Hayel Saeed Anam Group

The Hayel Saeed Anam & Co. (Arabic: هائل سعيد أنعم وشركاه‎) is a multi-billion dollar conglomerate active in the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Europe, and South East Asia. The group is owned and managed by the Saeed Anam family. The group today has grown to own over 92 companies in various areas, including Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Djibouti, and Ethiopia .[1]

Hayel Saeed Anam & Co.
TypeConglomerate
IndustryCement, Agricultural Production and Processin, Wheat Flour manufacturing, Sugar refining, Fast Consumer Goods manufacturing, Dairy Products, Oil&Ghee, Tobacco, Plastic, Mineral Water, Trading, Construction, Oil&Mining, Real Estate development, Insurance, and Banking
Founded1938
FounderHayel Saeed Anam
Headquarters
UAE
Number of locations
Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Yemen,and Kenya
OwnerHayel Saeed Anam & CO
Websitewww.hsagroup.com

Criticism

In 2018, Greenpeace claimed to have documented large scale deforestation in areas, which have been given an extra level of legal protection from deforestation and are controlled by subsidiaries of the Hayel Saeed Anam Group (Arma Foods and Pacific Oils and Fats). Following these accusations, Unilever suspended placement of any new orders from HSA's Group subsidiaries until the allegations have been satisfactorily addressed by them. The HSA Group has not responded to request for comment by The Daily Telegraph.[2][3][4]

Reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak

The International Initiative on COVID-19 in Yemen (IICY) was founded, amongst others, by the charity arm of the HSA Group with the goal to improve the limited testing capabilities for the SARS-CoV-2 in Yemen. The IICY said in a statement that the first 34-tonne shipment contained 49,000 virus collection kits, 20,000 rapid test kits, five centrifuges and equipment that would enable 85,000 tests, and 24,000 COVID-19 nucleic acid test kits. [5] The air-borne shipment arrived in Yemen on the 19th June 2020. [6]

References
  1. "HSAGroup". Hayel Saeed Anam. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Isaac, Anna (2018-04-27). "Greenpeace investigation claims palm oil supplier to major brands behind further deforestation". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  3. "Exclusive New Video From Greenpeace Reveals Massive Deforestation in Indonesia". EcoWatch. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  4. Editor, Ben Webster, Environment. "Palm oil supplier accused of razing rainforests". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-12-29.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. Lisa Barrington (2020-04-21). "Companies give Yemen tens of thousands of coronavirus test kits to ease shortage". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  6. Saeed Al-batati (2020-06-20). "Deaths in Aden drop by 43 percent, officials say". Arab News. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
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