Seplat wins social impact, human capacity devt award

Seplat Energy Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company, has been named ‘Best in Social Impact and Human Capacity Development’ at the 2023 Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAS).

The company was announced as the winner of the award at the 18th edition of the SERAS Africa held at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos. The organisers lauded Seplat Energy’s corporate social investment programmes in the health, education and entrepreneurship spheres as well as the programmes’ strong impacts on its host communities.

The SERAS Africa is an annual project which aims to promote as well as raise awareness about the roles that organisations play with an emphasis on their responsibility towards stakeholders and the social development of Africa.

It aims to substantiate the case that socially responsible corporations stand to gain huge benefits with regard to economic, social and environmental capital.

According to the organisers, Seplat Energy’s educational programmes align with the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs) 1, 3 and 4, which aim for poverty reduction/eradication, healthy lives for all, and access to quality education.

Some of the programmes executed by Seplat Energy in this regard are the Seplat Teachers Empowerment Programme (STEP), PEARLs Quiz, Seplat National Undergraduate Scholarships, Seplat Innovation Programme and the Seplat JV Eye Can See programme.

The STEP programme equips teachers and Chief Inspectors of Education with digital teaching skills, leadership training, and income diversification skills.
Through the Seplat PEARLs Quiz, scholarships have been awarded to winning secondary school students; and contributed directly to improving the infrastructure of secondary schools by awarding prize money to winning secondary schools.