Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) has announced its participation as strategic partner of the CSR Saudi Arabia Summit, which will be held from Nov. 24-26, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Jeddah.

“Saudi Arabian Airlines is proud to support the social responsibility summit as strategic partner within the framework of the airline’s position as a national leader in community service,” stated Abdullah bin Mushabab Al-Ajhar, executive assistant general director of PR at Saudi Arabian Airlines, referring to the airline’s mission to support all social responsibility initiatives including social, cultural and sports activities, and health care and traffic awareness programs across the Kingdom.

Also coming onboard, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (JCCI) has announced that it is supporting the summit as part of its commitment to furthering the practice and development of CSR in the Kingdom.

JCCI Secretary General Adnan Mandourah said: “The popularity of CSR is growing across the region, where CSR initiatives are driven by strong sociocultural factors, which promote such values.”

Hoda Abdelhay, conference producer at Informa, the organizer of CSR Saudi Arabia 2014, said: “Based on a study done with over 150 organizations and CSR professionals, there is a good number of companies actively engaged in CSR, whether they are in the process of implementing a CSR strategy or have already a well-established platform that they are working and improving on.”

Mohamed Al-Ayed, president and CEO of TRACCS and a pioneer in CSR across the MENA region, said, “We are very pleased that TRACCS is participating in the CSR Summit as official PR partner for the second year running.”

CSR Saudi Arabia 2014 will also be supported by Zahid Group (headline sponsor), BUPA Arabia and CPC (both platinum sponsors), Al Majdouie Motors (gold sponsor), Boeing (bronze sponsor), Microsoft (technology sponsor) and Saudi Investment Bank (delegate chair and lunch sponsor).