The Collective Social Investment Report: NIGERIA 2012
(A CSR ENCYCLOPAEDIA)
Supported by This compendium was compiled by CSR-in-Action, a Nigerian based social enterprise.
CSR-in-Action (CiA) is the premier, independent ethical action network for collective social responsibility in Nigeria with governments, corporations, non-profits and individual as members. CSR-in-Action is a registered entity, Corporate Social Responsibility Awareness and Advancement Initiative with RC No. 41646, and is a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). CSR-in-Action has a clear vision to propel collective transformative action in Nigeria by promoting a sense of responsibility amongst all entities in the way that they carry out day to day individual or business activities. We drive this mission of awareness and advancement of world class governance along two tiers: our interactive online portal www.csr-in-action.org and secondly, through targeted initiatives focused on Youth Emancipation, Women Rights, Ethical Governance and Sustainability, all driven through solid partnerships.
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PREFACE INTRODUCTION Christiana Figueres Bekeme Masade Executive Secretary, Executive Director, United Nations Framework CSR-in-Action (CiA) 5 Convention on Climate 13 Change (UNFCCC) INTERVIEW SPECIAL MESSAGE Chickpeas to the Rescue: Sir Mark Moody-Stuart Chairman, Dr Tara Acharya United Nations Global Director, Health & 15 Agriculture Policy, 8 Compact Foundation (UNGCF) PepsiCo, USA
FOREWORD 1. Private Sector CSR 22 - Energy Frank Nweke Jr - Automotive & Transportation Director General, Nigerian Economic - Business Services 9 Summit Group (NESG) - Construction ARTICLE SPECIAL MESSAGE Authentic Leadership: Tony Elumelu, MFR Professor Chip Pitts, Chairman, Lawyer, International Heirs Holdings CSR Activist, Stanford 44 11 University, USA. - Education - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Financial Services - FMCG INTERVIEW - Media On Women Emancipation and More: - Pharmaceutical Her Excellency, - Telecommunications 132 Toyin Saraki Founder, ARTICLE WellBeing Foundation Nigeria & Climate Change Adaptation: 4. Foundation 136 Yesterday, Today & 5. Other Social Initiatives Tomorrow 159 104 & Organizations Stanley Ijeoma - NESG Enviropreneur & CEO, - NNNGO Schrodinger LTD. INTERVIEW 2. Public/Private Partnerships 112 Living in the Shadow of a Great: THE NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT GROUP (NESG) Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr 162
3. CSR Associations, 6. Case Studies 165 Federations, and Global 124 - Most compelling CSR initiatives Alliance Programs of the year - CSR-in-Action - United Nations Global 7. Glossary 169 Compact (UNGC) - United Nations Framework 8. List of Featured Organisations Convention On Climate in Private Sector 173 Change (UNFCCC) - United Nations Economic And Social Council (ECOSOC) PREFACE Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CSR-in-Action was our first Nairobi Work Programme partner in West Africa, and our first Private Sector Initiative partner in Africa. We now have nearly 40 NWP partners in Africa. I congratulate them on this volume, and welcome this ambitious record of CSR activity in Nigeria, which itself has been trying hard to promote more CSR activity and collaboration.
This publication comes at a also resist the negative impacts of unique and opportune time in history c l i m a t e c h a n g e . T h e C a n c u n for the private sector, and especially Agreements also establish clear those within companies responsible objectives for reducing human- for planning and executing corporate generated greenhouse gas emissions social responsibility measures and over time to keep the global average projects, whether independently or in temperature rise below two degrees collaboration with non-profit Celsius. organizations. The private sector is at the This is because the next big forefront of mitigation to climate global challenge is currently being change. This is something business does shaped on the world stage. At the UN particularly well which is to find value in Conference on Climate Change in the context of solutions to problems. It Cancun in December 2010, countries maximizes the potential of policy-driven agreed on the basis for the largest mitigation, and, where policy lags, it collective effort the world has ever finds and reaps the low-hanging fruit seen to reduce greenhouse gas and creates markets. Multinationals and e m i s s i o n s , a n d t h e m o s t other iconic national businesses found comprehensive package ever agreed co-benefits in examining their b y G o v e r n m e n t s t o h e l p developing nations deal with c l i m a t e c h a n g e . T h i s encompasses finance, technology The Private sector is at the and capacity-building support to forefront of migration to help these nations meet urgent needs to adapt to climate change climate change. and to speed up their plans to adopt sustainable paths to low emission economies which can
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 5 operations, supply chains, products to disburse USD100 billion per year and services for energy and carbon from 2020, which is geared towards efficiency cost savings, latent consumer supporting both adaptation action in demand, market differentiation, for developing countries and action taken example. Asset management firms to chart low-carbon, sustainable growth create and manage funds geared at paths in those countries. proving the profitability of investing in a This is a critical step forward, low-carbon economy. Away from core especially when viewed exclusively from operations, CSR and in-house green within the context of adaptation teams led the way in environmental funding. Estimates of the cost of sustainability reporting, then carbon adaptation per year globally by 2050 accounting with carbon auditing, range from US$4 billion to US$109 consultancy and advisory sprouting up billion, with the World Bank putting its alongside to support international, estimate at US$70 billion to US$100 national and statewide cap-and-trade billion. Of the major public funding schemes, mandatory reporting policies, dedicated to climate change, less than ISO standards, and even smaller 10 percent of approved funding has programs and schemes. hitherto been allocated to adaptation, This is a good beginning. But compared to 82 percent for mitigation. much more, and new ways of looking at This priority pattern is repeated in the the problem and augmenting the private sector. solutions, is needed. Altogether, all Case studies have shown that a countries' greenhouse gas mitigation select few of the world's iconic commitments and action pledges in companies, as well as national and Cancun come up to only 60 percent of local businesses, have identified the way to a real chance at keeping opportunities among the challenges in warming below that two degree target. tackling resilience and adaptation Countries won't make it without private planning; in growing new adaptation- sector innovation, creativity, and buy- related markets and protecting in. emerging markets in developing Compared to adaptation, mitigation countries; in protecting consumer has received much attention in the last bases, supply chains, infrastructure, few decades. But at Cancun, countries future growth markets; in being first affirmed that adaptation must be movers; and in finding and moving on addressed with the same level of current and projected adaptation and priority as mitigation. Reflecting this, resilience needs not just in the context of they agreed on the Cancun Adaptation climate change impacts, but also from Framework that will, firstly, require all the point of view of sustainable nations to take steps to plan and development. Examples include the prioritize adaptation action. They delivery of climate-proof goods and agreed to set up a Green Climate Fund services to communities that are
6 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 vulnerable to climate change, with policies and initiatives. The private clear benefits for the companies. sector may not be able to substitute for However, the overwhelming critically-needed public investment and majority of companies are not yet policies, but it must serve as a crucial taking concrete steps to address part of the approach to addressing climate change risks and respond to climate change impacts. new opportunities in a comprehensive, Apart from acting to protect integrated way. This despite the fact itself from harm caused by climate that many businesses are increasingly change, never before has there been a aware of both of the risks of climate clearer need for the private sector to change impacts to their infrastructure, become a key driver alongside services or supply chains. Make no governments, this time in adaptation. mistake climate change impacts on the There is a need for an adaptation private sector are inevitable. solutions market to complement Businesses have only just started growing and increasingly sophisticated recognizing the need to adapt in their adaptation policies with practical own self-interest by climate-proofing avenues for action. their supply chains and operations. CSR has had an important role Business needs to realise, seek and acting as a beacon of mitigation action. create market opportunities for It now needs to play an equally strong responding to climate change risks and role in adaptation. CSR practitioners for investing in adaptation solutions. know exquisitely well that community History has shown that the private risks are business risks. That is part of sector has the competence, capacity, your raison d'etre. It is now time to means and experience to lead a p p l y y o u r s k i l l s a n d y o u r transformative innovation quickly, understanding to strengthening particularly when it is supported by resilience worldwide. understanding to government or intergovernmental strengthening resilience worldwide.
However, the overwhelming majority of companies are not yet taking concrete steps to address climate change risks and respond to new opportunities in a comprehensive, integrated way.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 7 SPECIAL MESSAGE
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman, United Nations Global Compact Foundation (UNGCF) In the last decade or so there has been a growing realisation on all sides that the major problems in society cannot be solved by any one sector acting on its own not by government, nor business, nor civil society. This is as true in Nigeria as in other parts of the world. Of course the main contribution of business is creating the wealth and livelihoods and contributing through the payment of taxes. But there are many things that we as businesses can do which help both our businesses and contribute to society.
First, we can run our businesses ethnic origin. A business where men and honestly, without corruption. This is not women of different backgrounds work always easy for a single business but we together for a common business can work together with other businesses purpose is a great model for wider and also with government and civil society where people of different society to stamp out corrupt payments bit backgrounds also need to work by bit in society. together. Lastly, and I declare an interest Second, there is the creation of here, think about signing up to the sustainable livelihoods. We can work principles of the United Nations Global with local businesses in our supply chain Compact and, more importantly than to do this. It may take a bit more effort to just signing up, join the UNGC Local achieve this initially, working with local Network. There you can exchange suppliers to ensure that we can get the experiences and views quality and reliability with others and help that we need. It pays It pays off when decide as a group which off when we have of the four areas of the developed a sound we have developed U N G C P r i n c i p l e s relationship with a a sound relationship (Human Rights, Working n e i g h b o u r i n g Conditions, Environment business to mutual with a neighbouring or Corruption) you advantage and to the business to mutual should work on first). In advantage of the almost all countries whole community. advantage and to there are issues in all Third, there is four areas, but it helps to building working the advantage of pick one or two to focus practices in our own the whole on initially. I wish CSR-in- businesses which do Action, and this worthy not discriminate on community. compilation a very grounds of gender or successful run.
8 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 FOREWORD
Frank Nweke Jr, Director General, Nigerian Economic Summit Group
I consider it a privilege to have the opportunity to write the foreword of this first compendium on Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and programs in Nigeria which has been put together by CiA.
The remarkable efforts of voluntary basis”.. individuals, corporations, governments It is important to make the point and non state actors which have been that Corporate Social Responsibility captured in this document underscore stretches beyond its pre 21st Century the importance of creating awareness of concept of philanthropy including the impact which well structured donating money to good causes at the investments in social causes can have on end of the financial year. Today, it is community development as well as perceived and promoted as an index of social stability and inclusiveness. good and responsible corporate While the CSR construct is a new governance which should be adopted as coinage, it is not a new practice and the a management tool by all stakeholders. European Union's Green paper on Proponents of this school of thought Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) suggest that it is in the best interest of defines it as “a concept whereby corporations and to ensure that their companies integrate social and brand names depend not only on environmental concerns in their quality, price and uniqueness but on business operations and in their how, cumulatively, they interact with the interaction with their stakeholders on a tripartite entities of workplace,
It is important to make the point that Corporate Social Responsibility stretches beyond its pre 21st Century concept of philanthropy including donating money to good causes at the end of the financial year.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 9 community and environment. learn that the United Nations has CSR-in-Action is a membership endorsed this effort and we at the organization committed to raising the Nigerian Economic Summit Group l e v e l s o f a w a r e n e s s f o r a n d (NESG) are proud of our association advancement of the holistic approach to with CiA in promoting awareness of the Corporate Social Responsibility in importance and positive impact of Nigeria. It is a social enterprise that responsible social investments. promotes corporate governance, I wish to urge individuals, state corporate ethics and a sense of societal and non state actors, organizations, responsibility amongst conscientious representing the disparate sectors of the individuals. Their work is a call to action economy to read this compendium and to the nation as a whole, to take a beyond this, partake in the formulation unified stance in addressing all of the of a robust action plan to shape the social malaise that surrounds us. framing of issues and policies relating to In recognition of the increasing corporate social responsibility which levels of social investment and directly and indirectly foster economic entrepreneurship in Nigeria, CiA has development, social stability and compiled this report on social impact political inclusion. activities in Nigeria. I am pleased to
10 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 SPECIAL MESSAGE
Tony O. Elumelu, MFR, Chairman, Heirs Holdings
I first learnt of the Collective Social Investment Report: Nigeria 2012 during its pre-launch at the Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja in November 2011. I was pleased that CSR-in- action, a young organisation that promotes corporate governance, corporate ethics and a sense of societal responsibility among conscientious individuals and corporate Nigeria, had taken the initiative to produce a report that not only creates awareness about corporate social responsibility in Nigeria but also highlights the most compelling initiatives for the year in review. This laudable research project, Africapitalism. Africapitalism is a call to which has focused on accentuating the private sector to commit to Africa's carefully modeled initiatives from a few economic transformation through long- years ago till present, will provide a term investments that create both unique resourceful platform for economic prosperity and social wealth. organisations, individuals and It takes corporate social responsibility governments to critically assess, with further by asking the African private e a s e , s u s t a i n a b l e i n v e s t m e n t sector to not only integrate social and opportunities within the country. environmental concerns into their The principle of corporate social business operations and interactions r e s p o n s i b i l i t y e n c o u r a g e s with stakeholders on a voluntary basis, organisations, especially multinational but to also take charge of the continent's companies, to focus on improving social destiny by making investments that will wealth within the countries they create sustainable value. operate. When organisations plough My endorsement of this report, profitable resources back into their host therefore, ties in perfectly with my vision communities, they create an essential of collaborative developmental growth mode of ensuring growth within the models in Africa. I believe that Africa is local economy. By engaging with increasingly becoming an important relevant stakeholders and partners, player on the world stage, especially on organisations have been able to k e y i s s u e s l i k e a g r i c u l t u r e , provide the necessary tools and services manufacturing and information needed for growth in specific areas. technology, and it will take the The objectives of this report also c o m b i n e d e f f o r t s o f v a r i o u s support a philosophy which I have entrepreneurs and businesses to drive pontificated for some time now – this growth. A most important
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 11 contribution essential to seeing this exceptional initiatives. This awareness reverie come alive is for governments to will also prevent the duplication of do the work that only they can do – efforts among these organisations, providing infrastructure, political leading them to maximise their stability and a transparent environment resources for full impact. As I always say, in which organisations, businesses and no one is going to develop Africa but us, individuals alike can build capacity and and I look forward to subsequent sustain growth. editions of this report, and to the I believe that CiA's efforts will competition and growth that they will drive partnerships between focused encourage. organisations and create awareness for
A most important contribution essential to seeing this reverie come alive is for governments to do the work that only they can do – providing infrastructure, political stability and a transparent environment in which organisations, businesses and individuals alike can build capacity and sustain growth.
12 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 INTRODUCTION Bekeme Masade, Executive Director, CSR-in-Action (CiA)
“A world with less poverty, hunger and disease, greater survival prospects for mothers and their infants, better educated children, equal opportunities for women, and a healthier environment.”2 This vision, encapsulated in the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, remains very relevant today as it was in year 2000 when the challenge was first thrown at the developing world. Sadly, these global aspirations to meet present and future needs."1 remain largely unrealised in Africa, and It is noteworthy that this document in Nigeria in particular. Whether this can does point to the benevolence of be attributed to the dissonance between c o r p o r a t e o r g a n i s a t i o n s a n d public and private sector interpretation governments in partnership with civil of the concept of sustainability, or the society counterparts in the area of unfortunate displacement of true providing for the 'needs' of the nation's collective and corporate social poor. responsibility (CSR) with philanthropy, This can clearly be seen from the focal remains debatable. interest of the 98 organisations In 1987, when the United Nations represented in this compendium. Of the released the Brundtland Report, a 69 private sector companies reviewed, p u b l i c a t i o n f o c u s e d o n t h e only a small percentage engage actively multilateralism and interdependence of in the four core areas of sustainable nations in the quest for a sustainable development - eco-effectiveness, socio- development path, the Corporate Social effectiveness, sufficiency, and eco-equity. Responsibility (CSR) universe had its This is unsettling. True social investment operational essence redefined. It said: seems to have been neglected or at the " S u s t a i n a b l e d e v e l o p m e n t i s least subordinated to our peculiar development that meets the needs of the understanding of CSR as corporate present without compromising the ability philanthropy. For instance, only 8.5%, of future generations to meet their own 1.5%, 6.3% and 3.1% invested in training needs.” and skills acquisition, agriculture, good The two key concepts contained were governance and nutrition, respectively. “'needs' in particular the essential needs These, compared to 46.8 who invested in of the world's poor, to which overriding donations to health initiatives and 52.3% priority should be given; and the notion who invested in school infrastructure and of “the idea of limitations imposed by the educational gifts, underscore the point. state of technology and social The World Bank has always organization on the environment's ability argued that increasing a nation's total wealth, whilst it enhances the potential
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 13 for reducing poverty and solving other across their value chain. The economy social problems, is not the panacea for will need to grow a lot more organically true economic growth. That reasoning is to end poverty, create lasting jobs, not baseless; history is replete with reduce deaths by diseases and examples of economic growth not maternity and stem the plethora of concomitant with progress in human youth resistivity that our nation is development cases where “growth was plagued with at the moment. achieved at the cost of greater inequality, In subsequent editions, we higher unemployment, weakened hope to include a performance index to democracy, loss of cultural identity, or measure and rank organisations overconsumption of natural resources according to their sustainability needed by future generations.”3 So performance. We believe that this will economic advancement whether driven f u r t h e r p r o m o t e h e a l t h y by nation states or corporates must be competitiveness and growth in the all-inclusive to be sustainable. nation. It is our belief that this publication, To those organisations who through the exemplary practices of a have embraced the challenge of the number of organisations triple bottom line; we and states will engender urge you to keep on a more proactive and In subsequent aspiring to that next s t r a t e g i c level of innovation. i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f editions, we hope to To those who have ethical and sustainable started by making initiatives; build up include a p h i l a n t h r o p i c organisations where performance index d o n a t i o n s , w e o u t s t a n d i n g p o l i c y believe that the functions are built-in as to measure and i n f o r m a t i o n s e l f - r e g u l a t i n g contained herein will mechanisms, where rank organisations prompt you to take o r g a n i s a t i o n s s e l f according to their proactive steps to monitor and ensure their propagate a strong, active compliance with sustainability sustainable nation. the spirit of the law, ethical standards, and performance. Happy reading! international norms
1. Our Common Future, Report of t h e world Commission on environment and development World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987. Published as Annex to General Assembly document A/42/427, Development and International Co-operation: Environment August 2, 1987. 2. United Nations: Millennium Development Goals Report, Brussels, 2006. 3. World Bank, 'Beyond Economic Growth: An Introduction to Sustainable Development', 2004.
