“Our collective challenge and opportunity is to promote responsible competitiveness between companies, communities, and nations that advances economic development in balance with social and environmental imperatives.”
Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish Prime Minister

King Khalid Competitiveness Award - Winners Profile

“The best businesses are building productivity by creating dynamic workforces, improving supply chains and being transparent in their communications. In doing so, they are building brand value, reshaping their sectors and ensuring that Saudi Arabia meets its goal of being one of the world’s most competitive economies, responsibly and sustainably”.  - Simon Zadek, CEO AccountAbility

 

 

  • The National Commercial Bank (www.alahli.com) is the most prominent of Saudi banks and was the first bank established in Saudi Arabia. It now has 266 branches in the Kingdom and has been one of the pioneers in Islamic Banking, providing a wide range of innovative Islamic alternatives for various traditional services and products. The Bank is also the biggest Financial Asset Manager in the Arab region. NCB is noteworthy for its integrated programme of corporate social responsibility, being the first company in Saudi to issue a world-class sustainability report. It has strong staff development and supplier development programmes.

 



  • Zamil Group (www.zamil.com) is a global investment company that provides innovative, high quality and price competitive products and services as well as investment opportunities for investors, partners and stakeholders in the industrial, petrochemicals and services sectors. Zamil Industrial (the part of the group entered for SARCI) was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It employs more than 7,400 people in 55 countries, providing air conditioning, pre-engineered steel buildings, structural steel products, process equipment, transmission and telecommunications towers, open web joists and decks, architectural glass processing, aerated concrete products and fiber glass insulation solutions. Zamil Industrial is noteworthy for its environmental management systems, proactive staff development and product quality.

 

 

  • Al Fanar Company (www.alfanar.com) is a global network of manufacturing facilities, including: manufacturing, construction, building industry, real estate development, marine services, information technology and communication, industrial ventures and investments. It has design and development centers and branches in Dubai, Doha, Cairo, Damascus, Suzhou and Chennai. Al Fanar is notable for its work with partners to improve health and safety, its efforts to combat counterfeiting, its benchmarking systems against international brands and its focus on customer satisfaction.