices, and providing high-quality services and products,” said Waleed Bin Salman, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Excellence at DEWA.
DEWA won three diamond awards in the Harvard Business Council 2021 International Awards First Cycle; the Organizational, Innovation, and Dealing with COVID-19 awards, all at the Diamond Level.
