As one of the largest retail companies in the region, Jarir commits to the highest standards of corporate responsibility. At Jarir, sustainability is a crucial business objective, and we believe that contributing to sustainable development is essential to long-term growth and value creation for Jarir, our stakeholders and the world at large

2023 Performance Highlights

As pioneering company and a market leader in the Arab region, we built our foundation on strong business traditions and are committed to achieving sustainable growth through responsible best practices. As we have achieved significant scale over the past decades, it is becoming increasingly important to adopt an exemplary leadership role regarding business ethics and responsible operations. To maintain these commitments, we have management systems in place to ensure effective corporate governance, the highest ethical standards, transparency, strong financial performance and rigorous risk mitigation mechanisms. These mechanisms are designed to build resilience, foster continual improvement and safeguard long-term value creation for our stakeholders.

Jarir embraces the collaborative digital community to foster innovation and challenge traditional business models. We aim to be more than a company, but also a valuable member of the both digital and local communities by creating positive impact, spreading knowledge and fostering socio-economic development. We bring a new approach to delivering products and services that ease the processes of learning and educating and improve quality of life by making quality products affordable and accessible. To maximise the value that we offer to the communities we serve, Jarir provides industryleading affordability programs in various forms such as back to school discounts for students and teachers. In addition, we partner with the largest tech brands such as Microsoft and Apple to help provide discounted mobile devices and laptops to students and teachers in need.

Jarir puts the best interests of our customers first. We focus on making and sourcing high quality products and services accessible across our communities to help spread education, culture and the growth and prosperity of our customers. Throughout our operations, privacy and data protection best practices remain at the forefront of our efforts.

Jarir is a family and were committed to the personal and professional development of our people as a both a core responsibility and a strategic business objective. Properly motivating and rewarding the talents of our employees helps us attract and retain top talent and create long-term value for our business. At Jarir, loyalty is a two-way street and as our employees drive business value, we foster employee longevity through supporting wellbeing and career development. We believe investing in our employees is an investment in the future of Jarir. To optimise and streamline the management of human resources, Jarir plans to digitise all our HR systems and integrate them with other key corporate functions.

Jarir is committed to minimising negative environmental impacts throughout our operations and supply chain. Further, we believe the changing global environment will bring new emerging business risks and opportunities. Therefore, our commitment to environmental responsibility is aligned with our business strategies to adapt to new environmental circumstances and foster a transition to a sustainable future. We operate under the understanding that innovating business models for resource efficiency and impact minimisation will ultimately drive long-term value creation, risk mitigation and market differentiation. Jarir aims to be a catalyst for a better world. As such, we have identified four key areas where we feel we can make the greatest environmental impact: fight climate change and reduce carbon emissions through energy optimisation and sourcing renewable energy; reduce the environmental footprint of our customers through sustainable products; extending the life of technology through e-recycling programs; and strict adherence to all applicable environmental regulations.