Press Release
The Centre for Global Solutions and Sustainable Development (CENGSSUD) has inaugurated the Sustainable Consumption and Production Committee. The aim of this committee is to bring forward practical solutions and proposals that enable companies and consumers to move to a more sustainable pattern of consumption and production (SCP) in ways that boost competitiveness, cleaner/safer environment, better living conditions for all and contribute to economic growth.
It has become worrisome the level in which material consumption of natural resources is increasing and the rate in which different kind of solid waste including a variety of different materials, such as plastics, nylon, paper, cardboard, packaging materials, wood, scrap metal, E-waste, etc. have ransacked Nigeria’s landfills, gutters, canals, rivers, oceans and all other water-ways causing flooding, pollution, health hazards, etc., which has now called for more urgent than ever to find solutions to reduce, reuse, recycle and recover ‘post-consumer’ waste and move towards a more circular economy model.
We are also acutely aware of the causes and consequences of the linear “take-make-dispose” model of production that is being practiced by most manufacturers in Nigeria and we want to change it. Moving away from the linear model of consumption to a circular Economy where the production loops will be closed is a key priority in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 (SDGs 12) – Sustainable Consumption & Production.
Benefits of the circular economy approach are clear for business and the environment, the more effective use of materials means lower costs and less waste. It means new sources of value for manufacturers and consumers, better risk management of raw materials, and improved approaches to the supply chain.
The inauguration took place in CENGSSUD’s Penthouse Office in Sabo Yaba, by the Executive Director and Global Sustainability Leader, Mr. Debo Adeniyi.
The committee comprises of a group of conscious sustainability practitioners and professionals with Mrs Lissy Sowho as the chairperson, while Mr. Shola Oladimeji as the Vice Chairperson, Oyinlola Akiboye as its Secretary, Mr. Ayodele Fanida as the Treasurer, and while Ekaette Udoh as the Head, of Communication, while the remaining people where inaugurated as members of the Committee.
The committee has been tasked to hit the ground running by setting out to engaging the Manufactures towards closing the loop of their productions, the Government/regulators towards putting holistic legislation in place and implementing them accordingly, then educating the consumers towards sustainable consumption, proper waste disposal culture and behaviors almost others.
Signed:
Debo Adeniyi
Executive Director and Global Sustainability Leader
CENGSSUD
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