Canon Middle East (CME) in partnership with Emirates Wildlife Society – World Wide Fund (EWS-WWF) and The National newspaper
has launched ‘The UAE School Environmental Sustainability Competition’.

The competition aims to engage with the UAE schools community in order to raise awareness about environmental issues among the youth, and to provide them with an opportunity to be part of the solution. Students and teachers will be required to outline actions taken by the school to become more environmentally friendly. This competition comes at the back of Earth Hour, a global movement that has raised awareness on Climate Change issues globally and locally. 

Anurag Agrawal, managing director, Canon ME said: “We are truly pleased
to kick-off the ‘UAE
School Environmental Sustainability Competition’.”

Schools across all emirates will nominate a team of five students in addition to a supervisor and submit a 1,500 word proposal on how their school is sustainable, how they can improve their sustainability approach. A mixed workshop on video production, environmental conservation and social media promotion ideas by Canon and EWS-WWF will be held on 29th April. The deadline for the promo video submissions is 21 May, with voting via Facebook starting on 23rd May. The winner will be announced on 31st May, and students from the school will be supported to plant a sustainable garden in the school, to connect with nature and learn about local plants and water issues.

As part of its Kyosei mission, Canon strives to reduce CO2 emissions throughout the Canon Group at all stages of production lifecycle, from materials procurement to disposal and recycling. Canon was the first company to acquire
certification under Japan’s Carbon Footprint Program for multifunction office
systems.