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Tristar releases 3rd sustainability


Tristar has released its third annual sustainability report at the Arabia CSR Network’s (ACSRN) Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting training course in Dubai. It was the perfect forum to launch the report covering Tristar’s activities in 2014 considering that the network was training corporate social responsibility (CSR) and communications professionals on how to write sustainability reports based on the GRI G4 framework.

September 14th, 2015

Tristar to invest AED 75M in new chemical warehouse in Jafza


The upcoming Tristar chemical warehouse and bagging plant worth AED 75M will be the first silo and bagging facility of its kind in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza). This was announced by Tristar Group CEO Eugene Mayne today (August 11) at the ground-breaking ceremony with Skeberis Plastics Managing Director Reinhard Fischer and Jafza officials led by Group Chief Finance Officer Asim Al Abbasi and VP – Customer Relations & Development Omar Bin Hendi.

August 11th, 2015

Tristar awarded for innovative ship finance deal


Tristar won the Corporate Finance Award in the 2015 ACT Middle East Deals of the Year Awards for its purchase of six fuel efficient tankers in 2013. The Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) sets the global benchmark for treasury excellence. The main objective of the ACT Middle East is to develop the knowledge and expertise of treasury, risk and finance professionals in the region. The awards night was held on June 10 at the Four Seasons, Jumeirah Beach Road. In photo are Tristar Group CEO Eugene Mayne (right) with Tristar Shipping GM Shailesh Bildikar.

July 10th, 2015

Tristar Global CSR Week


Tristar has launched its first ever Global CSR Week by celebrating World Environment Day (WED) and World Blood Donor Day from June 5 to June 11 across its global network. The WED theme for 2015 is ‘Seven Billion Dreams.One.Planet.Consume with Care.’ The World Blood Donor Day is actually on June 14, but Tristar has already conducted it this week in the Pacific island of Guam, Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kuwait and UAE. Tree-planting activities were also held in some countries.

June 5th, 2015

Road Safety Awareness Campaign to Senior High School


Tristar conducted a three-day road safety awareness campaign for senior high school students with road safety experts from UK-based Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). They visited the GEMS Wellington Academy in Silicon Oasis, GEMS Wellington International School near Dubai Internet City, and Dubai International Academy near Emirates Hills.

May 6th, 2015

Tristar receives Gold Award from ENOC


Tristar Group CEO Eugene Mayne receives from ENOC Group Chief Executive Officer Saif Al Falasi (left), the Gold Award for Marketing during the ENOC Strategic Supplier Recognition Award Ceremony held at the Intercontinental Hotel at Dubai Festival City. Also in photo are ENOC Director for Procurement and Contracts Abdulsalam Al Hammadi (right) and Tristar GM for Road Transport and Warehousing Shivananda Baikady.

April 26th, 2015

Tristar wins SCATA Corporate Social Responsibility


The Road Safety Campaign – ‘Let us go home safely’ – launched by Tristar in partnership with the RTA and RoSPA or Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents based in the UK, was declared winner in the CSR category of the Supply Chain and Transport Awards (SCATA) conducted on April 22. The idea came from Group CEO Eugene Mayne to share Tristar’s best practices on road safety with other private and public organizations employing heavy duty commercial truck drivers.

April 22nd, 2015

Tristar Leadership Summit


Tristar is aiming to achieve USD700 million in revenues by the end of 2017. This was the commitment made by its senior managers and key performers during the two-day (March 28 and 29) annual Tristar Leadership Summit recently held at the Anantara Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa. Tristar Group CEO Eugene Mayne encouraged the participants to initiate innovative steps in increasing the revenues of the current business lines and also to create new income streams related to hydrocarbons, lubricants, chemicals and liquid gasses. Tristar has a global presence in 15 countries, with a strong focus on expanding its operations in Saudi Arabia and in the African continent.

March 29th, 2015

Tristar receives ISO 39001:2012 (Road Traffic Safety Management System) certification


The UAE operation of Tristar Transport LLC is certified for ISO 39001:2012 standard in recognition of the organization’s Road Traffic Safety (RTS) Management System.

The company received the certification after a rigorous audit conducted by a team from the United Registrar of Systems (URS Certification) which is accredited with the UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service).

ISO 39001:2012 specifies requirements for an RTS management system to enable an organization that interacts with the road traffic system to reduce death and serious injuries related to road traffic crashes. It provides a framework to help organizations reduce, and ultimately eliminate, the likelihood and risk of death and serious injury related to road traffic accidents.

The requirements in ISO 39001:2012 include development and implementation of an appropriate RTS policy, development of RTS objectives and action plans which take into account legal and other requirements to which the organization subscribes,… [...]

February 23rd, 2015

Tristar Group CEO at Chartered Accountants’ Mega Panel Discussion


Tristar Group CEO Eugene Mayne shared his inspiring journey on how he became an entrepreneur at the panel discussion entitled ‘Dare to Dream’ organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India held on February 7 at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai. The other panelists with Mr. Mayne were Yogesh Metha, Managing Director – Petrochem Middle East and Siddarth Balachandran, Executive Chairman and CEO – Buimerc Corporation. Two other panel discussions were conducted on the same event with Dr. BR Shetty of NMC Group and UAE Exchange, P.N.C. Menon of Sobha Developers, Dr. Azad Moopen of Aster DM Healthcare, Sanjay Manchanda of Nakheel PJSC, Sudhir Kumar Shetty of UAE Exchange, and Riyaz Peermohamed of IndiGo Airlines.

February 7th, 2015
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