14 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 CHICKPEAS TO THE RESCUE by Bekeme Masade
Dr Tara Acharya, Director, Health And Agriculture Policy, PepsiCo, USA
Dr. Tara Acharya is a Senior Manager in Global Health and Agriculture Policy at PepsiCo. She works with internal stakeholders and external partners to guide and develop PepsiCo's Policy as it relates to agriculture and health. She has a keen interest in the interface between agriculture, nutrition and environmental sustainability. Dr. Acharya previously held the Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito- position of Associate Director at the Lay, and Pepsi Cola -- also make Rockefeller Foundation where she hundreds of other enjoyable and worked on international development wholesome foods and beverages that issues, making grants to promote open are respected household names innovation for development and to throughout the world. With net control the spread of infectious diseases revenues of approximately $60 billion, derived from animals. She has also PepsiCo is committed to sustainable worked as a consultant to the growth by investing in a healthier future Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & for people and the planet, which they Melinda Gates Foundation in Global believe translates to a more successful Health, with a focus on public-private future for PepsiCo. partnerships to meet the health needs of Bekeme Masade, Executive poor people worldwide. Dr. Acharya's Director of CSR-in-Action, speaks to Dr interest in science and global health Acharya about the innovative Chickpea took shape at the University of Toronto, initiative as implemented by PepsiCo, where she worked on the application of the expected outcomes and their plans biotechnology to help meet the for Nigeria during the annual Clinton Millennium Development Goals, and Global Initiative in New York. the Gates Foundation's Grand How long have you worked with Challenges in Global Health. She PepsiCo? received both her PhD in biochemistry I've been at PepsiCo for two years. and her MPH in international health Have you always been in this from Yale University. position? PepsiCo offers the world's Yes. largest portfolio of billion-dollar food Could you please talk us through and beverage brands, including 19 PepsiCo's approach to Corporate different product lines that generate Responsibility in general and your more than $1 billion in annual retail strategy in Africa in particular? sales each. Their main businesses --
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 15 PepsiCo's approach to Corporate purpose”. Responsibility is that Corporate What is your Strategy for Africa? Responsibility is fundamental to In Africa, our work is being business growth and development and driven by our business goals. Currently we call this combined approach we have a strong food business in Egypt “performance with purpose”. So we and in South Africa. In Sub-Saharan want business results and together with Africa apart from South Africa and that, we want to have positive social Egypt, we have little presence by way of impact that can be built on human food. You will see Pepsi Cola and our health and nutrition as well as beverages in many countries but you environmental responsibility. We also won't see any locally produced snack look at not only the inputs on our foods in any other country apart from consumers but also turn that lens Egypt and South Africa. So our goal in around on ourselves and try to ensure the next few years is, in recognition of we are continually investing and the fact that Africa's economy is growing growing our talent in our company. We very fast and that there are several try to bring all of these together- these business opportunities which are three pillars- human sustainability, growing rapidly, we want to be able to environmental sustainability and talent invest and grow our businesses across sustainability with our business goals Sub Saharan Africa. We do have a few key priority countries among which are Nigeria, Tanzania and Kenya but we also have a more current PepsiCo's approach to Corporate Social Responsibility goal Corporate Responsibility which we are spearheading with our efforts in Ethiopia. is that Corporate As part of your strategy, do you hope to get returns on your Responsibility is investments in Social Work? fundamental to business Absolutely! Although in Ethiopia, we are currently working growth and development less immediately on the commercial and we call this opportunities. We are also looking at possible business expansion in combined approach Ethiopia but I would like to emphasize that even with our “performance with business goals in some of the largest purpose”. economies in Sub Saharan Africa, for example Nigeria, we do intend to ensure that as we begin to establish business operations in these 16 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 countries we want to have positive nutritious feeding products for hungry social impacts as well. So it could be children. As we entered into this way of generating jobs locally; by way of conversation we realized a possible c o n t r i b u t i n g t o a g r i c u l t u r a l synergy where PepsiCo might focus on development; take form of developing Agricultural Development of chickpeas relatively healthier nutrition of food and in Ethiopia to encourage local farmers snacks for consumers locally. to grow a higher yielding and disease What is your policy towards resilient variety and to introduce quality employment in the countries you control and better supply chain operate? mechanisms so that farmers have I think going forward, there will access to markets both locally and definitely be an emphasis on hiring internationally and we will be able to locally. The PepsiCo people who are then reap the benefits of that investment present in Nigeria are people who by using these chickpeas for our own represent the beverage business. The supply chain both for our global work that we are focused on is a new business and local commercial business business that is focused on introducing that we intend to set up in Ethiopia. snack foods in these countries. So we So the for the World Food are really looking at these fresh views as Programme, it is very interesting for to how we can create “shared value” for them to work with us in helping to not only PepsiCo as a business but also e n s u r e t h a t t h i s A g r i c u l t u r a l for the countries that we want to invest Development takes place so supply of in. How we will bring benefits to chickpeas can help create a product that consumers, producers, workers and to can be distributed to hungry children the growth of Nigeria. and hungry families in Ethiopia and the Tell us about the chickpeas initiative region. Furthermore, they have already in Ethiopia? prototyped this product, thus PepsiCo, This initiative was conceived out local manufacturers and World Food of conversations with PepsiCo, USAID Programme will work together to refine and the World Food Programme last the product and make sure it meets the year. We were convinced that chickpeas standard of the Ministry of Health in are easy to produce, relatively high Ethiopia. Over the next year or so, that yield, leguminous, nutritious; they work will unfold and we hope that we actually help to fix nitrogen into the soil, will launch and be in distribution by the so they have environmental benefits as second half of next year. well. Ethiopia happens to be the How will this initiative directly number one producer of chickpeas in impact on the average person/ Africa. So we began to set our sights in farmer and their standard of living? Ethiopia. The World Food Programme What we intend to do is to work was interested in chickpeas as an with families to understand what their alternative to peanuts for the creation of needs are with regards to improved
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 17 agronomic practices for chickpeas PepsiCo's work in Nigeria is still development in Ethiopia. We have met in development. We have shared plans with and talked with a number of across the company with regards what farmers and a lot of cooperatives that we would like to do to develop our deal with chickpeas in Ethiopia and business in Nigeria and I would say we some of their needs are greater would be in a much better position to mechanization for example they don't share on that next year and as it has just have any form of irrigation on their been mentioned the approach to land so it is actually a great deal of agronomy will remain the same as we manual labour thus they are restricted want to ensure that we base our to one crop a year. We think we can operations locally and source our raw help them improve their productivity of materials locally for any of our their land by introducing such businesses and that means if you look at mechanization and we will help them the supply chain we would have to work financially with the cost of improving with Agricultural producers for example that mechanization. We will also Small holder farmers and improve their engage with USAID and other ability to connect to markets and I would institutions that are in the position to actually describe that as a key approach provide credit to farmers and other in Sub-Saharan Africa. Becaue we types of assistance to farmers. recognize in order to build a successful Another way we will help them business we must base our supply chains is by establishing local processing, locally. manufacturing and distribution Are we to understand that you do systems in Ethiopia which will enable not have anything in place in job creation, economic gain for local Nigeria at the moment? people in Ethiopia. It is a little farther Our plan is still in development out as it is not taking place this year but and nothing has been launched. next year where we imagine when Do you always work through these opportunities will eventually International bodies like USAID? As unfold and we will be able to identify there have been talks that resources several partners such as USAID and actually do not get to the people. World Food Programme who are What are you doing to ensure that interested in co-investing with us in the people you hope to impact are these opportunities. actually being impacted by your Would you then say agronomy is work? your approach in Africa which you There will be no question that hope to replicate across borders? the funds, resources, technical Yes assistance, physical tasks will reach the PepsiCo is big in Nigeria. What are people that we need to work with you doing with regards to because those will eventually become Corporate Responsibility? our contracted growers and we have to
18 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 ensure they have mechanism by which local relationships at the moment to be able to produce what we need because our supply chains are not from them. So for PepsiCo, there is locally based. So we have the beverage absolutely no question that these business in many countries but our food resources reach our growers it happens all over the world. business is based on a very different Do you jointly manage the process model and again if we want our then? businesses to be successful we really We do absolutely. In the case of need to base our supply chains locally partnership, it is not as if PepsiCo gives a and that requires a very different grant to an organization and then the approach compared with the beverage organization distributes or manages the business. And so, while we recognize project for us. We work directly with contracted farmers and some of those that we have a presence in many farmers are small hold farmers in many countries and our beverage business parts of the world. For example in India offers us many existing relationships and China we work directly with small that are going to be extremely valuable, hold farmers and we intend to do the we also recognize we are going to need same in Africa, so that answers the to forge new relationships. So for question. Do we often enter into those example, some of our colleagues sorts of partnerships? The answer is no, we do not. However in Africa, we actually know the new Minister of recognize that as a multinational Agriculture in Nigeria through a former corporation, we don't have the requisite relationship and that is going to be an experience, the network that is required extremely valuable relationship for us to for us to succeed in a geography where cultivate because it will help us identify we don't currently have a presence. and understand what the policies of the If you have been in a country for a while, we would have assumed you Nigerian government are with regards would have forged relationships to Agricultural development and we can with local people? help to align our own social priorities. I agree we do have strong relationships; however, we don't have I agree we do have strong relationships; however, we don't have local relationships at the moment because our supply chains are not locally based.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 19 Pre- Launch of the First Edition of the Collective Social Investment Report during the 17th Nigerian Economic Summit, Abuja.
Frank Nweke Jr, DG, NESG, Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings & Alh. Shamsudeen Usman, Minister of National Planning with Ms. The CiA Team - Chiweta Uraih, Masade. right
Kunle Elebute, KPMG, Frank Nweke Bekeme sharing a laugh with Folusho Philips, Jr, NESG and Teju Baby Face just Chariman NESG before the pre-launch
Bekeme Masade, Executive Director, CSR- (L) Philip Oduoza, MD, UBA and (R) Tony in-Action, making a brief speech. Elumelu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings.
20 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 ...Past Events
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 21 PRIVATE SECTOR CSR
22 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 CHEVRON NIGERIA Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Energy CSR Focus: Education, Health, National or Multinational: Multinational ICT/Youth Empowerment, Nigeria Head Office: 2, Chevron Drive, Lekki Peninsula, Sports Development Lagos, Nigeria
Contact Person: Oluwafemi Odumabo Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Email: [email protected] Foundation: No URL: www.chevron.com
WORKPLACE: Delta. Chevron helps fight the spread Chevron values integrity, of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and allocated trust, diversity, equality and ingenuity $5 million of the $30 million that was as a company and in their employees. contributed to the Global Fund to Fight Chevron's compensation and benefits AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to the programs are designed to be National Agency for the Control of Y competitive within local labor markets AIDS. With their Agbami Field and to meet the needs of employees partners, they commissioned seven living in Nigeria. chest clinics and launched the Agbami Medical and Engineering Professionals
Scholarship. The organisation has also ENERG COMMUNITIES: supported various sporting activities over the years and several athletes Chevron is active in many who took part in the NNPC/Chevron projects promoting health, economic Tennis clinics and tournaments have development and education in gone on to represent Nigeria in junior- Nigeria. Chevron Nigeria provides level competitions. communities around its operations with power and drinking water-in ENVIRONMENT: some cases, directly from company Chevron supports the Lekki facilities. Chevron plans to tackle Conservation Centre. They helped socio-economic issues in the found the centre and contributed funds communities by investing 50 million for its 20th anniversary celebrations in dollars in the Niger Delta Partnership 2010. They annually host the annual Initiative (NDPI). Since 2005, Chevron S. L. Edu Memorial Lecture for has provided funding to the Niger Environment Research and provide Delta Development Commission, a Funding to the Nigeria Conservation government agency tasked with the Foundation. responsibility of developing the Niger
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 23 EXXONMOBIL NIGERIA Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Energy CSR Focus: Education, Health, National or Multinational: Multinational Capacity Building Nigeria Head Office: Mobil House, Activity Reach: Host Communities 1 Lekki Expressway Foundation: ExxonMobil Foundaton Lagos, Nigeria Launched: 1955 Contact Person: Paul Arinze URL: www.exxonmobil.com
WORKPLACE: communities. ExxonMobil Nigeria, Commitment to safety, also known as Mobil Producing health and environment is an N i g e r i a , g i v e s o u t a n n u a l integral and critical part of scholarships to students in tertiary ExxonMobil's global operational institutions across Nigeria. Recently, policies and practices. ExxonMobil Exxon Mobil gave postgraduate
Y has established a carefully structured scholarships to graduates who wish management system for the purpose t o f u r t h e r t h e i r s t u d i e s i n o f a s s u r i n g c o n s i s t e n t Engineering, Geosciences and implementation of industry-wide Managerial Courses in any Nigerian
ENERG best practices for protecting University. Mobil Producing Nigeria, employees, those who live in the in partnership with the Nigerian communities in which they operate, National Petroleum Corporation and the natural environment. That (NNPC) also gave out the sum of 16 s y s t e m g o e s b y t h e n a m e million naira in scholarships to 20 Operational Integrity Management indigent students from Akwa Ibom System (OIMS). The multinational State. has extensive policies around Hiring and Career Development, employee ENVIRONMENT: Compensation, Business Ethics, ExxonMobil supports a wide Conflicts of Interest, Compliance range of programs that foster With Foreign Corrupt Practices Act scientific research on important (F.C.P.A.) and Books and Records environmental issues, encourage Provisions. informed public discussion of scientifically sound environmental COMMUNITIES: policy alternatives, and studies and preserves endangered species and ExxonMobil invests in Education habitats in order to save them from and Human Development in extinction.
24 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 FORTE OIL Organisational Information Activity Information Industry: Forte Oil Plc CSR Focus: Economic National or Multinational: Multinational Empowerment, Health Nigeria Head Office: 13a, Walter Carrington Activity Reach: Host Communities V/I, Lagos, Nigeria Foundation: No Contact Person: Nkiru Olumide-Ojo Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.forteoilplc.com
WORKPLACE: helmets to motor cycle riders to Forte Oil places special minimise mortalily from motorbike emphasis on the safety of their staff accidents, nationally and across and customers as they are regarded various regions in the country; they as top priority at all times. Their have contributed to various business activities are geared developmental agencies, and are Y towards the protection of the focused on children and old citizens, environment and compliance with all including Modupe Cole Childcare
r e g u l a t o r y a n d i n d u s t r y and Treatment Centre, Down ENERG requirements. The multinational has Syndrome Society of Nigeria, Wesley widespread policies around hiring School for the Hearing Impaired, and and career development, training many others. and professional development, employee reimbursement, business principles and conflict of interest. ENVIRONMENT: Forte Oil Plc was awarded with the Best Kept Industrial Premises COMMUNITIES: Award, an awards ceremony which Forte Oil Plc invests in host w a s c a r r i e d o u t t o a r o u s e communities by supporting annual environmental consciousness, youth programmes which are aimed checking safety compliance levels towards youth empowerment and and addressing fundamental issues. development. Forte has been involved in the distribution of crash
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 25 GE NIGERIA Activity Information Organisation Information CSR Focus: Women Empowerment, Industry: Energy Community Development, National or Multinational: Multinational Economic Empowerment, Nigeria Head Office: 7th Floor, Mulliner Towers, Health, Education 39, Alfred Rewane Road, Activity Reach: Host Communities
Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeia Foundation: No Contact Person: Emeka Sunday URL: www.ge.com
WORKPLACE: communities. To further state their An exemplary initiative that is commitment to the reduction of unique to GE Nigeria is the women and infant mortality, they “ E x p e r i e n c e d C o m m e r c i a l have been involved in providing up to Leadership Program”, through which date health equipments and free they strive to provide sustainable health services in various health leadership programs for their centres to certain communities in employees. Globally, they invest Nigeria. Furthermore, they have annually, a lump sum for training and embarked on a communal campaign to provide awareness on killer
ENERGY education of their employees thus increasing leadership capabilities diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB and both home and abroad. They have Malaria. also promoted the Women's Network Together with their GE within the workplace which provides volunteer program, they have been female employees the opportunity to able to provide local communities excel in a competitive and male with preventive tools including dominated group of industries. GE insecticide treated mosquito bed employees are encouraged to nets. p a r t i c i p a t e i n c o m m u n i t y Additionally, to show their volunteering initiatives. d e d i c a t i o n t o c o m m u n i t y development, they invite recent graduates to work with them during COMMUNITIES: their one-year mandatory National Their prominent focus on Youth Service Corps. healthcare delivery and development has seen their laudable contribution to the wellness of individual
26 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Energy CSR Focus: Community National or Multinational: National Development, Nigeria Head Office: NNPC Towers, Central Business Education, Human District, Herbert Macaulay Way, Rights, Environment Garki, Abuja, Nigeria Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Email: [email protected] Foundation: No URL: www.nnpcgroup.com
WORKPLACE: country. The NNPC/Pan Ocean Oil The HSE department of NNPC Company Joint Venture recently is in place to ensure the health and commissioned equipments for a safety of all employees. The science laboratory at Obasuyi corporation has a policy that is keen College, Obayantor, Edo State, a on safety and in an effort to inculcate a water borehole facility at Amukpe strong Environment, Health & Safety, Community, Sapele, and the
culture amongst its employees, rehabilitation of a classroom block at ENERGY training, regulatory certifications and Ogunu Primary School, Ogunu both in a “stop work” policy where employees Delta State, NNPC in partnership with on the rig are empowered to stop work Mobil Producing Nigeria recently gave if they observe an unsafe condition, is out the sum of 16 million naira in imbibed. An annual Safety Week is scholarships to 20 indigent students in also held companywide to deepen Akwa Ibom State. awareness and strengthen an incidence-free work life culture. ENVIRONMENT: NNPC has environmental COMMUNITIES: policies which necessitate the safety of NNPC, recognizing the importance the people, the protection of the of education, introduced the annual environment and its assets. NNPC national quiz competition for based on current policy aims to secondary schools across the country. achieve “goal zero” to ensure no- The competition starts from the state harm-to people and no-harm-to level and moves to the zonal level environment viz: zero emissions, zero where a zonal winner emerges from spills, zero effluent discharges, zero the six geo-political zones in the fatalities and zero litigation.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 27 OANDO PLC Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Energy CSR Focus: Education, Social Welfare, National or Multinational: Multinational Economic Empowerment Nigeria Head Office: (5th, 7th-10th Floor) Activity Reach: Host Communities 2, Ajose Adeogun Street, Foundation: Yes Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria Launched: 2011 Contact Person: Tokunboh Durosaro Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.oandoplc.com
WORKPLACE: provision of educational facilities, and Oando is committed to the water and sanitation facilities to implementation of good corporate schools and communities. Oando's governance and a holistic approach to staffing policies also empower host sustainability. Oando, through its communities where they have subsidiaries and business operations operations by recruiting skilled, semi across Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Sierra skilled and unskilled labour to fill Leone and the United Kingdom, has suitable positions. Through the Oando been able to create over 15,000 direct
ENERGY Foundation, they have implemented a a n d i n d i r e c t e m p l o y m e n t number of partnership initiatives, opportunities, reducing the national including the Oando Adopt-A-School burden of unemployment. Oando is Scholars. an equal opportunities employer with a vibrant EHSQ department which ENVIRONMENT: oversees the health and safety of all In order to preserve the employees in all Oando offices and environment, Oando PLC has a policy t e r m i n a l s . L i k e r e p u t a b l e which encourages the adaptation of a international energy companies, they paperless office system in all their hold an annual Safety Week, offices nationwide. They provide and companywide, to reinforce the need maintain a safe, pollution free and for an incidence-free work life. healthy working environment by complying with all applicable statutory COMMUNITIES: guidelines, regulations and laws. To Oando PLC has embarked on this end, all employees, contractors a number of special projects including and customers are adequately trained the construction of town halls, to ensure that they work safely in their Information Technology centres, respective functions and to protect the environment.
