Social Commitments – CSR

Employees

ICONS International people are critical to its success. The Group motivates its employees and promotes involvement by making the most of diversity, supporting professional development, and ensuring safe, healthy working conditions.

Diversity

Diversity underpins our history, culture and identity. That’s why the first commitment in Our Principles of Responsibility states that: ” ICONS International employees can all express their cultural diversity and are managed without discrimination”. We know that employees who feel respected are more motivated and effective. For this reason, we’ve taken measures to promote gender equality in the workplace, age diversity, jobs for the disabled and minority hiring. We take action at three levels: recruitment, job opportunities and career development. Our goal is to make diversity a strength, an advantage and a lever for developing creativity and competitiveness.

Health / Safety

In designing our policies, ICONS International adopted the World Health Organization’s definition of health: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. For ICONS International, health is a challenge shared by all of its team members and partners. The Group also considers that insurance coverage is a crucial lever for maintaining a high level of good health. It believes in deploying local approaches to achieve its goal of being the health benchmark in all host countries.

Wholesale suppliers

Sustainable development holds companies up to stakeholders’ expectations. As a Global Compact signatory, ICONS International takes sustainable development issues into account when selecting suppliers.

The Group encourages suppliers and their subcontractors to join the Global Compact themselves. By asking suppliers to meet its direct requirements and make a public commitment, the Group exposes them to the principles of sustainable development.

This approach also reflects ICONS International’s commitment to promoting human rights, in accordance with Global Compact Principle 1 (Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights) and Principle 2 (Businesses should make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses).

Corporate Social Responsibility

At ICONS INTERNATIONAL, the specialists in emerging markets and innovation, our goal of CSR is to embrace responsibility for the company’s actions and encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere. Furthermore, we proactively promote the public interest by encouraging community growth and development. We voluntarily eliminate practices that harm the public sphere, regardless of legality. For ICONS International CSR is the deliberate inclusion of public interest into corporate decision-making, and the honoring of a triple bottom line (TBL): people, planet, profit. Our organization is driven by ethical and moral principles in all our business environment.

Dedicated to Youth

At ICONS INTERNATIONAL, the specialists in emerging markets and innovation, we are very close to community’s events and youth. We take to heart and treasure young boys and girls initiatives in a very delicate phase of their lives by supporting and promoting youth and school activities.

In this great venture, we are but just a drop in the ocean! It is for this reason that we greatly appreciate your consideration for helping us in this very important Social Mission.

We thank you for taking your time in further reading about the projects that we promote and are grateful for any financial support and contributions that you will devote to our young friends and students projects .

World Challenge

ICONS INTERNATIONAL is strongly ingaged in supporting the World Challenge school initiative aimed at:

  • Supporting and sustaining RAK Educational Programs
  • Promote RAK in the World
  • Help and support humanitarian activities for communities in need
  • Improve RAK students education and experience
  • Invest in a better adult community for the future
  • Decreasing world poverty around the world

A great opportunity and learning curve for the students and a great humanitarian act. It will help make a better world for tomorrow bringing help to children in need whilst forging our future adults.

Join us in helping to support this initiative by making a contribution:




We thank you in advance for your kind support and contribution and look forward to sharing our experience with you after the events.

 For alternative payment methods please send an e-mail request to: info@iconsfze.com.

Make a contribution

If you have reached this section, you have decided to make a contribution to our World Challenge project. ICONS International has kindly set-up a “World  Challenge Account” for us making it easy for you to donate.

We thank you in advance for your support and look forward to sharing our experience with you after the event.

Should you prefer to pay your donation via:

  • Bank Transfer
  • Western Union
  • MoneyGram

please refer to “World Challenge Account” at the ICONS International Administration introduction section.

Suppliers prequalification – Exclusive Resort construction

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First International

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ICONS FZE – Innovative Concepts & Solutions

to carry out pre-qualification of contractors and suppliers for the development, construction and management of a World Class Exclusive and Unique Resort Complex to be built in the United Arab Emirates.

Dream Island

The destination!

