EEA and King’s Business School develop new ESG programme with and for senior hospitality industry leaders 28th March 2023 King’s Business School and the Energy and Environment Alliance (EEA) are to offer an executive education programme designed with and for senior hospitality industry leaders to help them embed Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) measures in their businesses. It is estimated that hotels are responsible for 1% of global carbon emissions and with ESG moving from a voluntary marketing and investor relations tool to become a regulated, mandatory, accounting-based requirement, businesses…
Day: March 30, 2023
”How Nigeria Could Turn Climate Change into Economic Opportunity”-Prof Okereke
The ongoing effort to stem the negative impact of climate change presents Nigeria with unique opportunities to boost its economy and improve electricity supply through renewable sources, expert on climate change issues, Professor Chukwumerije Okereke has said. Okereke who is the Director, Centre for Climate Change and Development, CCCD, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, stated this in Abuja at the award ceremony for the winners of the second National Essay Competition titled ‘Climate Change and Nigeria’s Economic Development: A letter to Mr. Incoming President’. Prof. Okereke said the essays written…
Investment Forum for Access to Energy: the African Development Bank conducts consultations for the implementation of its strategy on mini-grids in the Sahel
The event also aimed to raise awareness of the Desert to Power initiative and promote strategic investments in solar energy in the Sahel countries. ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, March 30 , 2023/ — On the sidelines of the Energy Access Investment Forum, held in Abidjan from March 21 to 23, 2023, the African Development Bank ( http://www .AfDB.org ) organized two-day consultations with stakeholders in the mini-grid sector in Africa. Objective: to attract the main actors of the sector in order to discuss the strategy of mini-grids that the bank plans to put in…