28 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 PAN OCEAN CORPORATION (NIGERIA) LIMITED Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Energy CSR Focus: Education, Health, National or Multinational: Multinational Environment , Youth Nigeria Head Office: The Ark Towers, Plot 17A, Empowerment, Community Ligali Ayorinde Street, Development Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Email: [email protected] Foundation: No URL: www.panoceanoilnigeria.com
COMMUNITIES: the distribution of information Pan Ocean’s educational projects material to various schools and include the refurbishment of the institutions. Pan Ocean provides science laboratory of Ozolua entrepreneurial training and Grammar School, Ologbo, Edo State, w o r k s h o p o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r a befitting laboratory block for communities with its Skills Acquisition Obayantor Secondary School and a Programme, designed to train people donation towards the building of the in vocational skills, including bread first rural community-based African baking, decoration, millinery and ENERGY Studies research library in the cookery. continent, the African Heritage Pan Ocean embarked on a Research Library and Cultural Centre road safety project by collaborating (AHRLC) in Ibadan, Oyo State. Pan with the Federal Road Safety Ocean Scholarship Award Scheme's Commission (FRSC) to orientate benefit 48 beneficiaries which are motorcycle operators on the drawn from the nine communities importance of safety and distribute that fall within Pan Ocean Oil t o p q u a l i t y h e l m e t s t o t h e Corporation's area of operations. A motorcyclists. literacy programme for host communities was organized to ENVIRONMENT: provide participants with basic Pan Ocean was instrumental literacy tools to further develop their in the construction of several potential. Over 1,500 adults drawn kilometres of road for the Ologbo from several communities took part in community of Edo State. the programme. The company also embarked on a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign whose key component was
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 29 PETROBRAS NIGERIA Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Energy CSR Focus:Community Development, National or Multinational: Multinational Education, Human Rights, Nigeria Head Office: Sapetro Towers, Environment Plot 98, Adeola Odeku, Activity Reach: Host Communities Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Foundation:No Contact Person: Kate Obaseki Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.petrobras.com
WORKPLACE: tertiary institutions in Nigeria, donate Petrobras invests in training school notebooks to eight high schools programs for its employees, and consisting of about 12,000 students, provides opportunities for promotions, donate food and blankets to remuneration at market standards, orphanages in the Lagos region, facilitate an anti-AIDS campaign in 40
Y educational benefits and health insurance. It guarantees the right to be secondary schools. different, ensuring each worker, regardless of their personality gets the ENVIRONMENT:
ENERG opportunity to develop their talent and Its environmental focus is on full potential. eco-efficiency. It produces, refines and distributes oil within the strictest safety COMMUNITIES: standards. The practice efficient water Petrobras Nigeria supports and energy use and strive to generate projects that contribute to the the least possible amounts of effluents, reduction of poverty and social residues and emissions at all units, in inequality, promoting the protection of their bid to reduce damage to the human rights and ensuring access to environment. The Environmental culture and sports. In addition to Defense Centres (EDCs) are also a projects that encourage income show of Petrobras' commitment to generation and work opportunities, environmental safety, by ensuring they pay special attention to education prime protection for Petrobras's for professional qualifications and to operating units in the event of an ensure the rights of children and emergency. Located at strategic points adolescents, primarily in the of operation, the EDCs complement communities of the Niger Delta where the existing local contingency plans in a large part of the organisation's oil force at the terminals, refineries, and production operation takes place. They other company units. give scholarships to various students in
30 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 SAHARA GROUP Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Energy CSR Focus: Health, Environment, National or Multinational: Multinational Social Welfare Nigeria Head Office: 7A, Fowler Road, Ikoyi Lagos, Nigeria Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Person: Tomiwa Adesida Foundation: No Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.saharagroup.com
COMMUNITIES: Sahara Group, through its ENVIRONMENT: initiative of providing a meal per day Sahara strives to meet global to children in selected schools within demand for energy by reducing certain communities, has improved emissions and waste. They strive for p r o p e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f a l l
the nutritional status of children Y living within these communities. environmental incidents and make Their desire to eliminate endemic certain lessons are learnt from any diseases such as guinea worm has occurrence.
led to the promotion of various ENERG eradication programmes all over the country including the donation of boreholes to communities plagued by the disease. Additionally, they have made provision for the treatment and public enlightenment of curable and preventable eye diseases within rural communities. As an approach, they try to ensure that their contributions cut across various societies and regions towards the alleviation of poverty, disease and suffering.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 31 SCHLUMBERGER NIGERIA Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Energy CSR Focus: Education National or Multinational: Multinational Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: 17/19, Idowu Taylor Street, Foundation: No Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Valerie Edozien
URL: www.slb.com
WORKPLACE: excellence. Schlumberger Nigeria adopts policies that encourage fair ENVIRONMENT: employment practices and offer equal Schlumberger issues detailed opportunities to all employees
Y wastewater management guidelines worldwide. The company does not and track discharge compliance with take part in any form of slave or child either local requirements or internal labour, and their employees actively standards. Land Management at promote health and education in their their manufacturing and field ENERG local communities. operations is priority, thus they identified resource consumption and emission as a means of protecting the COMMUNITIES: environment. Schlumberger also Schlumberger gives back to adapts to climate change through its host communities through its SEED contributing to carbon capture and (Schlumberger Excellence in storage (ccs), through subsurface Education Development) initiative. c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n , m o d e l i n g, The SEED initiative is dedicated to simulation and prediction, well science education in underserved completion, C02 monitoring both communities around the world and is during injection and long term delivered via various activities and storage. projects delivered in seven languages. The beneficiaries of the SEED Scholarship must be financially challenged and of good academic standing, SEEDS encourages these disadvantaged youth to strive for
32 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Energy CSR Focus: Economic Empowerment, National or Multinational: Multinational Community Development Nigeria Head Office: 1, Tunde Gafar Close, Activity Reach: Host Communities Off Adeniyi Jones Street, Foundation: No Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Anne Ezeh Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.schneider-electric.com.ng
WORKPLACE: through the development of an adequate offer; Across the Schneider Group complex human resources policies are · the lack of financial resources
deployed governing diversity, hiring, available for innovative energy Y international mobility, training, entrepreneurs through funding; leadership competencies, total · and the skills and expertise compensation and health. Schneider shortage through technical and Electric has deployed a global
business training ENERG programme to improve workplace health, safety and diversity. ENVIRONMENT: With the Planet & Society COMMUNITIES: Barometer, a measurement tool set up S c h n e i d e r E l e c t r i c h a s in 2005, Schneider Electric mobilizes all developed a sustainable programme to their employees to further commit to bring safe, clean and renewable sustainable development and shares electricity to the people who need it the monitoring of the action plans with most worldwide. As part of their all partners. These include 30,000 tons Corporate Social Responsibility, annual reduction of their CO2 Schneider Electric involves local equivalent emissions in order to save communities and local stakeholders in the environment from climate change, each country to become part of the 2/3 of products revenues achieved with BipBop programme which addresses Green Premium product, 2/3 of three key issues to provide sustainable workers work in ISO 14001 certified access to electricity. They address the sites. following: · the lack of appropriate equipment
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 33 SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NIGERIA Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Energy CSR Focus: Health, Education, National or Multinational: Multinational Youth Development, Nigeria Head Office: Shell Industrial Area, Rumuobiakani, Environment Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria. Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Person: Tony Attah Foundation: Shell Foundation Global Contact Email: [email protected] Launched: 2000 URL: www.shell.com.ng
WORKPLACE: Edo and Bayelsa states provide All Shell Petroleum Development HIV/AIDS services through the Niger (SPDC) companies, their contractors, Delta AIDS Response (NiDAR) project as well as their joint ventures, are initiated by the Shell Petroleum required to manage safety in line with Development Company (SPDC) offer Y the Health, Safety and Environment the only life-saving chance for people (HSE) Policies and Commitments of the living with HIV/AIDS, by providing company. Their group Health, Safety, them with comprehensive counseling, care and treatment. In 2009, SPDC
ENERG Security and Environment (HSSE) Management System provides a and Family Health International, a framework for managing HSSE at all non-profit organization started Shell locations worldwide. This handing over control of their highly ensures that they manage safety successful Niger Delta HIV/AIDS systematically and have the right response project to the Nigerian resources, skills, tools, standards and government. The program is said to procedures in place. have trained more than 240 health care providers. COMMUNITIES: ENVIRONMENT: In 2010, SPDC held over 41 health outreaches in 103 communities in the SPDC works towards climate Niger Delta. SPDC also gives national change adaptation in four areas: and international scholarships to producing more natural gas; outstanding students, trains people in developing lower-carbon biofuels; entrepreneurship and vocational helping to advance carbon capture studies including scaffolding, project and storage (CCS) technologies; and management, welding and catering. working to improve energy efficiency Five hospitals in Abia, Rivers, Delta, in their operations.
34 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 STATOIL
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Energy CSR Focus: Community Development National or Multinational: Multinational Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office:1A, Bourdillon Road, Foundation: No Falomo, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Doris Akpovwa URL: www.statoil.com
COMMUNITIES: ENVIRONMENT: Statoil and BP formed an A Statoil/BP funded alliance to tackle developmental Environmental Impact Assessment issues in the Niger Delta at the point identified the Akassa community area where it meets the Atlantic's as the place most likely to be impacted southernmost point of Nigeria. The by an accidental oil spill from
Akassa Community Development exploration wells in Statoil partnered Y project brings together the two offshore blocks. companies, along with Pro Natura Statoil does environmental International (PNI) and the Akassa analysis to identify which parts of the community - consisting of about community are affected more and ENERG 180,000 people who live in the area. tries to see ways in which they can Although great wealth is produced improve the lives of the people in the from the exploration of oil in the sea community through mitigating at their doorsteps, the Akassa are very measures. poor. The project aims at improving food security and the standard of living for the Akassa people through p a r t i c i p a t o r y c o m m u n i t y development.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 35 TOTAL E&P NIGERIA Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Energy CSR Focus: Health, Education, National or Multinational: Multinational Economic Empowerment, Nigeria Head Office: 4, Afribank Street, Environment Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Vincent Nnadi Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Email: [email protected] Foundation:No URL: www.ng.total.com
WORKPLACE: gives free Voluntary Counseling and An interesting policy in Total's Testing (VCT), to communities across corporate governance is that which Nigeria. Some communities who have addresses smoking in their facilities. benefitted from the health initiative The smoking of cigarettes, cigars or include Katsina, Makurdi, Owerri, pipes is forbidden in all Total Upstream Ibadan, Akure and Ilorin. Furthermore, companies in Nigeria, including Total Nigeria, through their 'Mentor a Y hydrocarbon processing facilities, Child' Program, sponsored two SOS offices, public areas, company family homes in Nigeria in Isolo, Lagos restaurants, clinics and vehicles. All and in Gwagwalada, Abuja. They pay contractors and sub-contractors are school fees for 20 orphans and ENERG required to comply with this policy. abandoned children living in these Smoking is only allowed in designated home. areas. Driving is one of the greatest Furthermore, the company donated risks in their operations and wheel chairs and sewing machines to employees' lives. Therefore, they underserved and physically challenged manage land transport operations to members of the Ibadan community, minimise associated Health and Safety Oyo State. Total conducts skill hazards. acquisition programs in collaboration COMMUNITIES: with United Nations Training and Research (UNITAR) to empower youths Total Nigeria provides their in the communities. host communities with basic social infrastructure - water supply, electricity, health services, roads, jetties, ENVIRONMENT: community halls and markets as a Total E&P took part in the Tree matter of fact. In partnership with other planting exercise at the 2010 “World bodies, they organized a four (4) day Environment Day”, where close to one HIV/AIDS awareness programme in hundred trees were planted around Akwa-Ibom State; a programme which the Niger Delta region to help negate environmental degradation.
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AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION MAERSK SHIPPING LINE
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Automotive & Transportation CSR Focus: Education National or Multinational: Multinational Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: Kazuma Plaza Foundation: No 2-4 Ede Street, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Kikelomo Abiola-Cudjoe
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COMMUNITIES: ENVIRONMENT: Maersk Shipping is involved in To protect coastal waters from the reconstruction of classrooms oil spillages, Maersk Shipping positions and toilets in its host communities. coastal guards to stand watch in the Maersk also donates nets, boats oceans. and other fishing equipments to members of these communities. TIVE AND TRANSPORT OMO UT A
38 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 PEUGEOT AUTOMOBILE NIGERIA LIMITED
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CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 39 INTERSWITCH Organisation Information Industry: Business Services (IT) Activity Information National or Multinational: National CSR Focus: Education, Community Nigeria Head Office: Plot 1648C Oko-Awo Close, Development Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Person: Tito Aderoju Foundation: No Contact Email: [email protected]
URL: www. interswitchng.com
WORKPLACE: causes, and offered training services InterSwitch invests in the for local labour to improve software training and skills development of its and transaction switching skills in the local manpower. Employees, in e-payment industry in Nigeria. The partnership with Human Resources, organisation emphasizes on the create personalized development educational development in all strata plans on how each employee can of its host communities. Their CSR advance in their career. campaign, tagged “Switch A Future”, seeks to provide educational funding for underserved children. The COMMUNITIES: organization made a donation to the Freedom Foundation for every BUSINESS SERVICES InterSwitch is committed to switching fee earned whenever increasing social awareness of the InterSwitch cardholders use an activities of fraudsters within the e- InterSwitch ATM or Verve debit card payment industry. With a view to on a bank's ATM. informing and protecting depositors, they have provided funds to social
40 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 MICROSOFT NIGERIA Organisation Information Industry: Business Services National or Multinational: Multinational Activity Information CSR Focus: Education Nigeria Head Office: Mezzanine Floor, Mulliner Towers, Activity Reach: Host Communities Alfred Rewane Road, Foundation: No Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Jummai Umar-Ajijola Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.microsoft.com
WORKPLACE: ENVIRONMENT: M i c r o s o f t e n c o u r a g e s M i c r o s o f t r e s e a r c h e r s diversity in their work places. Their measure, develop and deliver IT employees are encouraged to solutions that address environmental donate learning materials such as challenges. Microsoft reduces carbon books, reading tables and chairs to through a number of programs and Comprehensive Senior Secondary policies that improve energy Schools in Lagos State. efficiency, reduce air travel, and increase renewable energy use.
BUSINESS SERVICES COMMUNITIES: Mi c r osof t N i ge r i a , i n partnership with Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) organized a one day music campaign against internet fraud. The title song was 'Maga No Need Pay', and was produced by top producers in the Nigerian musical industry.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 41 JULIUS BERGER NIGERIA PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Construction CSR Focus: Education, Economic National or Multinational: Multinational Empowerment Nigeria Head Office: Berger Junction Activity Reach: Host Communities Utako District Abuja, Foundation: No Nigeria Contact Person: Clement Iloba Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.julius-berger.com
COMMUNITIES: ENVIRONMENT: Julius Berger Nigeria Julius Berger Plc has initiated donated 2 million naira to two charity various studies on green technology homes in Abuja namely Hope which include solar power, Centre, Kubwa and the Poor production and the use of biogas. Handmaids of Jesus Christ School, Garam. Julius Berger Plc gave Hope Alive Foundation, for the physically
CONSTRUCTION challenged, and Busy Bees Women's Society, for widows, N450,000 and N250,000, respectively.
42 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 PW NIGERIA LIMITED
Organisation Information Industry: Construction Activity Information National or Multinational: Multinational CSR Focus: Environment, Health Nigeria Head Office: Plot 9, Outer Northern and Safety Expressway, Maitama, Activity Reach: Host Communities Abuja, Nigeria Foundation: No Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.pwlimited.com
WORKPLACE: ENVIRONMENT: PW Nigeria, to delimit instances The company is conscious of of accidents and/or fatalities, the potential impact that any mining facilitates safety training for activities or civil engineering related employees on a monthly basis and projects may have on the quality of specifically briefs them on the the environment and have placed its particular hazards of each project. employees and contractors as responsible parties who ensure excellent environmental practices. PW Nigeria continues to drive down CONSTRUCTION the environmental and health impact of its operations by reducing waste, emissions and discharges.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 43 AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP: The Lawyer's Role in Corporate Social Responsibility, Business and Human Rights Professor Chip Pitts, Lawyer, CSR Activist, Stanford University
At the heart of the multiple crises facing our respective countries and the world is a crisis of leadership which often translates into a failure by lawyers to authentically and effectively lead.
