ESG: LASEPA Boss Advocates Sustainable Environmental Practices
Funmi Ogundare
The General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Dr Babatunde Ajayi, yesterday called on its accredited consultants to support the government in delivering a safer , healthier and sustainable environment through the adoption of Environment Social Governance (ESG) global model designed to tackle identified environmental challenges.
Ajayi made this call at a one-day capacity building training for the consultants across the state to update their knowledge on the current trends in addressing global climate change challenges and other environmental problems for sustainable development .
The training programme, a partnership with the Climate Transition Academy, was held at the STO Resource Center, Central Business Development Area, Ikeja, Lagos.
He explained that the training of LASEPA accredited consultants was necessary so as to update their knowledge and increase their capacities in the application of the global standard model in managing environmental issues, especially climate change problem and it’s associated green house gas emissions.
The general manager stated that the programme would also help to raise awareness on knowledge transfer and competence development of the agency’s accredited consultants with the overall objective of improving public service delivery.
He disclosed that his agency in the last three months of his administration, had sealed about 250 organisations including industries, night clubs and worship places for noise pollution and other environmental infractions.
“ LASEPA is embarking on a lot of reforms geared towards achieving a noiseless, cleaner, safer Lagos that is pollution free.
“We are committed to a new Lagos that is clean, safe and environmentally friendly, where businesses thrive without hindrances to human health,” he said.
He noted that his agency in achieving its ministerial mandate, would strengthen its enforcement measures to ensure compliance with government regulations towards achieving a cleaner and sustainable environment in line with the T.H.E.M.E.S development agenda of the State government.
In his remarks, the Executive Director, Carbon Limits Nigeria, Mr James Ogunleye, who spoke on behalf of other facilitators explained that the programme would help to expose the consultants to, and broaden their knowledge on the current global practices in sustainable environment.
He noted that there had been a great departure from the old practice of consultants just having knowledge of Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA), Environmental Audit Report (EAR) and Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA) to qualify as a consultant.
He stated that the issue of climate change and global warming effects and other global environmental issues had made it mandatory for environmental consultants to be well informed and equipped with up to date knowledge on the application of appropriate solution in tackling global environmental problems.
“The training has provided a window of opportunity to the accredited consultants to update their knowledge and get acquainted with the. current trends in global best practices on sustainable environment, “ he said.
