VIDEO: Committed to social responsibility since the start

Khalid A. Al-Zamil, Aramco’s vice president of Public Affairs

Global CSR Forum

Over the past 90 years, we had the responsibility for the community around us.

We focus on the development of the intellectual, the creative, and also the economics of the Kingdom.

When it comes to the environment, we've been working actively on protecting and preserving and supporting the natural habitats and ecosystems within the Kingdom.

As we do this, also as we expand globally, we carried on these core beliefs.

So, everywhere that we went on the globe, we would do similar CSR activities.

And I'm talking about our global footprint; from China to Chile and from Pakistan to Poland. 

One big lesson that we’ve learned over time is that nothing is more valuable than a high-quality partnership, whether it's in business when we talk about JVs and successful undertakings by the company, and especially in the area of corporate social responsibility.

So, I'll talk about our Formula One sponsorship as an example. As part of our sponsorship, we have the F1 in Schools program.

This helped us unlock access to over 50 countries and 500,000 students that participate in STEM programs. 

It gets them excited about engineering and mathematics and technology, and nothing is more heartwarming than to see the world finales of the Aramco F1 in Schools, which we’re proudly hosting in Saudi Arabia this year.