Lawyers have long held become less frequent. We nevertheless leadership roles in society, whether as see continued attempts by lawyers to leaders of institutions themselves or justify all sorts of blatant legal violations counselors to those leaders and serving the interests of powerful institutions. Most American presidents economic and political actors at the have been lawyers, for example, along expense of the universal human rights with nearly half of Congress, and more of members of the public. than 10% of the S&P 500 corporate The saga of the Kiobel litigation CEOs. And this is not to mention in the US is only one recent prominent specific lawyers' roles such as general example. There, in a case arising out of counsel, inside and outside counsel, the abuse and killing of activists heads of nonprofits, legislators, judges, p r o t e s t i n g t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a l and prosecutors. Although our destruction and adverse human rights understanding of lawyers' leadership impacts in the Niger Delta, Shell's in- roles has advanced alongside the house and outside lawyers championed continuing crisis of leadership, there's a novel legal theory that corporations clearly been inadequate progress to cannot be held accountable at all for date. even the most severe human rights As lawyer jokes disconcertingly violations. Their reading of history and reveal, lawyers are often assumed to law was accepted in a closely divided routinely manipulate the rules (that in decision in the US Second Circuit various roles they've helped write, federal court, but has been roundly interpret, and implement) for the rejected by all other circuit courts benefit of themselves and their clients. considering the issue before and since Laws that are supposedly in the public (including the Second Circuit's own prior interest get twisted to serve private jurisprudence). Since there is now a interests. With the spread of democracy circuit conflict, the issue will now likely and technology shining the light of be resolved by the US Supreme Court. transparency on governance rules and Or take the Chevron-Texaco laws, such manipulation should Ecuador litigation, also arising out of
44 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 environmental pollution. Chevron's the lawyers directed their attention and lawyers succeeded in getting the energies to preventing such harms in litigation transferred from the US to the first place through negotiation and Ecuador, then challenged the outcome the other tools in the toolbox, then and sought injunctions against creatively mitigating and remedying enforcing the significant judgment the them when they occurred? The classic Ecuadoran court entered against them. lawyer's fear that this requires A US court has rejected this attempt to disclosures that create risk has been further delay justice, but Chevron shows superseded by wide recognition that it is no signs of changing its decision to generally preferable to transparently litigate “until hell freezes over” and then identify and address the risks instead of “fight it out on the ice.” persisting in a “head-in-the-sand” Query whether approach. such lengthy, and My own experience e x p e n s i v e l e g a l and (when I was in measures (for the Chevron's lawyers f u l l - t i m e l e g a l corporate clients as well practice) that of my as the victims) actually succeeded in clients over the years serve legitimate private has convinced me of interests not to getting the litigation the superiority of that mention the public transferred from path. It is the path interest in seeing a fair increasingly taken by remedy and justice the US to Ecuador, t h e l e a d i n g done. What if, instead companies, expected of subjecting their then challenged the by global society, and clients to years of outcome and institutionalized in expensive litigation our legal systems unlikely to ultimately sought injunctions around the world. prevail, the lawyers had Such due diligence, i n s t e a d e x e r c i s e d against enforcing respect for human leadership by seeing, the significant rights, and attention then working for, a t o r e m e d y i s v i s i o n o f m o r e judgment the confirmed by the e q u i t a b l e , m u l t i - r e c e n t U N stakeholder outcomes Ecuadoran court F r a m e w o r k a n d that respect everyone's entered against Guiding Principles on rights and creatively business and human accommodate them in them. rights, unanimously the long-term interests accepted by the UN of the company and its H u m a n R i g h t s stakeholders? What if Council and broadly
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 45 supported by business and other leadership service of lawyers is to actors. enable clients to realize their highest Companies that take old aspirations and their organizations' best fashioned legally dubious and socially interests. harmful routes deserve condemnation, This context of legal, social, and and in appropriate cases prosecution. moral trends, expectations and Such companies and their lawyers can standards can come from hard law, non- facilitate human rights abuses and binding yet influential “soft law,” self- environmental destruction that tends to regulation by the business itself, and undermine the global business system ethical regimes and norms, all of which and its legitimacy. lawyers must be familiar with and take Despite all the pablum about into account as matters of basic leadership written in so many business competence these days. Just because books, leadership is anything but bland ethical norms are “non-legal” doesn't or easy. In addition to a vision mean they should be regarded as strictly appropriate for long-term and not voluntary or “non-binding,” and just merely short-term success, it ideally because hard laws are binding doesn't requires personal qualities such as mean they can be effective without honesty and integrity, ethics, ethical norms. persistence, openness to learning, and Keeping up with these dynamic courage all of which are also required yet increasingly convergent norms on for the exercise of much-needed the global stage is challenging but leadership by lawyers in their various necessary. As Harvard's John Kotter has roles. Leadership includes setting and noted, "[l]eaders gather a broad range reinforcing direction, goals, values, of data and look for patterns, and meaning, and any member of the relationships, and linkages that help team can contribute leadership -- not explain things.” This requires taking just those at the very top. time, not only time to keep up with legal Transcending notions merely developments but also time to broaden focusing on “zealous advocacy,” one's mind beyond the prevailing modern ethical codes for lawyers pressures to specialize. It requires time expect the lawyer to bring the whole to read The Economist and other rapidly person as an “officer of the legal system shrinking but key high-quality sources of and a public citizen having special news, and time to deeply reflect on the responsibility for the quality of justice” meaning including the ethical/moral to representing and advising clients. meaning for clients and oneself. This includes knowledge of social and As with ensuring high-quality, legal trends, expectations, and moral ethical decisions in government, doing concerns that affect how the client so in the context of corporate actions will affect long-term success governance requires attention to good and perceptions by society. Part of the
46 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 policies, procedures, and checks and Whether as a lawyer or as a balances. Lawyers play critical roles in recipient of legal advice, will you have such areas. And yet as business cases the vision, integrity, persistence, from Shell and Enron to BP and “News openness, and courage to provide of the World” clearly show, it's all for authentic leadership by actively naught if the actual corporate culture standing up for the required, rights- and values allow sidestepping the legal based, legally and ethically convergent and ethical systems and norms. global norms, culture and values So leadership is at root about prevailing today? culture and values that affect real behavioral outcomes on the ground. Chip Pitts teaches corporate At their best, leading lawyers help responsibility and leadership at clients go beyond compliance and Stanford Law School and Oxford beyond managing risk to seize new University, and as an erstwhile opportunities, such as constructing new visiting professor at other leading bottom-of-the-pyramid business law and business schools in Asia as models, creating positive social value well as the West. A former partner a n d i n n o v a t i o n v i a s o c i a l at a large global law firm, then entrepreneurship that conceives of new chief legal officer at a large socially useful products and services, multinational, he has helped found p a r t n e r i n g w i t h o t h e r s i n t e c h n o l o g y c o m p a n i e s a n d multistakeholder initiatives like the UN currently serves as Advisor to the Global Compact, and engaging in UN Global Compact and other strategic philanthropy that helps solve global business /human rights persistent social problems. initiatives including Lawyers for Better Business.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 47 LONGMAN NIGERIA PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Education CSR Focus: Education, Community National or Multinational: Multinational Development Nigeria Head Office: Felix Iwerebon House, Activity Reach: Host Communities 52, Oba Akran Avenue, Foundation: No Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Mobola Sanya Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.longmannigeria.com
COMMUNITIES: teachers in Lagos and Oyo states as Longman's social development at the time of their 2009 edition of the focus is on educational development. P r o f e s s i o n a l D e v e l o p m e n t Their Book-star initiative seeks to Programme. During a four-day TION foster a reading culture in Nigeria workshop in Lagos and Ibadan, the and is run by engaging a network of organisation trained teachers in independent Sales Associates who public primary schools on literacy bring books to the doorsteps of skills, numeracy and early childhood EDUCA families, colleagues, friends and development. The workshop acquaintances. This in turn creates facilitators consisted of experts in full or part-time employment English Language Teaching, opportunities. They had trained 176 Numeracy and ECD.
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ACCESS BANK PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Financial Services CSR Focus: Education, Health, National or Multinational: Multinational Arts, Sports Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: Plot 1665, Foundation: No Oyin Jolayemi Street Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Contact Person: Omobolanle Babatunde Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.accessbankplc.com
WORKPLACE: core areas across the geo-political zones in Nigeria. These areas are; Access Bank, in partnership Education, Health, Arts and Sports. with the Friends Africa of the Global In the area of Education, Access Bank Fund Africa, (Friends Africa) are is actively involved in projects to help scaling up the prevention and the society achieve MDG 2, that is, treatment of AIDS, Tuberculosis and Universal Primary Education. These Malaria through the Access Bank interventions range from providing Workplace Policy Workshops aimed infrastructural facilities, to at building the capacity of SMEs to mentoring and attitudinal change develop and implement best in class initiatives. workplace policies. This project will FINANCIAL SERVICES be implemented in 3 phases. In the Also Access Bank is in 1st phase, 250 SMEs will be trained partnership with the Nigerian Stock while 500 SMEs and 1000 SMEs will Exchange (NSE) Essay Competition, be trained in the 2nd and third which commenced in 2006, and is to phases, respectively. Access Bank span a period for ten years. gives employees opportunity to gain valuable leadership and professional ENVIRONMENT: qualifications that fully equip them to work in the financial sector of an As a part of its support to economy. fighting against environmental degradation and climate change, Access Bank recently signed onto the COMMUNITIES: United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and the Equator Principles Access Bank Plc supports its (EP). host communities by investing in four
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 51 CITIBANK NIGERIA LIMITED
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Financial Services CSR Focus: Education, Health, National or Multinational: Multinational Economic Development Nigeria Head Office: 27, Kofo Abayomi Street, Activity Reach: Host Communities Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Foundation: Citi Foundation Contact Person: Omar Hafeez Launched: 2007 Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.citigroup.com
COMMUNITIES: Citibank contributes to youth society. In January 2010, Citibank economic empowerment through awarded a grant of $40,000 (USD) awards to civil society organisations. to Nigeria's Growing Businesses The bank recently awarded $140,000 Foundation (GBF) to facilitate USD to various nonprofits including awards to shortlisted businesses in Fate Foundation, LEAP Africa, Hope Nigeria. In 2009, Citi Foundation Worldwide Nigeria and Junior committed over $1.2 million (USD) Achievement Nigeria. Recently, to the Citi Micro-Entrepreneurship Citibank donated the sum of 2.5 Awards program in 20 countries, Million Naira to selected organizations including Nigeria.
FINANCIAL SERVICES which cater for the less privileged in the
52 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 DIAMOND BANK PLC Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Financial Services CSR Focus: Education, Health, Arts, National or Multinational: National Sports, Economic Nigeria Head Office: Plot 4, Block 5, Empowerment Landbridge Avenue Activity Reach: Host Communities Oniru, Victoria Island Ext, Foundation: No Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Akpo Daniyan Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.diamondbank.com
COMMUNITIES: host communities. Diamond Bank Diamond Bank's social went into an Award for Excellence development initiatives are focused partnership with the Inoyo Toro on education, health, the arts, sports Foundation; an award which and economic empowerment. The promotes the study of science subjects bank constructed an Accident & in schools. The bank has also Emergency Centre and renovated sponsored sporting activities, the Primary Health Care Centre in including the annual Kaduna/Katsina t h e O b a f e m i / O w o d e L o c a l Polo events and the Nigeria and India FINANCIAL SERVICES Government Area of Mowe, Ogun Golf Cup which took place at Ikoyi State. Diamond Bank also facilitates Club, Nigeria. Diamond Bank free eye screening tests, free donated 3 Million Naira each to five eyeglasses and cataract surgery outstanding entrepreneurs that operations for underserved e x c e l l e d i n T h e B u i l d i n g members of the society. They Entrepreneurs Today (BET) program, donated brand new Toyota Coaster to enable them start their own buses to tertiary institutions in their businesses.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 53 ECOBANK PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Financial Services CSR Focus:Health, Education, Economic Empowerment, National or Multinational: Multinational Research, Arts Nigeria Head Office: Plot 21, Ahmadu Bello Way, and Culture, Poverty Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Alleviation, Sports Contact Person: Ola Akinnola Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Email: [email protected] Foundation:Ecobank Foundation URL: www.ecobank.com
WORKPLACE: has a long-standing commitment to Ecobank invests financial support sports and provides resources in the development of its sponsorship for various sporting Human Capital through training and events in Africa. They have entered a development opportunities and partnership with the African Athletics fostering a structured process which Confederation to sponsor their retains current and future leaders of various programs; including the the company. They also ensure that African Cycling Championship. diversity and inclusion including ethnicity, background and gender - ENVIRONMENT: are a core part of their culture and strategy in terms of the composition Ecobank's technological of its staff strength. platform enables over 50% of their FINANCIAL SERVICES communications to be in electronic form. They estimate that the COMMUNITIES: reduction in paper usage cuts costs Ecobank is committed to significantly within the entire group being in the forefront of providing and has saved trees. To reduce financial services to poor and low- carbon foot-printing the bank has income men and women who are embraced the utilization of advanced economically active in micro and electronic platforms to eliminate the small enterprises in Africa. They need for staff to travel to meetings presently support over 250 through the use of tele-conferencing microfinance institutions with facilities which are available to all wholesale loans and other products subsidiaries. in a manner that enhances their capacity to expand delivery of services to their customers. Ecobank
54 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Financial Services CSR Focus: Health, Education, National or Multinational: Multinational Social Welfare, Sports Nigeria Head Office: Samuel Asabia House, Development, Arts and 35, Marina, Lagos, Nigeria Culture, Entrepreneurship, Contact Person: Folake Ani-Mumuney Economic Development Contact Email: [email protected] Activity Reach: Host Communities URL: www.firstbanknigeria.com Foundation: No
WORKPLACE: One of the largest Banks in The Bank has over the years Nigeria, First Bank Plc adopts policies made large philanthropic donations that encourage diversity in its work to its host communities. Some of place. This policy states that First their recent sponsorships include Bank does not discriminate against N 5 0 m i l l i o n t o w a r d s t h e race, disabilities, sex, or HIV/AIDS. construction of the Faculty of Social This has ensured that persons of all Science Building, University of Port ethnicities have thrived; including Harcourt, N50 million to the Lagos w o m e n w h o h a v e b e c o m e State Government towards building uninhibited by the glass ceiling. a medical centre for the people of Lagos, and in support of the advancement of African cultural FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMUNITIES: heritage, the provision of N150 First Bank PLC focuses on million for the Cross River State supporting community projects Christmas Carnival. across the six regions of Nigeria in the following key areas: ENVIRONMENT First Bank Plc, in other to preserve - Health the environment has a policy which - Education encourages the adaptation of a - Welfare paperless office system in all their - Sports Development establishments nationwide. - Arts and Culture - Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 55 FIRST CITY MONUMENT BANK Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Financial Services CSR Focus: Poverty Alleviation, National or Multinational: National Economic Empowerment, Headquarters: Lagos, Nigeria Environment, Social Welfare Contact Person: Wallace Akomode Activity Reach: Stakeholders and Host URL: www.firstcitygroup.com Communities Foundation: No
WORKPLACE: they realise that survival of their FCMB's corporate responsibility business is intricately connected with goal is to be the number one socially the quality of the community they responsible brand in the financial operate in. The Bank is working with services industry. implementing partners across the nation to support the alleviation and eradication of extreme poverty and COMMUNITIES: hunger. FCMB's philosophy and approach to community engagement is 'Teach ENVIRONMENT: a Man to Fish'. They work towards FCMB is dedicated to protecting creating an enabling environment and sustaining the environment. for micro-entrepreneurship and skills Their 'Committed To Green Initiative FINANCIAL SERVICES acquisition through their 'Skills For (C2G)' is a campaign to create Life' programme. Through their awareness and provide sensitization implementing partner, SIFE (Students for a behavioural change towards the in Free Enterprise), they have trained environment by their employees and over 400 unemployed youth and through the media. The Bank women on carefully selected skills employees engage in community (animal husbandry, hair care, cleaning, tree planting, earth hour, photography, catering, briquette distribution of clean cook stoves, making), which are marketable in support for alternatives to firewood, their communities and seed capital is amongst other green initiatives. given to selected beneficiaries. FCMB is devoted to the promotion of F C M B a d d r e s s e s t h e environmental conservation around challenge of the 70% of Nigerians their branches and employees who live below the poverty line, as homes.
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GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Financial Services CSR Focus: Education, Community National or Multinational: Multinational Development, Arts, Nigeria Head Office: Lagos, Nigeria Environment Contact Person: Lola Odedina Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Email: [email protected] Foundation: No URL: www.gtbank.com
WORKPLACE: grievance procedure, harassment Guaranty Trust Bank is a proven policy, communication policy, equal opportunities employer. The security, health and safety Bank operates a non-discriminatory procedures, Guaranty Trust Bank policy in its recruitment process e n s u r e s a m o s t e n a b l i n g where applicants are considered for environment for all employees. employment strictly on merit and the a b i l i t y t o m e e t t h e j o b ' s COMMUNITIES: requirements. Health, Safety and At Guaranty Trust Bank, they Welfare policies ensure their work believe that societal development is p r e m i s e s a r e s t r u c t u r a l l y, the collective responsibility of all. physiologically and mentally safe for This driving factor has seen the Bank operations, with regular fire drill invest in its host communities procedures undertaken by the Chief through various programs in the FINANCIAL SERVICES Security Officer. The Bank pays a areas of Education, Community high premium on the development of Development, Arts and the its manpower as staff are sponsored Environment. on various training courses locally Some of their major initiatives and overseas for overall self and include the GTBank Adopt-a-School organization development. The Bank Program; an in-house initiative commenced enrolment of its staff for aimed at supporting Government's various e -Learning training efforts to improve public education programs in a bid to ensure further through Infrastructural/Facilities the continual self development in a Upgrade, Teachers Training convenient manner. From their Seminars, Orange Excellence recruitment process to training, Scholarship Awards, Library career management, employee code Education and other social of conduct, compensation and engagement initiatives. Guaranty benefits, disciplinary procedures, Trust Bank also partners with
58 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 Students in Free Enterprise (S.I.F.E) to Disabilities and Special Needs. encourage undergraduates develop Guaranty Trust Bank recognises microfinance projects that will improve the multifaceted value of sport in the social and economic status of their human development and has not local communities. relented in its support for the Lagos The Bank's involvement in Arts & State Principals Cup, Special Olympics, Culture aims to promote Africa's Golf tournaments and other community heritage and potential, both locally and sport competitions aimed at identifying internationally through strategic and promoting indigenous grassroots partnerships like the Edo Bronze talent for the economic development of Festival, TATE Museum, The Prada their immediate community. Foundation, Greater London Authority, Poetry.Laughter.Arts & You (P.L.A.Y) ENVIRONMENT: Festival and Theatre@Terra . Guaranty Trust Bank is Guaranty Trust Bank's Community conscious and actively involved in the Development programs are tuned to the global advocacy of sustaining the U n i t e d N a t i o n ' s M i l l e n n i u m environment. The Bank remains at the Development Goals. Their support for forefront of environmental efforts maternal and child healthcare is aimed at addressing the growing designed to address the disparity in the concerns of climate change. The Bank quality of health service available to the has undertaken various projects to well off and less privileged members of promote environmental sustainability the society. This influenced their support over the years, such as partnership with for Massey Street Children Hospital S.I.F.E Nigeria on Waste to Energy “Bio Lagos; a lasting relationship which Gas Generation Project” in Ado Ekiti, started in 1996 to help increase the Ekiti State; support for Lagos State paediatric facility's capacity to provide Summit on Climate Change and the adequate care via medical equipment establishment of electronic financial donations and maintenance, structural products and branches. Other projects renovations and other interventions. in this regard include the GTBank Street The Bank's partnership with the Swiss Directional Signage initiative and Red Cross supports the Organisation's environmental beautification of host “Victims of Forgotten Disasters” communities. programme annually across the world.
In addition, the GTBank Orange Ribbon initiative is an advocacy program to create awareness and seek support for Children with Developmental
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 59 INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL INSURANCE (IGI) PLC Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Financial Services CSR Focus: Sports, Community National or Multinational: National Development, Youth Nigeria Head Office: Plot 741, Adeola Hopewell Street Development Victoria Island, Activity Reach: Host Communities Lagos, Nigeria Foundation: No Contact Person: Dotun Adekambi Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.iginigeria.com
WORKPLACE: telecast of the Korea/Japan World IGI operates an open door policy Cup in 2002. to encourage the feeling of equality They have provided hundreds of amongst its staff and to ensure Police Public Complaint boxes in accessibility and free flow of strategic areas. This in turn has aided information at all times. the police in their crime prevention and detection efforts. There have also been contributions towards the COMMUNITIES: procurement of security equipment to FINANCIAL SERVICES IGI has made sports sponsorship enhance the security of lives and the pivot of its social responsibility properties in certain communities. programs. Highlights of this include: sponsorship of National Sports Festival in Makurdi, the 8th All African ENVIRONMENT: Games in Abuja, financial and IGI installs road signs and material support for the National mileage signals to aid road safety Female Football team enroute to and motoring. participation in the World Cup in Germany 2007 and sponsorship of the first edition of the ECOWAS Youth Football Championship in Abuja. It was also a major sponsor of the live
60 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS Activity Information Organisation Information CSR Focus: Education Industry: Financial Services Activity Reach: Host Communities National or Multinational: Multinational Foundation: No Nigeria Head Office: Plot 252E Muri Okunola Street Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Matthew Ward Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.pwc.com
WORKPLACE: project tagged 'Walk for a Child!', in PwC staff are encouraged to which they embarked on a 5- participate in corporate responsibility kilometer fundraising walk. From projects and to donate generously. the money raised, they upgraded a block of ten (10) classrooms and library of a primary school in COMMUNITIES: Ikorodu. PwC donates food, school stationery and fans to orphanages In line with Pricewaterhouse in Lagos, Nigeria. Coopers' educational focus, PwC staff, and their family and friends took up a FINANCIAL SERVICES
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 61 STACO INSURANCE PLC Activity Information Organisation Information CSR Focus: Education, Sports, Industry: Financial Services Security National or Multinational: Multiational Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: 209, Herbert Macaulay Street, Foundation: No Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Tunde Odeyemi Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.stacoplc.com
COMMUNITIES: ENVIRONMENT:
Staco Insurance's sustainability Staco Insurance Plc has been very consistent in supporting the efforts focus most on education. In Nigerian Police Force in combating order to enhance insurance crime, especially in Lagos and its professionalism and increase public environs, by making regular awareness of the profession, they donations to their anti-crime proliferate insurance education. programs as well as facilitating Staco has been involved in various requisite training. sporting activities, amongst which FINANCIAL SERVICES are the Awka-Ibom Governor's Cup Golf Tournament and the Ikoyi Club 1938 Team Tennis Tournament.
