Dangote Cement commits to carbon emissions reduction

As part of activities marking the 2024 Global Sustainability Week, Dangote Cement Plc, has reached out to vulnerable and deprived communities across its business operations with food items and unveiled skills acquisition and educational empowerment initiatives.

This is just as the President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, assured all stakeholders that all his Business Units are committed to optimising their operations to contribute to the attainment of net zero within the global stipulated time frame.

The reach-out initiative, which is one of the hallmarks of the 2024 Dangote Sustainability Week themed ‘Business Optimisation for Net Zero – the Dangote Journey’ saw Dangote Cement identifying the vulnerable groups of children, widows, and the aged. About 250 children and 75 households benefited from the gesture.

The initiative, which was being carried out simultaneously in all the business operations of the Company in Nigeria and other locations across Africa, had the Lagos event held at Ikosi-Ketu in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State.

In his remarks to kickstart the group’s Sustainability Week, Dangote said the issue of sustainability is a critically important subject, not just to Dangote Industries, but for the future of humanity.

“As one of Africa’s largest conglomerates, Dangote is responsible for leading the way in sustainable business practices. The world is facing an urgent climate crisis, and businesses must be at the forefront of the transition to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reduction and energy efficiency,” he said.

According to him, this year’s theme conveys the Company’s support for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s goal to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will curb human-induced interference with the climate system.

“This must happen within a timeframe sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened, and to enable sustainable economic development. At Dangote, we started this journey with a strategic focus on the 7 Dangote Sustainability Pillars (cultural, economic, operational, social, environmental, financial, and institutional) which drive how we do business, and named – The Dangote Way,” the foremost industrialist said.

He emphasised that “in our ongoing journey towards Net Zero, we embrace this Week both as an opportunity and a challenge. It requires us to rethink the way we do business, to be willing to take risks and to collaborate with partners across industries.”