New Telegraph-Admin 
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 stakeholders that all his business units were 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 comprising of children, widows, and the aged. About 250 children and 75 households benefitted 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 was a subject that is critically important, 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.