62 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 STANBIC IBTC BANK PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Financial Services CSR Focus: Health, Education, National or Multinational: Multinational Humanitarian, Nigeria Head Office: I.B.T.C Place, Capacity Building Walter Carrington Crescent Activity Reach: Host Communities Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Foundation: No Contact Person: Adeyemi Ladejobi Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.stanbicibtcbank.com
WORKPLACE: out of Nigeria. Stanbic IBTC Bank's Stanbic IBTC Plc adopts policies community development activities that encourage job security and the also include the Adopt-A-School development of its employees. i n i t i a t i v e , t h e C h i l d r e n They have adopted policies that Developmental Centre and the help individuals optimise their SoSaid Charity Home, amongst performance and unlock their true others. potential. Mentoring is widely available to accelerate career ENVIRONMENT: FINANCIAL SERVICES development and ensure smooth Stanbic supports the urban and transitions within the business. regional planning efforts of the Federal and State Governments through the provision of road COMMUNITIES: signage. Stanbic IBTC Bank last year collaborated with friends of the Global Fund Africa to galvanize c u r r e n t a n d e x - N i g e r i a n footballers, non-governmental organizations, the media, the public and private sectors to rally around efforts in kicking malaria
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 63 STERLING BANK PLC Organisation Information Activity Information CSR Focus: Environment, Industry: Financial Services Education, National or Multinational: National Activity Reach: Host Communities Foundation: No Nigeria Head Office: Sterling Towers 20 Marina, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Bimbo Sowemimo Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.sterlingbankng.com
WORKPLACE: governments. Over the years Sterling Bank is an equal Sterling Bank has made donations to opportunities employer. They have a some secondary schools and good personal and professional government bodies such as LASTMA, development structure and a reward Lagos State Security Trust Fund and system that benefits all employees Highway Managers, amongst regardless of their segment of others. operation. ENVIRONMENT: COMMUNITIES: By supporting government
FINANCIAL SERVICES The financial service provider bodies such as Lagos State Waste has contributed its quota to Management Authority (LAWMA) community-based initiatives that through the provision of kits, they impact the lives of ordinary citizens. contribute towards the sanity of the By supporting laudable initiatives, the environment. Bank has built positive relationships with the public, other businesses and
64 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Financial Services CSR Focus: Sports Development, National or Multinational: Multinational Education Nigeria Head Office: 36, Marina P.M.B 2027 Activity Reach: Host Communities Lagos, Nigeria Foundation: No Contact Person: Francis Barde Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.unionbankng.com
COMMUNITIES:
Union Bank has continued to · Gombe Government demonstrate its social responsibility by identifying with worthy causes in the · Lagos Diocess Epe host communities where it does · Sponsorship of Africa Agric Forum business. In this regard, the Bank gives · Federal Road Safety Corps. financial and moral assistance to a number of social and community- · Lagos State University College of based activities in the areas of sports Medicine & Teaching Hospital development, education and co- sponsorship of some national events. · Sponsorship to Ikoyi Club 1938 The Bank has, at various times, made · Jos/Haiti Appeal Fund contributions to the following: · Federal College of Education · West Africa University Game
· Nigeria Economic Society FINANCIAL SERVICES (WAUG); hosted by the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) · UBN Annual Tennis Tournament 2010 · Nigerian Society for the Blind · Holy Child College · Lagos State Security Fund · Nekede Polytechnic
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 65 UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC (UBA) Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Financial Services CSR Focus: Education, Economic National or Multinational: Multinational Empowerment, Nigeria Head Office: House 57, Marina, Environment Lagos, Nigeria Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Person: Ijeoma Aso Foundation: UBA Foundation Contact Email: [email protected] Launched: 2006 URL: www.ubagroup.com
COMMUNITIES: organizations that are focused on UBA's key areas of focus in its empowering youths and individuals host communities are Education, in communities. Economic Empowerment and Environmental beautification ENVIRONMENT: The “Project Beautification and UBA through its UBA Foundation Project Clean Up” scheme is one way gives back to its host communities UBA through its Foundation has through philanthropic donations on contributed to the beautification and e d u c a t i o n a n d e c o n o m i c clean up of the local environment. e m p o w e r m e n t . T h e y h a v e Their work sites include the c o n s t r u c t e d , h o s t e l b l o c k s , Apongbon roundabout, at Marina FINANCIAL SERVICES c l a s s r o o m s , a n d I C T / Yo u t h the Marina and the Allen Avenue development centres in schools roundabout at Ikeja, both in Lagos, around their community. In 2010, Nigeria. Recently, UBA Foundation the Foundation introduced “Read joined a group of elite financial Africa” initiative to students to institutions who signed on to the rekindle the reading culture amongst United Nations Environmental African youths in the 18 African Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP countries where the bank operates. FI).
As part of the economic empowerment scheme of UBA, their Foundation partner with various
See UBA Foundation, Page 156, for more information about UBA’s Community Development initiatives.
66 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 ZENITH BANK NIGERIA PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Financial Services CSR Focus: Education, Health, National or Multinational: Multinational ICT/Youth Nigeria Head Office:Plot 84, Ajose Adeogun Street, Empowerment, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Sport Development Contact Person: Victor Udoji Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Email: [email protected] Foundation: No URL: www.zenithbank.com
COMMUNITIES: ENVIRONMENT: Zenith Bank PLC focuses on Zenith Bank Plc is involved in supporting community projects landscape beautification with across the six regions of Nigeria in projects such as the median the following key areas: Health, landscaping and facilitation of Education, ICT/Youth Empowerment operational street lights on Ajose and Sports Development. Adeogun, Victoria, Island, Lagos.
They make donation to the aforementioned key areas. Zenith Bank has constructed classroom FINANCIAL SERVICES blocks, a bursary complex, and the installation of computer systems in schools across a good portion of their host communities. Also a host of schools have received cash donations for various needs.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 67 BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (NIGERIA)
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Education, Poverty National or Multinational: Multinational Alleviation, Agriculture Nigeria Head Office: PC 35 Idowu Taylor Street Activity Reach: Host Communities Victoria Island, Foundation: BATN Foundation Lagos, Nigeria. Launched: 2003 Contact Person: Oluwasoromidayo George Contact Email: [email protected]
URL: www.batnigeria.com
WORKPLACE: skills in the communities. In 2010, British American Tobacco vocational centers were established Nigeria allows one working day in a in some communities, which taught year for any employee to serve as a trades including, cookery, tailoring, volunteer with a registered and hairdressing, IT and plumbing. FMCG established voluntary charitable Through its Foundation, British organization and/or community American Tobacco has commissioned service group. The Company's many boreholes around the country employee deployment strategy is to equipped with 20,000 litre water provide any project with an t a n k s , s o l a r p a n e l s , w a t e r experienced and technically management buildings and other competent management team, accessories. See BATN Foundation for consisting of personnel who have more information. worked with the group for some years. ENVIRONMENT: The British American Tobacco Foundation supports the Federal COMMUNITIES: Government of Nigeria in its efforts to BATN's initiatives are combat desert encroachment designed to alleviate poverty, through the establishment of tree promote agricultural development, plantations in Nasarawa, Jigawa, provide portable water, protect the Katsina and Zamfara states. environment and provide vocational
68 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 CADBURY NIGERIA PLC Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Education, Health, National or Multinational: Multinational Arts and Sports Nigeria Head Office: Lateef Jakande Road, Activity Reach: Host Communities Agidingbi, Ikeja, Foundation: No Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Kufre Ekanem Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.cadbury.com
WORKPLACE: sponsors Arts festivals for the Cadbury Nigeria encourages its physically challenged, supports the employees to donate towards development of leadership skills in charitable causes. Staff recently children through the Bournvita Magic donated funds to create awareness Flight, and creates Breast Cancer for and financially support awareness through the Cadbury diagnosed patients of Breast Bournvita Mama's week. Cancer.. The Cadbury culture also seeks to promote co-operation ENVIRONMENT: FMCG among employees such that Cadbury Nigeria subscribes to m a n a g e m e n t a n d n o n - the Cadbury Schweppes new management see each other as vital integrated Environmental Health and to the success of the organization. Safety (EHS) Policy with supporting standards. This policy deals with COMMUNITIES: environmental issues by protecting Cadbury recently had a charity biodiversity and the ecosystems from walk which was a keep fit exercise as which the company sources raw well as an avenue to raise donations materials, through management of its for children and women in various supply chain including distribution, charity homes around Nigeria, with sale and consumption of its products. recipients receiving 10 million each. Their EHS standards incorporate Cadbury also supports educational management system requirements d e v e l o p m e n t t h r o u g h t h e based on the ISO14001. sponsorship of the Cadbury/ANA Prize for Poetry. Cadbury Nigeria
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 69 COCA-COLA NIGERIA LIMITED
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Education, Health, National or Multinational: Multinational Arts, Sports Nigeria Head Office:Pemberton Place, Activity Reach: Host Communities 16 Gerrard Road, Foundation: No Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Clem Ugorji URL: www.thecocacolacompany.com
COMMUNITIES: training program after the Coca-Cola Nigeria partnered completion of their one year with the Edo State government to National Youth Service Corps a c c e l e r a t e h u m a n c a p i t a l programme..
FMCG development and equitable distribution of social amenities in ENVIRONMENT: the state. Coca-Cola is partnering with select Nigerian Universities to Coca-Cola has a commitment train undergraduates as part of its to build 15 combined heat and contribution to human capital power plants (CHPs) in 12 countries development. Coca-Cola Nigeria over the next two years. integrates the scholarship graduates into their graduate
70 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 DANGOTE GROUP
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Education, Health, Relief,
National or Multinational: National Economic Development
Nigeria Head Office: Union Marble House, Activity Reach: Host Communities 1 Alfred Rewane Road, Foundation: Dangote Foundation Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria Launched: 1993 Contact Person: Ahmed Iya Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.dangotegroup.com
COMMUNITIES: million naira to those affected in Dangote Group's initiatives famine. Also, in Jigawa State, the are aimed at narrowing the poverty Group donated 50 Million naira gap and providing relief efforts for alongside food stuff to the victims of victims not only in Nigeria, but flood in that area. Dangote through
around sub-Saharan Africa. its Foundation also donated 2 Million FMCG Dollars to victims affected by flood in In Niger Republic, Dangote Pakistan. Group donated relief materials worth about one hundred and twenty
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 71 DE UNITED FOOD INDUSTRIES LIMITED Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus:Education, Health, National or Multinational: National Arts, Sports Nigeria Head Office:44, Eric Moore Road, Activity Reach: Host Communities Off Bode Thomas Street, Foundation:No Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Dina Sajnani Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.dufil.com
COMMUNITIES: Sponsor-a-Child Nigeria, a UNICEF partner, to build a resource centre at De United has contributed to the Home to facilitate IT and the education of abandoned and vocational training for the children motherless children at the Ijamido there. The Company has embarked Motherless Home, Ota, Ogun State.
FMCG on various water projects in Ota, The company has donated computers Ogun State, as part of its efforts in to help train the children and prepare eradicating guinea worm and other them for working environments, water borne diseases. Some of the musical instruments to develop their beneficiaries are the Idedo and Otun appreciation of music, and a daily communities in Ade/Odo Ota local supply of food to sustain them. government in Ogun State. Of Indomie donated baby-weighing particular note is De United's scales, digital thermometers, and c o n t r i b u t i o n t o e d u c a t i o n a l sphygmomanometers for measuring development tagged “Indomie arterial blood pressure, to Isolo School Project”. General Hospital, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital ENVIRONMENT: (LASUTH), Surulere General De United food landscaped Hospital, General Hospital, Lagos, and provided street lighting through Mushin General Hospital and solar power to the Eric Moore Access Gbagada General Hospital. In Road in Lagos, Nigeria. addition, the company donated a new crèche building to the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta. De United's Prima Foods partnered with
72 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 FLOUR MILLS OF NIGERIA PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Health, Social Welfare
National or Multinational: National Activity Reach: Host Communities No Nigeria Head Office: 2, Old Dock Road, Foundation: Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria.
Contact Person: Bisola Sarumi URL: www.fmplc.com
COMMUNITIES: ENVIRONMENT: Flour Mills of Nigeria has Flour Mills of Nigeria made donations, given charitable facilitated the beautification of the gifts, rehabilitated roads, and forged Marine Bridge road to Wharf road in partnerships with governments and A p a p a , i n c l u d i n g p r o v i d i n g NGOs on pressing issues on a needs streetlights. Another project in that basis. Some examples are the local government area was the FMCG donation of an iVent201 Ventilator beautification of the post office Machine to the Lagos University roundabout in Apapa. Teaching Hospital (LUTH), the partnership with the Apapa Local Government to rehabilitate the Apapa Wharf Road, and on Traffic Control.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 73 FRIESLANDCAMPINA WAMCO NIGERIA Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Education, Community National or Multinational: Multinational Development, Health, Nigeria Head Office: Plot 7B, Acme Road, Nutrition Ogba, Lagos, Nigeria. Activity R each: Host Communities
Contact Person: Oreoluwa Famurewa Foundation: Olu Akinkugbe Contact Email: [email protected] Foundation URL: www.frieslandcampina.com.ng Launched: 2004
WORKPLACE: six geo-political zones. This is done FrieslandCampina WAMCO through the construction of new water Nigeria empowers and encourages their bore wells and the maintenance of employees to report accidents, incidents existing projects. The tertiary and lapses in best practice and to endowment supports Food Science participate in improvement activities not and Technology departments in higher just at the work place but in the institution with research funds. community as a whole.
FMCG FrieslandCampina WAMCO's health and nutrition initiative aims at reducing COMMUNITIES: the incidences of malnutrition in As part of its CSR initiative, the Nigeria amongst children and company supports schools, charities and pregnant mothers by disseminating communities across Nigeria. Their main quality nutrition information and focus areas are Water, Education, intervention where necessary. Research, Health and Nutrition. The company launched its CSR initiative in ENVIRONMENT: 2004. Their School Adoption Project FrieslandCampina WAMCO caters for 18 public secondary schools supports sustainable environment by across Nigeria and provides school encouraging compliant with current materials and facilities to further s u s t a i n a b i l i t y s t a n d a r d s e . g. improve the ambience of their learning sustainable sourcing of Palm oil. environment. The water project forms Furthermore, they encourage recycling part of the company’s CSR programme. of packing materials. They continue to Currently, they have 33 water projects of use solar energy as their CSR water which 27 are solar powered. Every year, project, as well as an in-house they increase their reach in the provision recycling plant for recycling of waste of portable water to disadvantaged from their factory to ensure the communities spread across the country's environment is not polluted.
74 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 GUINNESS NIGERIA PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Nutrition, Health National or Multinational: Multinational Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: 24, Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja, Foundation: No Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Adrianne Nwagwu Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.guinness.com
COMMUNITIES: Guinness Nigeria, in partnership Guinness Nigeria Plc has with the management of LUTH over the years, contributed to upgraded the eye centre with eye health care and infrastructure and equipment worth 7Million Naira. nutritional development in Nigeria. Guinness Nigeria sponsors two eye A recent project was the centres in Nigeria; the second one rehabilitation of the Guinness Eye is located in Onitsha, Anambra Centre at the Lagos University State. FMCG Teaching Hospital (LUTH). This Guinness Nigeria also Centre is one of several corporate provides potable drinking water for citizenship initiatives implemented communities through its CSR by Guinness Nigeria. The Centre in initiative tagged “Water of Life”. LUTH was opened in 1962 and has since delivered eye care services to numerous Nigerians. In 2010,
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 75 HONEYWELL GROUP
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Skills Acquisition, National or Multinational: National Economic Empowerment Nigeria Head Office: 6B Mekuwen Road, Activity Reach: Host Communities Off Oyinkan Abayomi Foundation: Honeywell Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria Foundation Contact Person: Gbenga Owolabi Launched: 2003 Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.honeywellgroup.com
COMMUNITIES: Honeywell Group through its Honeywell Group has made Foundation established a 3-week endowments to the Pan-African vocational training programme in University Entrepreneurship Centre Baking Technology for unemployed and the Olabisi Onabanjo University Nigerian youth. In partnership with Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies. Footprints Occupational Training The organisation also donated a Centre (FOTC), the Group also FMCG s t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t a u d i t o r i u m embarked on training in the areas of (Honeywell Auditorium) to the Pan- Machine Work, Fabrication & African University. Welding, Plumbing & Pipe Work, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning and Electrical Installations.
76 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 NASCO
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Education, Community National or Multinational: National Development, Health Nigeria Head Office: 1, Old Airport Road, Jos, Activity Reach: Host Communities Plateau, Nigeria Foundation: No Contact Person: Mr. Anwar Qureshe Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.nascogrp.com
WORKPLACE: Cerebro Spinal Meningitis of over One of the oldest and largest 200,000 citizens of Plateau State conglomerates in the manufacturing living within the Anglo-Jos and and distribution of fast moving Hwolshe area, the adoption of the consumer goods in Nigeria, Nasco Zawan Orphanage in Jos South Local m a n a g e m e n t b e l i e v e i n Government Area of Plateau State, transparency, giving no room for Nigeria (to which
ethnicity or religious affiliation in Nasco donates clothes and FMCG staff recruitment processes. Nasco-produced blankets and food Administrative efficiency, staff items). They also support physically motivation, properly crystallized challenged Nigerians through the roles, efficient horizontal and vertical distribution of thousands of tricycles communications are, therefore, to select representative bodies. critical aspects of its corporate Nasco provided overhead strategy. water tanks to major missionary schools in Barkin Ladi Local COMMUNITIES: Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria, to ease the perennial water Nasco supports federal problems faced by students of the i n s t i t u t i o n s , h o s p i t a l s a n d schools. orphanages. They sponsored the first Joseph Gomwalk Memorial Lecture through the Institute of Public Relations, Jos. Other projects include the construction of a common room for Plateau State Polytechnic in Barkin Ladi, the vaccination against
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 77 NIGERIAN BOTTLING COMPANY (NBC) Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Education, Youth National or Multinational: Multinational Empowerment, Health, Nigeria Head Office: Iddo house, Iddo, Lagos, Nigeria W omen Empowerment, Contact Person: Oluyomi Onakoya Social Welfare
Contact Email: [email protected] Activity Reach: Host Communities URL: www.nbcplccareers.com Foundation: No
WORKPLACE: Through various economic and NBC is committed to providing a women empowerment initiatives, NBC culture of workplace safety which has encouraged women to engage in necessitated their implementation of the certain professions normally dominated internationally recognised safety by men as can be seen with the Lady management system OHSAS 18001. Mechanic initiative. NBC significantly invests in formal As part of their community training which is balanced with development programme, potable development opportunities. By engaging water has been provided through with employees, through clear internal boreholes within various communities. FMCG communications and listening to their Other provisions within their host views, they ensure that they remain c o m m u n i t i e s i n c l u d e - r u r a l motivated and committed. Their human electrification, provision of town hall rights policy requires that they uphold centres and primary health centres. the principles of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and the United ENVIRONMENT: Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Child Labour is expressly NBC has reduced carbon prohibited and appropriate checks are emission by installing Combined Heat m a d e d u r i n g r e c r u i t m e n t . and Power Plants at local plants to cut carbon emission by 66%. Furthermore, with an effluent water treatment, waste COMMUNITIES: water from their bottling operations is NBC donates educational treated to a level that supports aquatic infrastructure such as block of life before discharge. The light classrooms, administrative blocks, rest weighting of their glass packaging has rooms, furniture, and playground saved over 8,500 tonnes of glass over equipment to schools as well as the the last three years. 14,000 tonnes of provision of back -to-school; school PET packaging has been recycled into bags, exercise books and stationery to fibre which is being used in the furniture reputable institutions across the nation. industry.
78 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 NESTLE NIGERIA PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Education, Health, National or Multinational: Multinational Nutrition, Sports Nigeria Head Office: 22/24, Industrial Avenue, Activity Reach: Host Communities Ilupeju, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Foundation: No
Contact Person: Dr. Samuel Adenekan Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.community.nestle.com
WORKPLACE: Nestle adopts policies which Corporate Social Responsibility respect the right of their employees to Project of Nestlé Central and West establish and join organizations of Africa (Nestlé CWAR). The Nestlé their own choosing and which assure Healthy Kids Global Programme a safe and healthy workplace that is extends to Nigeria to help teachers respectful of their employees family educate school children about FMCG lives. nutrition.
