Now in its second year, MEED’s Daman Corporate Health Awards aims to recognise outstanding employers in corporate health and wellness throughout the UAE.

It distinguishes organisations and individuals who have implemented exemplary corporate health and wellness initiatives in the following award categories: Daman Award for Corporate Health and Wellness (Organisation), Daman Award for Corporate Health and Wellness (Initiative), Daman Award for Improved Corporate Health and Wellness Performance, Corporate Wellness Leader of the Year, Corporate Wellness Team of the Year, Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) Employee Engagement of the Year, Workplace of the Year, Communications Campaign of the Year, Health & Safety Initiative of the Year and Innovation in Work Culture of the Year.

“Our experience has shown that healthier employees are in a much better position to contribute more significantly to the overall success of the company. Productivity wise, a healthy person is likely to perform better, benefitting from increased energy levels and lowering the chances of illness. For the organisation, greater productivity per capita means greater productivity overall,” says Michael Bitzer, CEO of the National Health Insurance Company (Daman), “We congratulate the companies who have been selected as finalists for the 2015 Daman Corporate Health Awards, a project we are proud to support because we strongly believe it is important to recognise workplace programmes that promote corporate health and support employee wellbeing.”

The full list of finalists is available online at www.corporatehealthawards.com.

Daman Award for Corporate Health and Wellness (Organisation) Award

1. Al-Mansoori Specialised Engineering
2. Roche Diagnostics Middle East
3. Dubai Holding
4. Nestlé
5. DHL Express
6. Study World Higher Education Services
7. Abu Dhabi Health Services Company- SEHA

Daman Award for Corporate Health and Wellness (Initiative)

1. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB)
2. Etihad Airways
3. Mashreq
4. Abu Dhabi Health Services Company- SEHA

Daman Award for Improved Corporate Health and Wellness Performance Award

1. Dubai Holding
2. Lamprell Energy Limited

Corporate Wellness Leader of the Year Award

1. Nabil Al-Alawi, CEO, Al-Mansoori Specialised Engineering
2. Abdulla Al-Karam, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director General, Knowledge & Human Development Authority (KHDA)
3. Nadia Qassem Bastaki, Vice President- Medical Services, Etihad Airways
4. Thumbay Moideen, President, THUMBAY Group

Corporate Wellness Team of the Year Award

1. Dubai Holding
2. Etihad Airways

Communications Campaign of the Year Award

1. Aster DM Healthcare LLC
2. Dubai Holding
3. Maven Marketing and Events
4. Schlumberger UAE
5. Etisalat UAE

Innovation in Work Culture Award

1. Roche Diagnostics Middle East
2. Al-Hosn Gas

Workplace of the Year Award

1. Dubai Holding
2. KHDA
3. DHL Express
4. THUMBAY Group
5. Unilever Gulf FZE

Health & Safety Initiative of the Year Award

1. Emirates Transport
2. Dubai Municipality
3. Al-Hosn Gas
4. AECOM
5. Schlumberger UAE
6. Aqualia MACE
7. Unilever Gulf
8. Byrne Looby

CSR Employee Engagement of the Year Award

1. Al-Bustan Centre & Residence
2. Schlumberger UAE
3. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB)
4. THUMBAY Group
5. Unilever Gulf