As a part of its ongoing dedication to environmental sustainability and social inclusion, Nestlé Nigeria has launched a complete Security, Well being, and Setting (SHE) Coaching Program, empowering 100 plastic waste employees throughout Lagos and Abuja. This initiative goals to boost the protection and wellbeing of those invaluable employees whereas empowering them and selling their dignity throughout the plastics recycling worth chain.
Supported by the Nationwide Environmental Requirements and Laws Enforcement Company (NESREA), the Recyclers Affiliation of Nigeria (RAN), and the Meals Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA), the coaching encompassed important subjects corresponding to greatest practices in occupational well being and security, accountable dealing with of recyclable supplies, fireplace prevention and rescue methods, and the right use of Private Protecting Tools (PPE). Every participant may even obtain PPE kits to make sure safer working circumstances, fostering a more healthy setting for each employees and their communities.
Victoria Uwadoka, Company Communications, Public Affairs, and Sustainability Lead for Nestlé Nigeria articulated the corporate’s motivation for this initiative, highlighting Nestlé’s dedication to constructing a waste-free future and the popularity of the position that the waste employees play in bringing this imaginative and prescient to life.
“At Nestlé, we’re dedicated to constructing a waste-free future and acknowledge the essential position plastic waste employees play in decreasing air pollution and facilitating a round financial system. This coaching is an important element of our assist for this key stakeholder group, enhancing Nigeria’s waste administration infrastructure. By equipping these important employees with the mandatory expertise and information, we assist to enhance their high quality of life whereas rising their employability and enhance productiveness inside a sustainable waste administration framework.”
Throughout the opening ceremony in Abuja, Prof. Harmless Barikor, Director Common of NESREA, praised Nestlé’s dedication to environmental sustainability, stating, “I commend Nestlé Nigeria Plc. for its dedication in the direction of environmental sustainability and for prioritizing the well being and security of these on the frontline of waste administration. Waste employees are sometimes unrecognized but play a vital position in our nationwide effort to fight plastic air pollution in our surroundings. The give attention to coaching waste employees is commendable, particularly at a time when the world is looking for options to the prevailing challenges referring to plastic waste administration”.
Responding on behalf of the trainees on the Lagos occasion, Engr. Mayowa Elefin, MD, Maladase Ecopreneur Administration Firm Restricted commented saying “This coaching is an impactful initiative which aligns with our dedication to selling a secure, wholesome, and sustainable work setting throughout our plastic recycling worth chain. It has offered worthwhile information and sensible expertise that may enormously profit our workers, enhancing their capability to keep up secure operations, guarantee more healthy workplaces, and finally enhance productiveness”.
This initiative underscores the collective dedication of Nestlé Nigeria, NESREA, RAN, and FBRA to advertise environmental sustainability and generate optimistic social impression. By guaranteeing that plastic waste employees purchase the abilities obligatory for more healthy, extra productive lives, we contribute to a extra sustainable round financial system.
Different Stakeholders on the Abuja and Lagos occasion have been – Director, Inspection and Enforcement, NESREA, Dr. N.C Beka, Asst. Director, Plastic Waste Management, Inspection and Enforcement, NESREA, Engr. Chukwudi Nwabuisiaku, Director Environmental Well being and Security, Abuja Environmental Safety Board, Mrs. Kate Ogbona, Everlasting Secretary, Federal Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Funding (FMITI), Mr. Nura Abba Rimi, Director, Industrial Growth Division, FMITI, Mrs. Muyiwa Ajayi, Controller, Federal Ministry of Setting, Lagos Zonal Workplace, Mrs. Olabimpe Adenaike, Director, NESREA Lagos Liaison Workplace, Dr. Jonathan Sylvanus Dajal, Particular Adviser to Lagos State Authorities on Round Economic system and Local weather Change, Mrs. Titilayo Oshodi. President, North-Central Coordinator, RAN, Mr. Femi Owoeye, Southwest Coordinator, RAN, Mrs. Feyikemi Egbeyemi, President, Waste Pickers Affiliation of Nigeria (WAPAN), Comrade Salisu Ali Yarima, Lagos State Coordinator, WAPAN, Mr. Adebisi Franklyn.
The SHE coaching program which was carried out by ImpactCrest Consulting aligns seamlessly with Nestlé’s dedication to enhancing high quality of life and fostering a more healthy future for people and households, in addition to the planet. Collectively, we’re taking important steps in the direction of a extra sustainable and inclusive future.
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