COMMUNITIES: ENVIRONMENT: Nestle embarked on a Recycling is one major way Grains Quality Improvement through which Nestle compensates Campaign aimed at eradicating the environment. They introduced malnutrition and extreme poverty bottles made from 25% recycled and hunger in West Africa by plastic, and through a partnership Creating Shared Value (CSV). with GreenOps, Nestle supports Mycotoxin management and control recycling stations in stores, thereby has been developed into a wider encouraging more people to recycle. awareness campaign as a part of the
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 79 P&G NIGERIA LTD Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FCMG CSR Focus: Education, Health National or Multinational: Multinational Foundation: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: 1st Commercial Road, Activity Reach: No Oluyole Industrial Estate, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria Contact Person: Patricia Obozuwa URL: www.pg.com
WORKPLACE: assists the development of children P&G's employee volunteering in need ages 0-13. Live, Learn and programme let their employees give Thrive, concentrates on: back to the communities in which they Ensuring a healthy start for live and work through the company children (Live) policy of providing Safe Water for Providing access to places and Nigerian Children. In partnership with tools to learn (Learn) renowned nonprofit organisation, Society for Family Health, they have Providing access to programs FMCG provided over 20 million litres of safe that buildself-esteem, drinking water in Nigeria through the empowerment and use of their free water purifier, 'PUR'. interpersonal/social skills. Recently, this programme donated P&G, through the Care programme thousands of PUR sachets to help curb provide feminine hygiene/puberty the spread of cholera in Borno, Yobe, education to over 1 million Nigerian Taraba, Gombe and Adamawa states. girls every year and provided 250 P&G has a policy dedicated to local education grants. Their Pampers Baby employee development with a budget Care hospital programme and Mobile of over one million dollars per year for Clinics touch the lives of 1.5 million local and international training and Nigerian mothers and their babies on-the-job coaching 95 per cent of all annually. For the 'Building Futures' their managers are Nigerian men and programme, they collaborate NGOs women working in Nigeria. such as Sponsor-a-Child, which COMMUNITIES: donates clothing. P&G produces and P&G's Corporate Social responsibility also develops learning facilities in programme Live, Learn and Thrive orphanages across Nigeria.
80 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 PROMASIDOR
Organisation Information Industry: FMCG Activity Information National or Multinational: Multinational CSR Focus:Education, Health, Nigeria Head Office: 3A & B, Limca Way, Arts, Sports, off Oshodi-Apapa Express Way, Women Empowerment Isolo Industrial Estate, Activity Reach: Host Communities Isolo, Lagos, Nigeria Foundation:No Contact Person: Isiaka Lawal Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.promasidor.com
COMMUNITIES: organised in a bid to create Promasidor supports nonprofits, awareness about the plight of the primarily those concerned with disabled in the society.
women empowerment, through the FMCG provision of product samples, ENVIRONMENT: corporate gifts items, household Promasidor Company equipment and furniture to these created Promasidor Bus Stop on the organisations. Promasidor donated Oshodi/Apapa Expressway with a medical equipment to University street shelter, as well as erected College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan solar powered street lights on amongst other teaching hospitals in Cowbell Way which leads to the Bus the eastern and northern parts of the Stop. country. Promasidor sponsored the 2010 Para Olympic Soccer Event organized by the Lagos State Paralympics Association, which was
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 81 PZ CUSSONS NIGERIA PLC
Organisation Information Activity Info Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Environment, Health National or Multinational: Multinational and Safety Nigeria Head Office: 45/47, Town Planning Way, Activity Reach: Host Communities Ilupeju Industrial Estate, Foundation: PZ Cussons Foundation Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Launched: 2007 Contact Person: Dare Kafar Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.pzcussons.com
WORKPLACE: ENVIRONMENT: PZ Cussons empowers and PZ Cussons has an ongoing encourages their employees to report energy reduction initiative to reduce accidents, incidents and lapses in best carbon dioxide output in all their practice and to participate in manufacturing facilities. An example of
FMCG improvement activities. this can be cited in the successful completion of “Project Unity” in Nigeria. This project is a £39 million investment in COMMUNITIES: manufacturing and supply chain PZ Cussons through its management, involving significant Foundation oversaw the introduction of investment in plant and machinery solar equipment to power local facilities, specifically designed to be more energy including a recreational park in Illupeju, efficient, to minimize atmospheric Lagos. The Foundation equipped emissions according to EU standards and classrooms and provided portable to significantly reduce other wastes. drinking water in more than 13 communities in Nigeria. During the year, both PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc and PZ Cussons Plc donated approximately £125,000 each to the Foundation for the sustainability of the projects it embarked upon in Nigeria.
82 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 SEVEN-UP BOTTLING COMPANY PLC Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Education, Environment National or Multinational: Multinational Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office:247 Moshood Abiola Way, Foundation: No Ijora, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Head, Corporate Communications URL: www.sevenup.org
WORKPLACE: Other contributions are the sponsorship Seven-Up strives to create a work of Miss Nigeria beauty contest and environment that helps employees to popular promotional offers for reach their potential through systematic consumers. talent management and which are based on the core values of commitment, teamwork, integrity and trust. ENVIRONMENT: Seven-up has a commitment to always
comprehend, prevent and reduce any FMCG COMMUNITIES: negative impacts on the environment as Through the Pepsi Football Academy, the a result of its production process. They company has been contributing to the strive towards proper and regulated development of sports in Nigeria. Last ways of managing their effluent year, they launched their Harvard discharge [i.e the waste water as a result Scholarship Program, which presents of its operations). All the manufacturing grants to scholars who have secured plants of the Seven-Up bottling have admission into Harvard University but installed the Effluent Treatment Plant who need help with paying their tuition. (ETP) to prevent the adverse effects of water pollution in the host communities.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 83 UAC OF NIGERIA PLC Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Education, Health, National or Multinational: National Arts, Sports Nigeria Head Office: 1-5 Odunlami Street, Activity Reach: Host Communities Lagos, Nigeria Foundation: No Contact Person: JID Dada Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.uacnplc.com
COMMUNITIES: In the spirit of Corporate institutions of learning, them the Citizenship, UAC provides grants to opportunity to obtain practical communities, institutions and experience in a wide range of charitable organization and awards business and technical skills. scholarships to students and Additionally, the Company has a undergraduates in Nigerian Secondary School Scholarship
FMCG secondary schools and universities Scheme, introduced in 1948, which respectively. Most of the Company's is open to children of both serving Divisions and Businesses offer and retired employees of the vacation jobs and industrial Company. attachments to students in higher
84 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 UNILEVER NIGERIA PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Education, Health. National or Multinational: Multinational Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: No. 1, Billings Way, Oregun, Foundation: No Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Damilola Akanbi Gilbert Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.unilevernigeria.com
WORKPLACE: employment in their communities. Unilever has robust polices Unilever visits Motherless and Charity around promotion, health and safety, Homes to give them food in all their human rights, skills acquisition and communities in Nigeria. bottom-top discussions.
ENVIRONMENT: FMCG COMMUNITIES: Unilever Business Partner Code Unilever Nigeria Plc contributes ensures that suppliers meet to the actualization of the MDGs expectations on environmental and target of halving world poverty levels, social impacts. Consumers are halting of the spread of HIV/AIDS by encouraged to be environmentally- partnering with organizations such as aware when using Unilever products, the UN World Food Programme and while also they reformulate products UNICEF in providing food and to reduce their environmental impact during use.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 85 UTC NIGERIA PLC Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: FMCG CSR Focus: Education, Health, National or Multinational: Multinational Arts, Social Welfare Nigeria Head Office: 27/29 Creek Road, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria Activity Reach: Host Communities Foundation: No Contact Person: Oladapo Adenekan Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.utcnig.com
WORKPLACE: COMMUNITIES: UTC Nigeria has implemented UTC Nigeria works in the r i s k m a n a g e m e n t s y s t e m s areas of education, health services, throughout the company for their social welfare and environmental employees, with provision made for challenges to ameliorate the welfare firefighting equipment, uniforms of people and environs in their and protective masks for factory business community. workers. Other staff benefits include FMCG a good waste disposal system in ENVIRONMENT: partnership with Lagos State Waste Management Agency (LAWMA), a UTC Nigeria works in 24 hour functional clinic within the partnership with the Lagos State company premises and good Waste Management Agency retainership hospitals for staff and (LAWMA) to provide its host t h e i r i m m e d i a t e f a m i l y . communities with good clean Comprehensive group life insurance environments. covers all categories of staff.
86 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 CHANNELS TELEVISION Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Media CSR Focus: Sports National or Multinational: National Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: OPIC Plaza Junction, Foundation: No Off Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, LSDPC Road, Isheri North, Lagos Contact Person: John Momoh Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.channelstv.com
WORKPLACE: of sporting activities. The media outfit Channels Television adopts has an annual football competition policies that encourage diversity in for school children called “The its work place, by eliminating Channels Kid Cup Competition”. This discrimination against race, competition was founded on the basis disabilities, sex, or HIV/AIDS. They of re-instating Nigeria, a country MEDIA strive to give equal opportunities to abounding with talented citizens, all peoples. amongst the top football playing nations in the world. The tournament COMMUNITIES: also aims to correct the age long One way in which Channels notion that Nigeria cannot present Television gives back to its host players with their true ages in youth communities is through organizing competitions.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 87 GOOGLE NIGERIA Activity Information Organisation Information CSR Focus: Advocacy, Sports Industry: Media Activity Reach: Host Communities National or Multinational: Multinational Foundation: Google Foundation Nigeria Head Office: 7th Floor, Mulliner Towers, Launched: 2004 39 Kingsway Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Juliet Ehimuan URL: www.google.com
WORKPLACE: organizations in advocating and Google has a unique policy promoting their causes, from animal which allows for all employees to be rights and literacy, to abandoned provided with individually-tailored children and HIV education. Google compensation packages which can has an initiative called “CoachArt”, be a combination of competitive which supports children with life- salaries, bonuses, and equity threatening illnesses by providing them solace through art and athletics
MEDIA components, along with the opportunity to earn further financial programs. In March, 2011, Google b o n u s e s a n d r e w a r d s . gave US$500,000 to the Nigeria ICT Forum to improve access to internet infrastructure in tertiary institutions. COMMUNITIES: In September 2011, Google Google Grant, an initiative of Nigeria in partnership with MTN, the Google Foundation, is an in-kind Ecobank and other vendors, donation program awarding free organised the Get Nigerian AdWords advertising to selected Businesses Online (GNBO) fare, an charitable organizations in all its initiative which is targeted at giving communities. Since its inception, exposure to small to medium size Google has supported hundreds of businesses in Nigeria.
88 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 MULTICHOICE NIGERIA Activity Information Organisation Information CSR Focus: Education, Economic Industry: Media Empowerment National or Multinational: Multinational Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: 1381, Tiamiyu Savage Street, Foundation:No Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Chuma Oduche Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.dstv.com
COMMUNITIES: importance of the role of journalism Multichoice Nigeria, in Africa's development and to through the MultiChoice Resource reward and recognize journalistic Centre (MRC) which was introduced talent across all media disciplines. in 2004, provides educational support to its host communities. ENVIRONMENT : Through the MRC, about one Through the Food and Trees hundred and twenty one (121) for Africa programme - MultiChoice MEDIA schools in thirteen (13) states across planned to distribute and plant 5000 Nigeria have been given ICT trees in low income households and equipments such as DSTV Decoders, community facilities nationally by the Te l e v i s i o n S e t s , V i d e o / DV D end of March 2012. MultiChoice also Recorders, and Generators. Some s u p p o r t s e n v i r o n m e n t a l states to have benefitted from this sustainability initiatives that facilitate project are Lagos, Kaduna, Cross the much needed access to water Rivers, Kaduna, Enugu and FCT resources and the creation of green Abuja. spaces for nutritional purposes. This MultiChoice Africa has made includes the provision of water major investment in supporting the through the installation of development of open, democratic Roundabout PlayPumps and funding and progressive societies by for food garden starter packs. encouraging and recognising MultiChoice will provide this type of excellence in African journalism support to 18 schools across the through its annual partnership with country over two years. the CNN on the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year Awards. The awards aim to reinforce the
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 89 EMZOR PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Pharmaceutical CSR Focus: Health National or Multinational: National Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: Plot 3c Block A, Aswani Market Road Oshodi/Isolo Expressway, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Nkiru Okoro Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.emzorpharma.com
WORKPLACE: Emzor Pharmaceuticals urges and Project, in partnership with a parish of CEUTICAL educates its employees on the need to The Redeemed Christian Church of give back to the society through God (RCCG) in Ikorodu, Lagos. volunteerism; especially through In other states, they organise Emzor-organised seminars on proper Free Medical Health Missions at drug and prescription usage.
PHARMA Ogbeogonogo Modern Market in Asaba, Delta State, Jos South Local COMMUNITIES: Government Area, in Plateau State, Emzor regularly organizes the and at Oba Market in Benin City, Edo Wellness Race, to encourage fitness in State. the society, a monthly free health check titled 'A Panacea for Lack of Health Awareness in Our Society', in communities around Lagos and the Free Medical Screening Community
90 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 GLAXOSMITHKLINE NIGERIA (GSK) Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Pharmaceutical CSR Focus: Health National or Multinational: Multinational Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: 1, Industrial Avenue, Foundation: No Ilupeju, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Bolaji Sanyaolu URL: www.gsk.com
WORKPLACE: Government to raise the level of The GSK's PULSE Volunteer awareness on voluntary non- Partnership Programme is an integral remunerative blood donation. The part of GSK's commitment to serving Lucozade sparkling team also donated communities around the world, by various items including Lucozade e m p o w e r i n g h i g h - p e r f o r m i n g drinks to speed up recovery for donors employees to volunteer their and support the campaign jointly professional expertise towards organized by Lagos State Blood sustainable change in the areas of Transfusion committee and the State healthcare, education and the Ministry of Health to mark the World CEUTICAL environment. Launched in 2009, Blood Donor Day celebration. GSK's PULSE aims to make a positive, African Malaria Partnership (AMP) was sustainable difference for non-profit established in 2001 to improve organizations and communities; prevention and treatment of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Since then they support leadership growth and PHARMA development of employees; and foster have committed over £3 million on a culture of simplification, creativity, malaria initiatives. In late 2009, the ingenuity, and teamwork. A PULSE AMP announced new partnerships in volunteer works full-time for three or Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania six months with a partner non-profit or to strengthen community-based efforts non-governmental organization, to fight malaria. These projects focus using their expert skill-set and on building capacity for community knowledge to make a significant health workers and creating behavior impact in communities in need around change. GSK also through its brand the world. Macleans recently sponsored A Health Walk to Mark World Oral Health Day by COMMUNITIES: Nigerian Dental Association, Lagos As a part of commitment to its State Branch. Furthermore, GSK corporate social responsibility, through the brand name Macleans GlaxoSmithKline Plc, makers of Sponsored Oral Hygiene Campaign in Lucozade sparkling brand has Ibadan recently. partnered with the Lagos State
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 91 MAY & BAKER NIGERIA PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Pharmaceutical CSR Focus:Education, Health National or Multinational: National Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: 3/5 Sapara Street, Industrial Estate, Foundation:No Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Eugene Olewuenyi Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.may-baker.com
COMMUNITIES: the refurbishing and equipping of 3 May & Baker awards paediatric wards in 3 hospitals in scholarships to students in its host Awka, Ekwulobia and Onitsha, the c o m m u n i t i e s a n d p r o v i d e s provision of medical teaching aids for sponsorships and donations to other the state's hospital training schools individuals, professional groups, as well as supplied a diversity drugs produced by May & Baker Nigeria CEUTICAL g o v e r n m e n t a l a n d n o n - governmental bodies. The company Plc. also donated N10 million to the government of Anambra State, for PHARMA
92 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 NEIMETH INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Pharmaceutical CSR Focus:Health, Education, National or Multinational: National Environment Nigeria Head Office: 1, Henry Carr Street, Activity Reach: Host Communities Ikeja Industrial Estate, Foundation:No Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Nwaka Eni Okoro Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.neimethplc.com
COMMUNITIES: Another health educational strategy is The company's sustainability Helminthiasis Elimination Lower-Cost efforts are hinged primarily on health. Partnership (HELP), Neimeth's social engineering programme aimed at Neimeth is part of a national deworming CEUTICAL initiative deploying sanitation/hygiene improving health and nutrition. Other and diverse health educational strategies projects include the Stress Management to reduce overall health cost. One of such Programme for Executives (SMAPEX) and health educational strategies is the numerous scholarships to children and Pyrantrin Kids Club; a health educational students alike. club for children aged 4-13 years. PHARMA
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 93 ORANGE DRUGS LIMITED Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Pharmaceutical CSR Focus: Sports, Social Welfare National or Multinational: National Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: 66/68, Town Planning Way, Foundation: No llupeju, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Jalaj Arora Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.orangegroups.com
COMMUNITIES: State, in collaboration with Anambra State Orange Drugs annually Football Association. Orange Groups in organizes the Boska Football conjunction with Kalbe Pharma has Competition in collaboration with constructed over 200 traffic points for the relevant stakeholders for youths in Police in different communities of the Lagos State. The event, whose primary nation including, Lagos, Ibadan, Onitsha. aim is to prevent youths from engaging Amaka Echendu, the then Miss Delta Soap
CEUTICAL in societal vices, started in 2007. About (an initiative of the Orange Group), visited 128 teams participate annually to win the Imo State Prisons, Orlu Cheshire a grand prize of N300,000, a second Home, Imo state, and Mortherless Babies place prize of N200,000, and a third Homes in Akokwa, Imo State, and Nnewi place prize of N300,000 amongst and Awka, both in Anambra State, and other prizes and awards. The event has presented clothing and food items to the PHARMA been organised in Kano in conjunction residents. with African Youths Sports Federation (AYSOF) and in Onitsha, Anambra
94 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 AIRTEL
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Telecommunications CSR Focus: Education, Health, National or Multinational: Multinational Sport, Security Nigeria Head Office: Plot L2, Banana Island, Host Communities Foreshore estate, Activity Reach: Foundation: No Ikoyi Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Emeka Oparah URL: www.ng.airtel.com
COMMUNITIES: Association of Nigeria so as to help Airtel Networks Limited built, popularize the sport in this part of the donated, and adopted Oremeji world. The company supports the TIONS Primary School2 under its Adopt-A- National Action Committee Against School initiative. The telecom AIDS (NACA), by sponsoring its HIV- company also assists in crime fighting AIDS awareness campaign and the and medical and other emergencies broadcast of messages through SMS. management through the supply of The company has also provided over toll free lines. In its bid to fulfill its 500 boreholes to needy communities corporate social role in Nigeria, Airtel across the six geo-political zones of Nigeria sponsored the Indian Cup the country. organized by the Indian Golfers TELECOMMUNICA
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 95 ETISALAT NIGERIA Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Telecommunications National or Multinational: Multinational CSR Focus: Education, Health, Nigeria Head Office: Plot 19, Zone L, Environment Federal Government Layout, Activity Reach: Host Communities Banana Island, Ikoyi, Foundation: No Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Ismail Omamegbe Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.etisalat.com.ng
WORKPLACE: Scheme. Furthermore, Etisalat Etisalat Nigeria encourages staff Nigeria, in collaboration with the British Council, has commenced a
TIONS development through the provision and implementation of policies teacher training programme for designed to empower staff both teachers as part of its CSR regional intellectually and socially. As a result, initiative. This initiative called EMTS has organized three (3) Career 'Teaching the Teacher, Growing the Counseling sessions co-implemented Nation', currently runs in Oyo, with Lagos Empowerment and Kaduna and Rivers states. Their Fight Resource Network (LEARN), for M a l a r i a I n i t i a t i v e h a s b e e n secondary schools students, under implemented via two vehicles a radio the auspices of Etisalat Nigeria's drama series titled The Will to Win, Employee Volunteer Program. and an Insecticide Treated Nets TELECOMMUNICA distribution project in Kano state. Other areas include training and COMMUNITIES: development of leadership skills Etisalat Nigeria, in its quest for within school communities, as well as good and qualitative education for the establishment of Student Leaders the Nigerian child began the Adopt- Against Malaria (SLAM) Clubs within A-School, Initiative. The Adopt-A- selected schools. School is a Public Private Partnership between Lagos State Government ENVIRONMENT: and business organizations in the Etisalat has partnered with Oberthur state. Etisalat Nigeria has presented to make available innovative SIM over 600 outstanding University packs called ECO SIMs. These new students with scholarship awards cards have successfully cut in half the under its Annual Merit Awards amount of plastic waste used for the renewal of a SIM card.
