DP World Wins Golden Peacock Human Resource Excellence Award

DP World has been recognised with the Golden Peacock Human Resource Excellence Award (GPHREA) for best practice in the profession. The award was presented by The Rt. Hon. Baroness Verma, Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Government of the United Kingdom, and received by Ms. Monal Srivastava, Head of Human Capital, DP World Subcontinent Region, in the presence of a distinguished gathering of business leaders at the 9^th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, being held from 19 – 20 January, 2015 in Mumbai.

Commenting, Mr. Anil Singh, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Indian Subcontinent, DP World, said: “We are pleased to receive this prestigious award in recognition of our HR practices. This is an acknowledgement of our efforts towards creating a world-class people-centric organization, and it inspires us to set higher standards in the industry. We believe in nurturing talent, providing opportunities to sample the diversity of our business coupled with career progression. Fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and performance is central to who we are and what we do.”

As part of its leadership strategy, DP World has created a People Development Framework, a global career and succession planning tool that helps its HR professionals to evaluate skills, competencies and readiness of employees for future roles. It also helps them develop a succession plan for the organization.

Diversity and the empowerment of women are other issues being addressed by DP World. The appointment of women in core operational areas such as Gate Operations, Customer Support, Documentation, and engineering is underway. Corporate responsibility initiatives around diversity such as working with the non-government organisation, Protsahan, associating with the Foot and Mouth Painting Artists Association and Writing for the Blind are some more initiatives supported by the company.

About DP World:

DP World has a portfolio of more than 65 marine terminals across six continents⁽¹⁾, including new developments underway in India, Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

Container handling is the company’s core business and generates more than three quarters of its revenue. In 2013, DP World handled 55 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent container units). With its committed pipeline of developments and expansions, capacity is expected to rise to more than 100 million TEU by 2020, in line with market demand.

DP World has a dedicated, experienced and professional team of around 30,000 people serving its customers around the world, and the company constantly invests in terminal infrastructure, facilities and people to provide quality services today and tomorrow, when and where customers need them.

In taking this customer-centric approach, DP World is building on the established relationships and superior level of service demonstrated at its flagship Jebel Ali facility in Dubai, which has been voted “Best Seaport in the Middle East” for 20 consecutive years. http://www.dpworld.com

(1) As of July 2014.