Mr Raji Hattar, Chief Sustainability Officer at Aramex said that his organisation and senior executives in it have been passionate about sustainability from the early 1990s.

Speaking during a session at the Sustainability Middle East conference, Mr Hattar said that the company has always believed in giving back to the community.

"In 2008, I was assigned as the first Chief Sustainability Officer in the region. Sustainability is not a side show for us. Everybody in the company starting from the boardroom to down the hierarchy is involved in sustainability," he said.