96 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 GLOBACOM NIGERIA
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Telecommunications CSR Focus: Education, Health, Arts, National or Multinational: National Sports, Social Welfare Nigeria Head Office: 1, Mike Adenuga Close, Activity Reach: Host Communities Off Adeola-Odeku, Foundation: No Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Atim Nkpubre URL: www.gloworld.com
COMMUNITIES: b u s i n e s s v e n t u r e s . A l s o i n p a r t n e r s h i p s w i t h s t a t e Globacom engages its host g o v e r n m e n t s , t h e y p r o v i d e communities through two main
telecommunication infrastructure TIONS channels: “Glo Ambassadors” and and services to remote rural areas “Glo Naija Sings”. These initiatives t h a t a r e n o t c o n s i d e r e d encourage the Nigerian music and commercially viable. movie industry to compete with their international counterparts and to serve as role models for local youths. ENVIRONMENT: Globacom has also sponsored the Globacom recently began national football team, and annually erecting base stations which will be sponsors the Confederation of powered exclusively by solar energy, African Footballer of the Year Awards, slated to improve the quality of and the Lagos International service delivery. TELECOMMUNICA Marathon. They partner with state governments and other public sector development commissions and individuals to help unemployed youth establish “public call offices” as small
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 97 LM ERICSSON (NIGERIA) LTD Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Telecommunications CSR Focus: Social Welfare National or Multinational: Multinational Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: 17, Walter Carrington, Foundation: No Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Omasan Ogisi Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.ericsson.com
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TIONS LM Ericsson employees have LM Ericsson makes use of Life volunteered with and supported UN Cycle Assessment (LCA) to monitor the agencies with approximately 40 relief environmental impact of their products efforts in over 30 countries, since 2000. f r o m r a w m a t e r i a l e x t r a c t i o n , manufacturing, transportation and use to COMMUNITIES: disassembly and end-of-life treatments. A s i d e f r o m e m p l o y e e volunteerism, over 500,000 people throughout 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, benefit from mobile connectivity as a result of the TELECOMMUNICA Millennium Villages Project.
98 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 MTN NIGERIA Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Telecommunications CSR Focus: Corporate Governance, National or Multinational: Multinational Economic Empowerment, Nigeria Head Office: 2nd Floor Golden Plaza, Social Welfare, Health Falomo, Ikoyi, Education Lagos, Nigeria Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Person: Executive Secretary Foundation: MTN Foundation Contact Email: [email protected] Launched: 2004 URL: www.mtnonline.com
WORKPLACE: Every year, staff of MTN To address staff needs and Nigeria join their colleagues across health and safety precautions, MTN 21 MTN operations to organise
has the MTNN Wellness Policy and various community development TIONS the MTNN Code of Ethics. MTN's projects under the MTN Group commitment to equal opportunities is employee volunteerism initiative applied through various policies and known as 21 Days of Y'ello Care. structures that govern their work and In 2011, they organised 134 business relationships. activities across 12 projects, leading MTNN has a tailored Personal to the successful planting of 3701 Development Programme (PDP) for trees. each employee, guided by several The MTN Nigeria Y'ello care activity is policies and staff are encouraged to implemented in addition to several engage in volunteerism. Some of
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS VISAFONE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Telecommunications CSR Focus: Health and Safety National or Multinational: National Activity Reach: Host Communities Nigeria Head Office: Zenon House, Foundation: No 2, Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island. Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Lynda Amaechi Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.visafone.com
WORKPLACE: COMMUNITIES: TIONS Employees of Visafone are Visafone, in partnership with encouraged to visit monarchs in rural Okada Riders Association, gave out communities all around the country over 200 protective helmets and to educate them on the need for reflective jackets to Okada riders effective communication in their drawn from Victoria Island - Law communities. School and Eko Hotel roundabout units - to ensure safety and fewer accidents on highways in the community. TELECOMMUNICA
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of NIGERIA & CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION Stanley Ijeoma, CEO, Schrodinger Limited Nigeria & Climate Change Adaptation: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow. Climate change adaptation is increasingly becoming an area of growing interest and engagement for many developing countries, who unfortunately bear the brunt of an overheating planet caused by the few “uncaring but privileged” developed countries, for obvious reasons. The uncertain effects of a changing climate on Nigeria's economy pose significant setbacks for meeting development targets like Nigeria's aspiration to be among the twenty best performing economies of the world by the year 2020 [Vision 20:20:20] and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Typical of most developing development challenge in Nigeria. countries, Nigeria's 150 million people T h e s e p r o b l e m s a r e f u r t h e r rely heavily on their environment as well compounded by lack of institutional, as natural resource base for their legislative and fiscal capacity for livelihood. The fact that Africa's most effective management of natural populous country runs dangerously on a resources and stability of the ecosystem; mono-product economy oiled by cheap leading to reduced farm productivity, hydrocarbon deposits in the rich but increased work load particularly on deliberately devastated mangrove areas women and a dislocated rural economy. of the Niger Delta underscores this heavy Climate change impacts can dependence on natural resources. From only make things worse if left the forest, woodland and grassland unchallenged and this is where resources which contribute vitally to the mitigation and adaptation come as part local economies of the communities, to of the options placed on the table to the protection of watersheds of national alleviate the impacts of a changing importance as well as avoidance of the global climate on our local communities tragedy of the commons and the and national economy. As part of the first conservation of the environment for the steps to minimize climate change risks promotion of sound public health, on development efforts and empower agriculture and recreational activities. our disadvantaged men and women, the Climate change-induced losses and the Nigerian government and her unsustainable use of these invaluable development partners should as a resources appear to be a malignant matter of urgency carry out an Action problem that has elevated itself to real Study on how smallholder livelihoods
104 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 could be improved through efficient Nigeria's climate security vulnerability and sustainable management of her lies predominantly along the coastal, environmental and natural resources as littoral states of the south and the an adaptation measure to climate northern frontline states as a result of a change. combination of high physical exposure as The proposed Action Study well as low household and community should give special attention to gender resilience. Poor adaptive responses to roles, especially land use as well as growing shifts in temperature, rainfall, tenure rights of land in order to improve storms, and sea levels could help fuel livelihood of rural and semi-urban violent conflict in some areas of the households. For instance, enhanced country due to shortages of resources land and water management would such as land and water which breeds help spur both economic and negative secondary impacts such as environmental benefits for low income more sickness, hunger, and joblessness, members of the society who can use which in turn flings the doors to conflict their own land resources as collateral and social chaos wide open. However, thereby promoting inclusive growth of great caution should be taken in climate the millions of underserved population. conflict causation mapping for now until This demonstrated fiscal benefit would we be able to build the capacity to fully further attract international interest in understand their scientific, social, up scaling and improving rural economic, and political implications for livelihoods in particular and the the country. Therefore the transformation economy as a whole. This is particularly agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan important because most of the needs to be broadened to capture critical projected future global economic programs of in-depth research and growth is set to take place in developing robust policy debates in the direction of countries of which Africa is very climate change adaptation strategies strategic & allowing climate change that will be crosscutting in design and wash away these potential gains would impact, anchored on inclusive planning be dangerous to the economic and implementation that steers clear of empowerment of millions of Africans the booby traps of political patronage. who are equally threatened by climate Thus far, official responses have change induced food crisis; like the one been weak and not much progress has currently ravaging Somali! been made on the part of the Nigerian Also a critical assessment of federal government towards achieving sub-national vulnerabilities to climate the best climate change Adaptation change in Nigeria would be a veritable outcomes, even if most adaptation is to starting point for evaluating current and be done privately by the communities future adaptation priorities as well as which need sustained education, quality highlighting their national security information and enlightenment implications for Africa's second biggest campaigns that are non-existent in the economy. It is not difficult to see that
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 105 interim. The way out is a central overheating planet if vigorously oversight body to coordinate research implemented by the authorities. These and policy response, harmonize roles for strategies would help Nigeria adapt to sister agencies, and aggressively pursue climate change over the next century by implementation master plans in giving some succor to millions of seamless collaborative partnership with Nigeria's small holder farmers who are the Annex 1 countries and the UN already enduring huge investment climate change response organizations losses and low productivity occasioned in the areas of capacity building, by droughts and extreme weather technology transfer, adaptation funding conditions. and technical assistance. The good news Hotter global temperatures will is that the out gone sixth national lead to the spread of more infectious assembly of the country's parliament diseases such as malaria and increase in courageously passed the Nigerian food-borne diseases. Therefore Climate Change Commission Bill which stakeholders in Nigeria's public health is currently gathering dust as it awaits should be empowered to come up with President Jonathan's ink to be able to creative and innovative ways as regards transit into a full fledge legal entity that timely delivery of drugs to the most would confront the climate change remote of places in the country as well as adaptation challenge in a systematically making information available in local controlled manner. N i g e r i a ' s languages as to preventive and Climate Change Commission, when precautionary measures to take when fully operational, would be the very first for instance, a deadly flood overflows in Africa and the country must be into drinking water sources or when commended for this bold stride. The there is excessive heat wave. Quality selfless efforts of stakeholders like information and robust enlightenment Senator Grace Bent, Honourable campaigns would help people adapt Eziuche Ubani and hundreds of before the disaster, by reducing risks, Environmental NGOs, Enviropreneurs and after it, by aiding recovery from and Climate Activists, including this h a r m . T h e r e f o r e c o n t i n u o u s Author; must be given some life and enlightenment campaigns on preventive meaning by President Jonathan and this and defensive medical practices should is a clarion call on him to do the right be taken to the grass roots in local thing, for the sake of generations of dialects using community radio and Nigerians and Africans yet unborn, by GSM platforms. The Nigerian Medical s i g n i n g t h e C l i m a t e C h a n g e Association and the ministry of health at Commission bill into law without further the federal, state and local government delay. should be empowered both technically Going forward and looking into and financially to take up emerging tomorrow, I will suggest some critical climate change induced health adaptation steps that would give Nigeria c h a l l e n g e s T h e h o u s i n g a n d an edge in the fight for survival in an construction industry must recognize its
106 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 dual role of helping people cope with weather forecasting, and climate change climate change [Adaptation] as well as data will hugely depend on more developing sustainable and efficient powerful and faster supercomputers that building practices in order to prevent can crunch data and make real time environmental degradation [Mitigation]. important predictions. There is also need There is need to build the capacity of the for accurate environmental data, construction industry to be able to step particularly from sensors located in the up to the critical challenges. The ministry soil, ocean, in the atmosphere, in flood of housing and urban development zones or in arid drought-stricken lands, should take the lead in mobilizing the organizations, governments and stakeholder groups to come out with companies will want to track the changes innovative design models that city in order to have timely and quality development control authorities could information that will assist disaster risk & rely on to encourage and monitor new emergency management authorities act housing projects such as building homes promptly to minimize losses. on stilts, constructing barriers around Away from the government and natural & artificial water bodies in public sector, the insurance industry is populated regions. Building owners and saddled with the biggest responsibility as farmers in vulnerable regions will far as climate change adaptation is increasingly need education & guidance concerned. This is becausethey help on the strategies that can help them spread the risk of extreme weather adapt to potential floods arising from events and higher temperatures when, overflowing rivers and streams by Farmers and governments see the leveraging advanced flood control wisdom of investment in insurance mechanisms. programs that would pay out when poor We cannot run away from conditions happen. In addition, the extreme weather conditions occasioned insurance companies would need to by climate change. encourage property owners in existing Massive floods and hurricanes will developments to implement adaptation become more common because of the strategies to ensure that their assets are w a r m i n g o f t h e e a r t h . preserved over their life spans. These Government institutions like the measures would come at a cost, but Nigerian Metrological Agency that have planning now for climate change could hitherto limited their operational stave off greater losses that owners jurisdiction to mere weather forecasting, w o u l d o t h e r w i s e i n c u r f r o m should be empowered and funded to be infrastructure and asset damage in the able to invest heavily on information future. For instance, insurance technology tools such as satellites, c o m p a n i e s c o v e r i n g p r o p e r t y sensors, software, computing, sensors) development in coastal areas will need to be able to inject some much-needed to assess the potential for sea-level rise, sophistication and innovation into their increased storm severity, flooding, and operations because tracking extreme other climate change impacts on their
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 107 clients and to incorporate appropriate desalination technology can be made measures in their policy document. The available in most communities and how National Insurance commission to keep the cost affordable. Adaptation [NAICOM] would need to understand efforts should also focus on how these issues before they can even reach infrastructure designed to manage water out to other stakeholders in the industry for hydropower, agriculture and cities and this can only happen through will further scale up the environmental training and capacity building. and economic development of Specifically, this Author has approached communities. The agricultural sector is NAICOM with some projects in this perhaps where sustained attention regard but the business as usual should be concentrated for obvious syndrome or lack of understanding of reasons of maintaining food security. the issues at stake or a combination of High temperatures usually lead to both continue to keep such on their low droughts or more rain fall as well as cut priority lists. NAICOM and other annual crop productivity due to longer or stakeholders in the insurance industry shorter crop seasons. Therefore, the must be made to understand that it is in government through the ministry of their best interest to be more proactive agriculture must ensure that farmers that and see how they can protect the entire grow crops on risk-prone lands do not insurance industry from the envisaged lack improved seeds that can withstand shocks of the impacts of climate change. higher temperatures, more or less water, Agriculture, water and climate and fluctuating crop seasons. Efficient change have become conjoined irrigation systems can help farmers in thematically and like Siamese triplets, affected regions cope with the they connect the many approaches to uncertainty that come with climate s u s t a i n a b l e d e v e l o p m e n t a n d change. environmental protection. Water Even though Nigeria does not resources would come under intense currently have a national adaptation pressure as harsher and more wide- strategy or crosscutting institution spread droughts will lead to a stress on empowered to guide national response farming communities that need fresh to climate change, there is every reason water even as rising sea levels especially to be hopeful of better days ahead in this along coastal regions is already regard because it is expected that the increasing salt water concentration in Climate Change Commission bill will be ground water. Adaptation along this passed into law before the end 2011. path requires huge investments in The on-going adaptation initiatives in desalination technology. Beyond Nigeria must be tailored to positively desalination, other feasible adaptation impact food security as well as tackle strategies include increased gray water security risks that could arise from use and rain water harvesting, for crops conflict occasioned by scarce and and everyday human uses other than disproportionate resource distribution. drinking. The challenge remains how For instance, the clashes between local
108 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 farmers and the Fulani nomads would Millennium Development Goals become more frequent due to envisaged [MDGs]. For instance, Nigeria seriously scarce grasslands that would have dried needs to look inwards and apply some up under intense heat waves. out-ofthe-box adaptation initiatives Several opportunities exist for that have multi-dimensional positive building Nigeria's resilience to climate implications for her economy as well as change include articulating a national health of her citizens and global framework for adaptation driven by the environment. The reason why we still climate change commission; leveraging wear suits and coats ,used in countries the critical ministries, agencies and with sub-zero temperatures, in Nigeria parastatals of government like the where temperatures averages 40 National Emergency Management degrees Celsius beats my imagination. Authority [NEMA], Ministry of Health, I have heard people hide under Nigerian Metrological Agency, Ministry of preposterous excuses such as Agriculture, Ministry of Water Resources, “corporate” to endure and justify this M i n i s t r y o f H o u s i n g & U r b a n colonially imposed burden after Development, National Insurance existing for more than half a century as Commission , Institute for Peace & Conflict an independent country. Resolution and the Ministry of Niger Delta The truth is that dressing is Affairs; in capacity building and conflict influenced by the environment and m a n a g e m e n t , w o r k i n g t h r o u g h nothing more and it will serve Nigeria's coordinated, robust national mechanisms economic and public health interests as to address climate induced security well as reduce our global ecological challenges as well as ensure transparent footprints. How about the tonnes of management and allocation of emissions spared if maritime and air interventionist resources. Climate change traffic is reduced when we stick to our adaptation in Nigeria must be local Abeokuta & Akwete made approached from the standpoint of apparels? How about the poverty necessity in the context of sustainable a l l e v i a t i o n a n d e c o n o m i c development with greater emphasis on empowerment of millions of rural the generally accepted principle that women and disadvantaged youths via economic empowerment, social jobs created when demand increases development and poverty eradication for our locally made apparels? How constitute the first and overriding priorities about the “soothing and cooling” of a developing country like Nigeria. This effects of sticking to our locally made explains the very thin line between and environmentally influenced sustainability and Climate change apparels in a world where heat waves adaptation which constitute an area of are becoming more frequent? Think of growing concern especially in Africa the local & global environmental because of its uncertain effects that pose benefits if the Nigerian government significant risks for development, encourages massive switch to our especially the achievement of the locally made apparels as an adaptation
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 109 measure to promote public health of her a country, with a focus on the ones that citizens in a changing climate? It appears correspond to our most urgent and to me that much of the adaptation work immediate needs while aligning and that needs to be done would concentrate leveraging numerous international on “reforming” the psyche of our people initiatives and financing mechanisms to be able to accept and embrace new aimed at assisting countries with climate ways of life in tune with the emerging change adaptation. realities of our changing climate! Truth be told, the fight to limit The Nigerian government, just climate change and global warming to like governments of other developing easily tolerated levels is over, therefore countries, continues to struggle to Nigeria and the rest of the developing maintain social services while attending countries should focus on the reality of to the needs of an increasingly diverse adapting to climate change by finding and growing population amidst an anti- ways to live with overflowing sea levels, tax culture. Pursuing sustainable scarcer drinking water, higher peak development, just like implementing temperatures, depleting species and climate change adaptation, requires weather patterns alien to those under political will at the highest level and w h e n s u s t a i n a b i l i t y i s f u l l y mainstreamed in governance and Sustainability is decision making process, it often reveals previously unrecognized opportunities simply “people as well as threats to society. prospering planet” or Sustainability is simply “people prospering planet” or “planet prospering “planet prospering people” but in practice it challenges us to make decisions that simultaneously people” but in improve our economy [prosperity], practice it challenges community [people] & environment [planet]. Therefore mainstreaming us to make decisions Climate change adaptation into Nigeria's economic blueprints and that simultaneously development master plans is strategic at improve our economy this stage of our development because emergency preparedness guarantees [prosperity], effective contingency plans to protect citizens, property and the environment community [people] which sustains us. Resources should be & environment invested and concentrated on developing specific adaptation [planet]. measures that are peculiar to Nigeria as
