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LBS Sustainability Centre, IHS (Nigeria) Limited, GRI Africa hosts Forum on Private Sector Action towards Resilient Systems for Sustainable Development in Nigeria.

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LBS Sustainability Centre, IHS (Nigeria) Limited, GRI Africa hosts Forum on Private Sector
Action towards Resilient Systems for Sustainable Development in Nigeria.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lagos, Nigeria (Tuesday, November 15, 2022) — The Lagos Business School Sustainability Centre (LBSS), IHS
(Nigeria) Limited and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Africa are set to hold the annual (virtual) International
Sustainability Conference (ISC) on Friday, November 18th, 2022. In preparation for the annual forum, LBSSC hosted
an in-person stakeholders meeting themed “The Role of the Private Sector in Building Resilient Systems”. The
impacts of climate change, economic volatility, COVID-19 Pandemic, rising levels of poverty, and humanitarian crises,
have revealed vulnerabilities in essential systems. From food supply and energy to healthcare and transportation
infrastructure, there have been unprecedented negative impacts on the value and supply chains on which society
depends. These are all realities in the Nigerian business environment today. The shocks hit hard on businesses, but by
applying ‘sustainability’ thinking and actions, private sector organisations can drive solutions that will have a positive
impact on society, value chains, staff, customers and their business performance as well.
The Stakeholders were welcomed by Mrs Oreva Atanya, Head, Sustainability, Lagos Business School (LBS) and
Douglas Kativu, Director, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Mrs Atanya emphasised LBS’s goal to support the
private sector organisations to be more sustainable internally and in terms of their external footprints. “We hope
businesses take the learnings from this meeting to re-evaluate and improve their approach to sustainability and CSR in
a way that creates more positive impact for the society, their stakeholders and shareholders as well”. Speaking on
harnessing the potential of sustainability reporting in building resilient systems, Mr Kativu stressed the need for
businesses to move past a culture of compliance to driving long-term change. He also appreciated the role of LBS in
developing leaders to drive sustainable businesses in Africa.
Delivering the special remarks on behalf of IHS (Nigeria) Limited, Cima Sholotan, Director, Sustainability and
Corporate Communications, encouraged the attendees to move past problems into action. In her speech, she
said-“We need to think bigger and long term. From an approach to stave off hunger to effective end to end value chain solutions that also
provides much needed services to vulnerable population. We need to see resilience as a win-win outcome for businesses and other stakeholders
to pursue together.”
The meeting, which drew sustainability professionals and important stakeholders, also included informative speed
talks and interactive sessions on Sustainability Disclosure and Food Security in Nigeria. Delivering the session
‘Sustainability Disclosures in Nigeria’, Tinuade Awe, CEO of NGX Regulation, highlighted the significance of
embedding sustainability into fundamental business operations in Nigeria. According to her, since the sustainability
guidelines went into effect in 2018, businesses in Nigeria have struggled to implement sustainability regulating
principles. Although the adoption rate remains low at 10%, the private sector has made some headway in
implementing sustainable guiding concepts over the years.
Leading the second conversation on food security, Opeyemi Famakinde, Value Chain Adviser at GIZ’s Nigeria
Competitiveness Project (NICOP) in her presentation themed ‘Answering Nigeria’s Food Security’ said that NICOP
has focused on large, medium, and small-scale businesses. There is also a focus on strengthening farmers’ and buyers’
relationship and ease of access. She underlined the role of building resilient food systems and addressing the food
security challenges in Nigeria.
The stakeholder meeting is a pre-engagement leading up to LBS’ Annual International Sustainability Conference (ISC)
which will be held on Friday, November 18, 2022. The ISC is an annual dialogue-to-action forum that brings various
stakeholders together to advance sustainable development through business. The platform shares knowledge and
inspires business leaders to embed sustainability and responsible business practices in their strategy and operations to

 

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from Left to Right – Oreva Atanya, Head , Lagos Business School Sustainability Centre (LBSSC), Cima Sholotan – Director, Sustainability and Corporate Communications, IHS (Nigeria) Limited, Opeyemi Famakinde, Value Chain Adviser Nigeria Competitiveness Project (NICOP), Tinuade Awe (CEO, NGX Regulation), Douglas Katiivu, Director Global Reporting Initiative(GRI) Africa

result in a positive impact not only on business performance but on society as well. This year the conference will
focus on the theme ‘Building Resilient Systems for Sustainable Development’ and the forum is co-convened with the
support of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Africa, IHS (Nigeria) Limited and Shared Value Africa Initiative (SVAI).
Participants can register to attend at https://bit.ly/2022_ISC

 


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