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Dubai, UAE, 16 September 2022 – Business solutions provider Transguard Group is proud to announce that it has published its 2022 Sustainability Report. Available for download on the company’s website, www.transguardgroup.com/csr, this year’s report reflects on Transguard’s progress and celebrates multiple milestones centred around its key CSR pillars – the environment, its people, marketplace and community. Highlights include:

• Investment of AED 13 million in environmental initiatives
• A solar panel project in one of Transguard’s accommodations that feeds power back to the DEWA grid nine months of the year
• 729,005 kWh of clean energy generated through the Shams Dubai Initiative
• A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 1,946 metric tons (from 2020 to 2021)
• Collaboration with Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) and that resulted in more than 111 kg of plastic handed over as part of the “Let’s Reduce and Recycle” campaign
• Free sanitary products available to all female site-based employees
• Distribution of more than 5,000 welcome kits, which includes toiletries and other essentials, for new site-based employees since January 2022
• 4,493 recreational activities for site- and HQ-based employees from April 2021 to October 2022
• Launch of transguardgroup.com/internalvacancies, a page exclusively dedicated to internal promotions
• 5 million training hours at Transguard’s Centre of Excellence since 2017
• CSR Advanced Label certification from Dubai Chamber in October 2021
• 33% female representation in the senior leadership team

“Transguard’s sustainability programme forms a strategic part of both our current and our future growth,” says Lena ter Laare, Director – Marketing and CSR, Transguard Group. “We are committed to raising the bar for impactful business practices in the UAE and as such, pledge to continuously work to create a better future for the next generation.”

Transguard is certified under several international standards including ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and ISO 39001:2012.