The Industrial Option is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Our goals for more than a decade have been to:
- Strengthen transparent business values
- Reduce poverty and injustice through capacity building
- Promote international cooperation
- Advance human achievement
A fundamental challenge facing every society is to create political, economic and social systems that promote peace, human welfare and the sustainability of the environment on which life depends.
We believe that the best way to meet this challenge is to encourage initiatives by those living and working closest to where problems are located; to promote collaboration among the private, government and business sectors; and to ensure participation by men and women from diverse communities and all levels of society. In our experience, such activities help build common understanding, enhance excellence, enable people to improve their lives and reinforce their commitment to society.
At Industrial Option Group our purpose is to improve the quality of life of the communities we serve. We do this through leadership in sectors of economic significance, to which the group brings a unique set of capabilities. This requires us to grow aggressively in focused areas of business.
Our heritage of returning to society what we earn evokes trust among consumers, employees, shareholders and the community. This heritage is being continuously enriched by the formalization of the high standards of behavior expected from our employees and companies.
Core values
Industrial Option has always been values-driven. These values continue to direct the growth and business of Industrial Option Group companies. The five core Industrial Option Group values underpinning the way we do business are:
- Integrity: We must conduct our business fairly, with honesty and transparency. Everything we do must stand the test of public scrutiny.
- Understanding: We must be caring, show respect, compassion and humanity for our colleagues and customers around the world, and always work for the benefit of the communities we serve.
- Excellence: We must constantly strive to achieve the highest possible standards in our day-to-day work and in the quality of the goods and services we provide.
- Unity: We must work cohesively with our colleagues across the group and with our customers and partners around the world, building strong relationships based on tolerance, understanding and mutual cooperation.
- Responsibility: We must continue to be responsible, sensitive to the countries, communities and environments in which we work, always ensuring that what comes from the people goes back to the people many times over.
Our Home
Anchored in Pakistan and committed to its traditional values of leadership with trust, the Industrial Option Group is spreading its footprint globally through excellence and innovation
The Group’s each operating company develops its international business as an integral element in an overall strategy, depending on the competitive dynamics of the industry in which it operates. For some businesses a focus on the domestic Pakistani market remains the priority. For others it is developing a robust presence in neighboring markets. And then there are Industrial Option Group companies, a small but growing number, that have global ambitions.
Business Sectors
Industrial Option companies operate in six different business sectors: information systems and communications, engineering, materials, services, consumer products and chemicals.
Priority markets
While individual Industrial Option Group companies have differing geographical imperatives, the Industrial Option Group is focusing on a clutch of priority countries, which are expected to be of strategic importance in the years ahead. The regions are North America, UK, China, the Netherlands, Germany, South Africa, members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Brazil, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
Management Structure
There is one decision-making body that defines and direct the business endeavors of the Industrial Option Group. This is called the Executive Office.
Executive Office
The Executive Office (EO) defines and reviews the business activities of the group and is involved in implementing programmes in corporate governance, human resources, the environment, etc. The chief objective of the EO is to make the group more synergistic; it does this by strengthening the relationship between the group and its companies.
Corporate Centre
The Corporate Centre is a forum within executive office at which broad policy issues relating to the growth of Group companies are reviewed and the entry into new areas discussed. The CC also plays a key role in protecting and promoting the Group brand in Pakistan and across the globe.
The CC also provides advisory services to Group companies in the areas of Human Resources, Finance, Legal, and other functional areas as and when required.
