(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Ezdan Real Estate Company, a subsidiary of Ezdan Holding Group, organised various events to celebrate the Earth Day, which falls on April 22 every year. Earth Day is celebrated to raise awareness to preserve the natural environment.
The celebration was held in collaboration with the Friends of the Environment Centre and the Al Wakra Municipality.
The events, that took place in Ezdan Village-11, aim at raising awareness regarding energy conservation and consumption efficiency in addition to increasing the green spaces. In this regard, Ezdan Real Estate Company joined hands along with "Friends of Environment Centre" of Qatar Foundation, which is a non-profit civil organization that seeks to establish the concept of environmental conservation and community education.
Ezdan Holding Group Deputy CEO Nasser Al Abdulla said that the group and its subsidiaries are making strenuous efforts to participate in the community events.
He added that the group has made a number of fruitful initiatives, in this context, including the increase of the afforestation and green areas in its residential compounds. The group also is keen to provide positive ideas that would help establishing the foundations of environment conservation.
During the event, a tree planting operation in collaboration with Al Wakra Municipality, was organised in which participants planted a number of tree saplings. A lecture entitled "Climate change and its impact on human heritage" was delivered by Mohamed Hashem, Director of 'A Flower Each Spring' Programme. The lecture addressed climatic conditions and changes in the world and their impact on the environment as well as human heritage.
Ezdan Mall Company has adopted an initiative to plant 22 million trees by 2022, a unique initiative launched during the opening of Ezdan Mall Gharrafa in mid-April 2013. Such initiative was incorporated in line with the Qatar National Development Vision, which aims to serve the state environment and preserve it.
Ezdan Holding Group's efforts in the field of community service have been recognised, as the Group was awarded for the best initiative in social responsibility in a competition organized by Dar Al Sharq, in which the Group has participated through social responsibility brochure that exclusively included a number of its social initiatives.
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