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For more information please e-mail info@iconsfze.com

Burj Khalifa grand opening – Dubai

January 2010

ICONS CONSULTING: Burj Khalifa grand opening – Dubai – FACTS

Ahead of its opening on January 4, Emaar, developer of the Burj Khalifa tower, has released some of the massive numbers and world records that make up the world’s tallest building

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  •  31,400 – the amount of steel rebar in metric tonnes used in the structure of Burj Khalifa
  • 28,261– the number of glass cladding panels making up the exterior of tower and its two annexes
  • 15,000 – the amount of water in litres collected from the tower’s cooling equipment that will be used for landscaping irrigation
  • 12,000 – the numbers of workers on site during peak of construction
  • 5,500 – the capacity in kilograms of the tower’s service lift
  • 3,000 – the number of underground parking spaces
  • 1,044 – the total number of residential apartments inside Burj Khalifa
  • 900 – the length in the feet of the world’s tallest performing fountain, The Dubai Fountain, that lies at the foot of the tower
  • 605 – the vertical height in metres to which concrete was pumped in the construction of Burj Khalifa, a world record for concrete pumping
  • 504 – the distance traveled, or ‘rise’ in metres of Burj Khalifa’s main service lift, the most of any elevator
  • 828 The building’s final official height, in metres
  • 22,000,000 Number of man hours it took to build the tower
  • 5,670,000 Total built up area of the tower, in square feet
  • 330,000 Volume of concrete used to build the tower, in cubic metres
  • 39,000 Amount of reinforced steel used to build the tower, in metric tonnes
  • 103,000 Volume of glass used for exterior façade, in square metres
  • 15,500 Volume of stainless steel used for cladding, in square metres
  • 12,000 Number of people expected to live and work at Burj Khalifa
  • 10 Maximum speed, in metres per second, at which lifts in the Burj travel
  • 192 Number of piles that were used in the building’s foundations

Bright futures for Qatar & Abu Dhabi

November 2009

ICONS CONSULTING: Bright futures for Qatar and Abu Dhabi

Construction suppliers now see Qatar and Abu Dhabi as the key places to do business, exhibitors at The Big 5 have said.

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Investors are showing growing confidence in the Middle East, particularly Doha, where there is an opportunity to build new projects.

“We supply foundation pumps for piling, shoring and dewatering and a lot of our business is going on in Qatar and Abu Dhabi now as there are new projects developing there,” said Austin Parfett Foundations sales manager Devanand.

Devanand predicts business to pick up in Dubai in the next couple of months as his company has future projects planned in the emirate.

Wilo, a manufacturer and supplier of pumps and pump systems for heating, air-conditioning, cooling, water supply and sewage disposal agreed: “Local companies are investing in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Developers and contractors feel comfortable starting new projects in the area because new developments are progressing at a steady pace and are not accelerating too quickly,” said the company managing director Simon Mrad.

Mrad explained that The Big 5 will give his company an opportunity to show the industry what it can do.

“We want to show delegates that we are here and ready to support and advice them. I predict that the exhibition will be a success.”

Wilo was the first company to introduce an electrical powered water pump, which is designed to save energy when circulating water around a building.

The company wishes to show that this kind of product can save energy and long term-costs.

Government of Ras Al Khaimah

ICONS FZE is a Registered Partner Agency for the Government of Ras Al Khaimah – RAK Investment Authority in developing trade and investment relations between Italy and the Government of Ras Al Khamah – RAK Investment Authority.

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Welcome to the worlds youngest business hub. Natural home of business with no restrictions.

  • 100% Tax free
  • 100% Ownership

Through ICONS FZE, RAKIA Free Trade Zones offer:

  • Flexi desk facilities
  • Executive offices
  • Warehouses
  • Land

As an investment authority, RAKIA’s professional expertise, supported by ICONS FZE, lies in providing a favourable investment climate.
The best business climate:

  • No Corporate Tax & Income Tax
  • No restrictions on capital repatriation
  • 100% ownership in Free Zones
  • Easy access to key decision makers
  • Liberal labour laws
  • Easy funding from financial institutions

ICONS FZE is at your service for:

  • B2B Matchmaking
  • Infrastructure
  • Marketing
  • Operations
  • Human resources

We will be glad to attend your queries or needs. Please e-mail info@iconsfze.com for any information required.