Sustainability Risk Management allows corporate bodies to make measured and deliberate responses to sustainable development issues by providing clear directions and fit-for purpose responses. These initiatives ensure that surprises are minimized and that corporate bodies remain on top of sustainability risks and opportunities. Our range of sustainability RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES specifically includes the following studies:
- WASTE MANAGEMENT and POLLUTION CONTROL STUDIES
- ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING
- ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Our environmental monitoring is designed to help us understand the natural environment of your organization and protect it from any negative outcome of human activity.
- Spill contingency
Contingency plans prepare your response to an emergency such as a spill. These plans should be site-specific for storage, transport, and mixing areas. The plan should outline specific procedures to be followed when a pesticide spill occurs, and clearly identify the roles and responsibilities of each individual involved. This plan, coupled with employee training, will reduce response time and human and environmental risk from an accidental spill.
- Ecological assessment
- Life cycle assessment
- Energy audits and efficiency
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Environmental audit and Due diligence
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING
Environmental Audits play a significant role in Sustainability as it keeps companies and organizations accountable by examining their practices and determining what measures are required to ensure that the proper regulations are adhered to.
- Regulatory compliance assessment
- Corporate sustainability management strategy
- Human rights impact assessments/Due Diligence
- Environmental modelling
- Data management system
- Geographical information system
- Environmental impact assessment.
Environmental Impact Assessment is a useful tool for promoting sustainable development because it includes many components that can help facilitate the progress in development.
Assessments/Due Diligence
• Corporate Sustainability Management Strategy
• Environmental Management Systems Design
• Regulatory Compliance Assessment
• Environmental Monitoring
In Nigeria, oil spillage is synonymous with the south-south region of the country and more pronounced within the Niger-Delta area.
Since the discovery of the oil goldmine in Nigeria, her economy has largely depended on it as a major source of sustenance. This led to an unprecedented exploration and exploitation of the land by the multi-national companies, while the indigenes take advantage of the inconsistency in government policies by successive government to regulate the activities of the oil companies by vandalizing oil pipelines to scoop fuel for their daily survival.
For the locals, their argument bothers on the lack of development in the region despite the barrels of oil churned out on a daily basis, rather, the discovery of oil has led to a great deal of environmental hazard and famine.
The fishermen have been thrown out of business due to persistent seepages of oil flow to the streams, their water is contaminated and the once-upon a fertile land became barren.
ENVIRONMENTAL RECYCLING IN NIGERIA
The low level of recycling – less than 12% – and inadequate waste collection pose a huge threat to plastic pollution management in Nigeria. Some African countries have taken steps to curb plastic waste discarded into the environment. They are gradually eliminating or banning single-use plastics.
Combating the menace of plastic waste pollution has become a global environmental challenge. Plastic pollution is capable of affecting land, waterways and oceans as a large percentage of marine and land creatures have died due to the fact that plastic is non-biodegradable, and it causes hazards to soil. It also emits toxic gasses when exposed or heated up. It blocks drainage lines and fill up land space causing floods and erosion thereby causing deterioration of the Nigerian roads.
Plastics wastes are also harmful to human health; they may contain harmful acids which may lead to death. Nigeria, which is the biggest oil exporting country in Africa, relies mainly on the proceeds of the oil trade for its GDP and based strategy in growing her economy. However, with the declination of oil prices and increase in plastic wastes, the world is tending towards energy and sustainable development. Therefore, an urgent need for recycling plastic wastes into a solution for wealth creation is fundamental in Nigeria.
This paper therefore seeks to identify favorable methods for recycling plastic wastes in Nigeria as a tool for solution to diversification and implementation. Evidence based examples are illustrated in the article with viable solution recommended for implementation.
