Many companies, municipalities and individuals are now on the Sustainability bandwagon.  As long as meaningful and extended commitments are made and kept, this is great news for our society and our planet.  EMS has been committed to finding more environmentally friendly ways of constructing and operating buildings, using water and creating power for well over a decade and doing so in a region that is still very new to these concepts.  As others catch up to where we have been, our challenge is to keep moving forward with more ambitious sustainability goals for ourselves as a company and in the solutions we provide for our clients.  This is a goal we relish and which helps to define who EMS is and will continue to be. 

EMS is in the business of finding more environmentally positive solutions to business and lifestyle activities. Combining this with our growth over the years demonstrates the success EMS has had in two of the three legs of the Triple Bottom Line approach to sustainability accounting.  The recent Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for their work on publicizing and reaching scientific consensus on the largest of environmental issues facing us today, confirms the connection between saving the planet and helping people.

But EMS is committed to the social aspects of sustainability in a more direct way as well.  Much of our recent work on Green Buildings has focused on energy & water efficiencies as well as improvement of the indoor air quality that directly effects the health and well being of building occupants.  EMS is also a registered service provider with several international and regional donor organizations promoting enterprising solutions in emerging markets. 
 
As consultants, we advise clients on approaches that will help them and their projects achieve higher levels of sustainability.  At EMS, we believe in the famous quote by Gandhi, “You must be the change you want to see in the world” or the now more common, ‘Be the change.’  EMS is actively ‘being the change’ by remodeling our Dubai office to meet LEED Commercial Interiors standards for green tenant build-outs and making our offices and office related travel carbon neutral.   
 
We hope that this word informs its readers on the philosophies, practices and talents of EMS and helps us to quantify and solidify our policies and actions to meet the highest levels of Corporate Social Responsibility.  This is our first attempt at publically holding ourselves to this level of review, and while certain difficulties are inevitable, an honest and open approach will propel us farther along towards our goals. 
 
 
 
Khaled Bushnaq
Chief Executive Officer
Energy Management Services, Int.