{"id":76513,"date":"2023-10-23T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=76513"},"modified":"2023-10-23T09:57:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T08:57:00","slug":"dangote-industries-limited-cement-a-other-bus-prepare-big-for-sustainability-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/dangote-industries-limited-cement-a-other-bus-prepare-big-for-sustainability-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangote Industries Limited, Cement, a Other BUs Prepare Big For Sustainability week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"H_1BObGP iz_FF\" data-test-id=\"message-group-content\" data-touch-scroll-enabled=\"true\">\n<div class=\"k_w jb_7ceA d_93qVS D_F ek_BB\">\n<div class=\"U_fq7 em_N\" data-test-id=\"message-card\">\n<div class=\"U_6MGW\">\n<div data-test-id=\"message-view-body\">\n<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO iy_A\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body-content\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6Fd5 N_6Fd5\">\n<div data-test-id=\"message-body\">\n<div id=\"yiv2088104915\">\n<div id=\"yiv2088104915\">\n<div class=\"yiv2088104915ydp4ec35e39yahoo-style-wrap\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\"yiv2088104915m_textViewLayer\" class=\"yiv2088104915layer\">\n<div id=\"yiv2088104915m_content\">\n<div id=\"yiv2088104915pc1\">\n<div id=\"yiv2088104915p1\">\n<div>Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), and its subsidiaries are preparing very big for the sustainability week, which starts effectively from Monday 23rd to Friday 27th October 2023.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The theme for the year 2023 is Sustainable Production and Consumption \u2013\u00a0The Dangote Way.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The week has been designed to be a week-long event to create an opportunity for DIL and\u00a0its subsidiaries&#8217; employees to volunteer their skills and competencies for community impact\u00a0initiatives, using time that is paid for by the organisation.<\/div>\n<div>While the mother company, DIL, will have an online Sustainability Conference for all\u00a0staff, where various representatives of the business units will present innovative\u00a0opportunities for Sustainable Production and Consumption in their line of business to a\u00a0panel of executives who will evaluate the opportunities for adoption.<\/div>\n<div>Other subsidiaries also have a series of events that have been lined up in line with\u00a0the Sustainable Development Goals or Global Goals designed to serve as a shared\u00a0blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The week will start \u00a0on Monday with Volunteer mobilization across the various business\u00a0locations in Nigeria and Pan Africa.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dangote Cement will host a Sustainable Living Fair and Exhibition on Tuesday, in Ikoyi,\u00a0Lagos. Notable stakeholders have been invited to attend the Fair, which will be declared\u00a0open by the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive of Dangote\u00a0Cement, Mr. Arvind Pathak.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>NASCON also on Tuesday will donate whiteboards to schools in its host community,\u00a0while Dangote Fertilizer \u00a0Limited (DFL), will roof 6 classrooms in the Magbonsegun\u00a0community as it supplies roofing sheets, asbestos, and timber. It will however be done\u00a0in collaboration with the school\u2019s PTA, and community leaders. Health materials will\u00a0also be donated by NASCON to Ijoko Health Care Center and Ajegunle Health Care\u00a0Center.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the same vein, Dangote Petroleum Refinery, from October 23rd to November 2nd, will organize an elderly care program for its host community. The program includes Health talks and medical screening for malaria, infectious diseases, dementia, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, vitamin deficiency, BMI, and eye problems. Elders, who are 65 years and above are the target of this programme and close to 1,000 of such elders have been booked to attend the event.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>GDNL also for the week has programmed an educational initiative, which will involve three schools in their host community, with a focus on educating the students on the essence of sustainability and climate change challenges, and donation of computers, markerboards and sanitory pads to schools in their community.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv2088104915pc2\">\n<div id=\"yiv2088104915p2\">\n<div>Dangote Packaging Limited (DPL) will be training the women and in its host community\u00a0on how to make insecticides locally thereby helping to comeback malaria which is the\u00a0number 1 ailment in the area. The trained women will also be empowered with startup\u00a0kit.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It would be recalled that DIL, recently shone like a million stars as its subsidiaries clinched\u00a0several awards at the just concluded\u00a0<i>Sustainability, Entrepreneurship and Responsibility\u00a0<\/i><i>Awards (SERAs).<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div>Dangote Cement Plc won four major awards, including: The Best Company in\u00a0Sustainability Reporting, Best Company in Stakeholder Engagement, and Overall,\u00a0Winner &#8211; Africa (First Runner Up). \u00a0Another Dangote subsidiary, Dangote Sugar Refinery\u00a0(DSR), which was participating in the SERAS for the first time, won the award of Best\u00a0Company in Poverty Eradication.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mr. Anthony Chiejina, Group Chief, Corporate Communications Dangote Industries\u00a0Limited reacting to the company\u2019s outstanding performance at this year\u2019s SERAS\u00a0said: \u201cDIL\u2019s approach is focused on mainstreaming sustainable practices and building this\u00a0into the very fabric of the organization. \u2018The Dangote Way\u2019 underlines the importance that\u00a0we attach to our people, communities, and other key stakeholders.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6Fd5 N_6Fd5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), and its subsidiaries are preparing very big for the sustainability week, which starts effectively from Monday 23rd to Friday 27th October 2023.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":25825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[1508,8431],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-76513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news","tag-dangote-cement","tag-dangote-industries-limited"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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