110 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 which our patterns of farming perfectly fits into the “business as usual” developed. Therefore, increasingly, scenarios drawn up by leading climate proactive governments are beginning to scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel realize that, in the long term, climate on Climate Change (IPCC), the better for change adaptation needs to be all of us. In view of the prevailing supported by an integrated, cross- attention & priority given to climate cutting policy approach. Finally, as the changemitigation over adaptation in the Durban climate negotiation is just few last two decades, the battle cry of the days away, the earlier Nigerians “adapt” Nigerian and the rest of the African to the reality that global action is not delegation to the Durban UN climate going to stop climate change despite summit in the next few weeks should be almost two decades of climate A D A P T A T I O N , A D A P T A T I O N , negotiation because the world is still ADAPTATION!!! trapped in an emissions trajectory that
About Author: Stanley Ijeoma is Africa's UNIDO sponsored “African foremost Enviropreneur and one of Environmental Responsibility & only two Africans on the Board of Renewable Energy for Sustainable World Council for Renewable Energy Development Initiative”- a [WCRE]. He was one of the pioneers capacity building and knowledge of the Lighting Africa Initiative of the exchange platform supervised by World Bank/IFC. In 2010, Stanley Bangor University, UK. He is was invited by the Welsh Assembly currently CEO, Schrodinger Government to lead an elite group of Limited; a climate change business 15 budding African Enviropreneurs & economic impact consultancy from 6 African countries on a month firm based in Abuja. long field trip to Wales for the
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112 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT Environment in schools ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROGRAM - Functional Scholarship Schemes. The Adopt-A-School Initiative (ASI) is a Public Private Partnership between Since the inception of the Adopt- Lagos State and private sector A-School program, many organizations organisations in the state. Adopt-A- have shown remarkable determination School is designed to improve the state of to participate in the program; these public schools in Lagos by urging organizations have donated their Corporate Bodies to get involved in resources and manpower to the cause, upgrading public schools through ensuring the completion of various strategic support in whatever areas they projects which have impacted hugely on choose. This program is geared towards schools in Lagos state. achieving the stated objectives of the P r o m i n e n t e x a m p l e s o f t h e s e state concerning education. partnerships include: The Lagos State Ministry of A. Oando Adopt-A-School Scholars Education has a vision to provide B. Etisalat Adopt-A-School Initiative qualitative and free education and the mission to provide citizens with good C. Guaranty Trust Bank Adopt-A-School quality education in partnership with key Initiative stakeholders such as private sectors, D. Airtel Adopt-A-School Initiative. G u a r d i a n s , n o n - g o v e r n m e n t a l organizations and competent teachers in a conducive learning environment. A. OANDO ADOPT-A-SCHOOL SCHOLARS The states policy thrust on Education upholds: As part of its drive to improve the quality of education at the primary and - Construction of Millennium schools in secondary school levels, Oando awards all Local Government Areas scholarships annually to pupils with a - Re-engineering and refurbishment of view to promoting youth education. primary schools Oando's scholars scheme ensures - M a s s i v e r e h a b i l i t a t i o n a n d that intelligent pupils are not denied the maintenance of existing schools and opportunity to fulfill their due potential libraries due to financial constraints. Oando is committed in supporting these pupils - Provision of school furniture and through Primary, Secondary and equipment University levels. They have adopted a - Entrepreneurial training Community total number of 28 public owned primary based vocational education schools. Five out of these schools are - Eradication of moral decadence in located in Lagos State. schools An estimated total number of - Operation Green and Clean the 17,292 pupils are currently receiving
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 113 quality education from the schools. Network (LEARN), employees impact Oando continues to sponsor and support society positively by volunteering to key school events like sports days and mentor and provide career counseling prize-giving days. for students of secondary schools. The career counseling scheme is continuous As a means of achieving a sustainable and is designed to be implemented at impact, a total of 1,400 teachers are least three times yearly in schools. scheduled to participate in Oando's capacity building programs. Additionally, Oando plans to adopt a total of 100 C. GUARANTY TRUST BANK ADOPT- schools by 2015, demonstrating the A-SCHOOL INITIATIVE company's long-term interest in the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) education sector in Nigeria. initiated its Adopt-A-School program in 2004 with its pilot adoption of St Georges B. ETISALAT NIGERIA ADOPT-A- Boys and Girls Primary School, Falomo, SCHOOL INITIATIVE Lagos. Since then it has gone on to add many other schools and include other As part of its plans to help initiatives within the program alleviate the infrastructural challenges being faced in the Education sector, Guaranty Trust Bank's Adopt-A- Etisalat flagged off its Adopt-A-School School Initiative is aimed at improving initiative with the total renovation and life child education across the country. The adoption of three schools in Lagos State. project designed to identify, adopt, renovate and rehabilitate dilapidated In these schools, Etisalat is public schools, thereby creating a model undertaking total renovation of the institution of learning for children. infrastructure including roofing, re-tiling of walls and floors, borehole Currently, GTB has 12 schools under reconstruction, upgrading and its Adopt-A-School Program. Two out of renovation of toilet facilities with state of these 12 schools are in Lagos State. the art plumbing systems, among others. The bank undertakes the The company also intends to following; Building, renovation and build and stock a new comprehensive general infrastructural repair, Provision library at Akande Dahunsi as well as of basic amenities such as water and upgrade its science laboratory and music e l e c t r i c i t y, L a n d s c a p i n g a n d studio amongst other facilities. environmental beautification, supply of furniture, books and equipment. In order to achieve sustainable impact, Etisalat has commenced its The bank's consciousness of the Career Counseling Scheme through an need for sustainability has driven its employee volunteering program. decision to organize many of the Through this program, implemented by programs periodically such as- the the Lagos Empowerment and Resource Orange Brightest and Best Quiz
114 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 Campaign, Orange quiz competition, The tree planting ceremony, Train-the-teacher seminar and library which is an annual event, is part of the education. Lagos State government's resolve to ensure the continued survival of the D. A I R T E L A D O P T- A - S C H O O L human race which depends on the INITIATIVE oxygen provided by trees. The Greening Committee planted a tree on behalf of In support of the Adopt-A-School the British Deputy High Commission Program, Airtel has built, donated and during the tree planting exercise at the adopted Oremeji Primary School 2. Airtel event ground. also provided the school with desks, The project also intends to boards, uniforms and support facilities of preserve nature through mitigation and lavatories and a water bore-hole. adaptation strategies to tackle climate In collaborative efforts with change. Apart from the ecological Mikano Limited, a 10KVA generator was benefits such as a cleaner and safer donated to the primary school environment and prevention of erosion, consequently creating a tri-partite the initiative will create a new economy relationship for this cause. and thousands of jobs for a large number of people who now work at A i r t e l a l s o e n f o r c e d i t s various beautification sites. commitments in providing the school with Sustainability Exercise: The tree the necessary infrastructure to create an planting is intended to be executed environment conducive for teaching and annually, thereby creating a sustainable learning, as it presents the pupils the best supply of trees. opportunity to realize their dreams of becoming leaders of tomorrow. The B. LAGOS STATE WITH MTN company intends to adopt a strategic The MTN Group, in partnership approach to its implementation in the with the Lagos State Government, near future. utilized its 21 Days of Y'ello program to L A G O S S TAT E P L A N T- A-T R E E mark the 2011 World Environment Day. PARTNERSHIPS As part of their contributions towards A. LAGOS STATE WITH THE BRITISH ensuring the “Go Green” initiative of a DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSION pollution-free world, they planted trees The Lagos State Government and the in a simultaneous event. Greening Committee of the British To commemorate the World Deputy High Commission collaborated Environment Day, MTN Nigeria kicked on the annual tree planting campaign. off the celebration with the Y'ello Earth The campaign commenced on July 11, Walk, an activity that aimed to create 2010 with the theme; “One man, one awareness for preservation of the tree”. This is in a bid to improve the environment. aesthetic appeal of the state as well as The Walk was joined by various making it environmentally friendly. individuals and organizations including
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 115 the Fight against Desert Encroachment NATIONAL STRATEGIC HEALTH (FADE Africa). For 21 days, both DEVELOPMENT PLAN (NSHDP) organisations partnered to plant The President of the Federal thousands of tree saplings for both fruits Republic of Nigeria, represented by the and shade in communities. Secretary of the Government of the Sustainability Exercise: The Federation- Alhaji Yayale Ahmed on Y'ello Earth Walk is an annual exercise Thursday 16th December 2010, launched aimed at creating awareness on the t h e N a t i o n a l S t r a t e g i c H e a l t h need for environmental preservation Development Plan (NSHDP). and beautification. The event was hosted by the ROLL BACK MALARIA Minister of Health and Minister of State In 1998, the World Health for Health, Dr C.O Onyebuchi Chukwu Organization, UNICEF, UNDO and the and Alhaji Suleiman Bello respectively. It World Bank came together in the Roll had in attendance many heads of Back Malaria partnership. government health agencies and RBM in Nigeria anchors on the parastatals and heads of Development global strategies for malaria control agencies such as Department for which are multi pronged and of proven International Development (DFID), efficiency. RBM in Nigeria is in European Community Delegation, conjunction with the federal ministry of Global Fund, Japanese Embassy, Japan health. International Cooperation Association, UNICEF supports this effort by Partnership for Transforming Health supplying safe, effective and affordable Systems (PATHS 2), UNAIDS, United anti-malaria interventions. The Nations Population Fund,(UNFPA), organization is, for example, the world's USAID, United Nations International largest purchaser of mosquito nets. Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), UNICEF also supports the provision of Rotary international, World Health Intermittent Preventive Treatment (ITP) Organization (WHO), and World Bank. for pregnant women through antenatal The highlights of the event were clinics. the launch of the NSHDP, the presentation ITP, which can prevent a child from of an Action Push agenda as well as the contracting malaria before birth, signing of the country compact by the involves providing pregnant women with Minister and other heads of agencies. The at least two doses of an anti malarial country compact is entitled “Achieving drug at each scheduled antenatal visit measurable results for health through the after the first trimester. NSHDP (2010-2015)” The compact Such preventive treatment has contains policies which reflect a shared been shown to substantially reduce the aspiration to strengthen the national risk of anaemia in the mother and low health system and to vastly improve the birth weight in the newborn. health status of Nigerians. Source: www.unicef.org Source:www.internationalhealthpart nerships.net
116 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 The road is vital to the operations THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT of the Obajana Cement factory which is PARTNERSHIP WITH BALKAN ENERGY in the process of increasing production COMPANY output to one truck per minute. The Minister of the Federal The project road construction Capital Territory of Abuja, Bala project will compliment the government's Adbulkadir Muhammed, signed a efforts at ensuring infrastructural memorandum of understanding with an development as well as enabling the American firm, the Balkan Energy Dangote cement company to increase its Company, to develop key parts of Abuja. productivity, thereby making the product The project is expected to cost $2 billion. readily available to the public. The Balkan group is supposed to Source: Mustapha Suleiman, provide mixed use development with a www.allafrica.com, 23/8/2011 hotel condominium, development for residential homes, for restaurants and CHEVRON AND USAID PARTNERSHIP other metropolitan facilities within the ON LIVING STANDARDS IN THE center of the city. This is the largest NIGER DELTA investment any American firm has ever Chevron Corporation announced the made in Nigeria. signing of a memorandum of The project is intended to go a long way understanding between the USAID and the Niger Delta Partnership Initiative towards ensuring infrastructural (NDPI) Foundation, established by development in the capital. This is in line Chevron to help address socio-economic with the government's desire to develop challenges in the Niger Delta Region. Abuja into a first class city. Under the MoU, the NDPI Source: Voice of Africa, www. Foundation and USAID will each voanews.com, March 21st 2011 contribute $25 million over four years to support a portfolio of programs designed F E D E R A L G O V E R N M E N T to promote economic development, PARTNERSHIP WITH DANGOTE improve the capacity of government and GROUP ON ROAD CONSTRUCTION civil society institutions, and help reduce The Federal Government of conflict in the region. Nigeria is partnering with Dangote Group Chevron launched the NDPI of companies towards the completion of Foundation with an endowment of $50 the 61 Kilometer Obajana-Kabba road in million over five years. Chevron's 25 Kogi State. million contributions to the MoU will be The Federal Government had drawn from the endowment. Through a completed 20 kilometers of the road and one-to-one match with donor partners, would ensure the workability of the such as USAID, the Foundation is working partnership in the interest of Nigerians. to double Chevron's funding.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 117 The NDPI Foundation's Nigerian comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, Affiliate, the Foundation for Partnership treatment and care programs from 2004 Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), will to 2009. The partnership is geared participate in the design, development, towards the fight against the spread of capacity building, peace building and the disease in Nigeria. advocacy, to ensure the effective Source: www.pepfar/gov execution of the programs. The execution of these programs BILL AND MELINDA GATES is intended to boost efforts to provide FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP WITH relief and improve the living standards of STATE GOVERNMENTS people living in the oil-rich Niger Delta Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & region. Melinda Gates foundation, announced Source: www.chevron.com a new initiative for Nigeria's Executive Governors challenging them to deliver FEDERAL GOVERNMENT & PEPFAR a dramatic improvement in Polio and PARTNERSHIP TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS IN routine immunization by the end of NIGERIA 2010. The United States program, The program, initiated together with President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief the Nigeria Governors Forum, will (PEPFAR), supporting Nigeria as they take recognize those Executive governors a leadership role in their fight against whose states pass a pre-defined HIV/AIDS Progress achieved in Nigeria t h r e s h o l d t o i m p r o v e r o u t i n e through PEPFAR support in 2010 immunization coverage and end Polio. includes: The states that meet the threshold criteria • 334,700 individuals receiving will be awarded a $500,000 grant from antiretroviral treatment the foundation to support their top health • 1,195,900 HIV positive individuals priorities. who received care and support • 255,100 orphans and vulnerable The award will support winning children (OVC's) receiving support governor's initiatives in public health, • 673,800 pregnant women with such as malaria and tuberculosis, known HIV status are receiving improving immunization, HIV prevention services and treatment, or safe drinking water • 28,200 HIV positive pregnant and hygiene promotion. In addition to women are receiving anti-retroviral the grant, those governors who achieve prophylaxis for PMTCT the goals will receive special recognition • 1,157,300 individuals are receiving from Mr. Gates for their contribution to counselling and testing the elimination of Polio. • 5,358 estimated infants HIV The Nigeria Governors Forum will infections averted. provide the secretariat for the challenge Through PEPFAR, Nigeria program and will actively engage the received $1,539 million to support governors throughout the 12-month
118 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 period to encourage them to stay on April/26/2010 track in the fight against Polio and achieve the qualifying threshold for the LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT WITH award. The challenge will be open to all HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL 36 states and the Federal Capital DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (HEDA) Territory. Experts on climate change met Source: www.gatesfoundation.org with the Lagos State Government to review a policy draft that would address LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT & LCC climate change issues. LEKKI ROAD CONSTRUCTION The discussion which was PROJECT organized by the Lagos State Ministry of The Lekki Toll Road Concession Environment, Human and Environmental Project is one of Lagos State's foremost Development Agency (HEDA), and Policy Public Private Partnership (PPP) Advocacy Project Partnership on Climate initiatives. in Lagos State focused on exploring Phase one of the project entails a d a p t a t i o n a n d d i s a s t e r r i s k t h e u p g r a d e , e x p a n s i o n a n d management, climate change mitigation maintenance of approximately 50 and low carbon economy and climate kilometres of the Lekki-Epe Expressway. governance. Phase two comprises the construction of The policy framework extended approximately 20 kilometres of the into agriculture and food security, human coastal road on the Lekki Peninsula. settlement, security and health, and The Lekki Concession Company c o a s t a l a n d n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s Limited (LCC), an initiative of the ARM management. The document will add to Group of companies, is a special existing documents on climate change to purpose vehicle set up specifically to be considered in the final policy and to be execute the Lekki Toll Road concession developed before the next Lagos state Project. The project uses a Build- climate change summit. Operate-Transfer (BOT) model for infrastructure delivery. The concession is The document would hopefully for a period of 30 years, after which the address concerns ranging from assets will be transferred to Lagos State adaptation, mitigation and environmental Government. issues in the state. The road construction project has Source: Femi Amele, 234next.com, provided a first class road network for 21/8/2011 people living and working within the area, thereby easing the flow of traffic and enhancing productivity in business, economic and social activities within the area. S o u r c e : C l a u d e H a r d i n g www.howwemadeitinafrica.com,
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 119 A SNAPSHOT LOOK AT THE NESG AND ITS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1993 – 2011 GENERAL INFORMATION ON NESG government. & ITS ACTIVITIES MEMBERSHIP OF THE NESG BACKGROUND Membership of the NESG is Shortly after Chief Ernest extended to policy level executives from Shonekan was appointed Chairman of individually owned businesses to large the Transitional Council in January 1993, multinational corporations who are he convened the first Nigerian Economic committed to the national interest, and Summit in February 1993. The success of subscribe to the Membership Core the summit consequently led the core Values that include ethical business group of participants to develop a practices; corporate governance; formalized structure, which formed the attractive climate for private investment; basis of the present Nigerian Economic competitive and open market systems; Summit Group (NESG). economic reforms proven to generate The NESG is an independent, sustainable economic development; non-sectarian organization, committed equitable income distribution; open to fostering open and continuous dialogue and objective research. dialogue on Nigeria's economic Membership is categorized into: development. It seeks to define and Corporate Sustaining; Corporate facilitate the implementation of an Supporting; Corporate Member A, B, C; economic agenda that will help create an Individual Member, and Associate environment conducive to good Member. governance, responsible private sector The NESG provide members with: investment and sustainable private - Networks, trade and investment sector-driven economic growth and opportunities. development. To achievement its Vision - Advocacy and access to senior and and Mission, the NESG focuses on three policy-level officials locally and m a j o r a c t i v i t i e s : R e s e a r c h , internationally. Communication (including education) - International business linkages and Advocacy of desirable economic and through NESG's program and institutional reforms; disseminated activities. through the electronic and print media, - Publications and research services seminars, public lectures, policy (including primary & secondary dialogues, workshops and specific high data on key economic sectors). level interactive public-private sector For information on NESG membership, sessions and special presentations to the Executive and Legislative arms of
120 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 please go to the NESG website and/or on Trade Missions and Visits serves to link contact the secretariat for detailed to NESG members and decision-makers information. worldwide and include collaborations with the public sector and other PROGRAMMES, PRODUCTS AND interested parties in conducting trade SERVICES ADVOCACY missions and visits. The annual Nigerian Economic Business Forums include private Summit (NES) is the flagship programme meetings, roundtables and dinners that of the NESG. It is a three day programme bring together members with visiting organized by the Nigerian Economic heads of state, business leaders and Summit Group (NESG), in concert with the leading private sector operators in other National Planning Commission (NPC). countries whenever necessary. Over the years, the NES has evolved into a International Conference/ major national event in the country's Seminars/Collaborations to share countenance calendar and has experiences on those critical issues that consolidated its status as the nation's enhances economic growth and major annual gathering of public and development. private sector leaders in Abuja, the Interactive Sessions provide private nation's capital, for constructive dialogue sector chief executives an opportunity to on Nigeria's economic management. dialogue with the public sector on topical Typically, the Summit features the issues affecting the Nigerian economy President, Vice President, Senate and usually focuses on areas such as new President, Speaker of the House of policies, reforms and bills. Representatives, Ministers and other Policy Commissions on: Oil & public and private sector leaders. Gas, Science and Technology, Real & Mini summits are two-day events Services Sector, Agriculture and Food on key sectors: Agriculture, Oil and Gas, Security, Infrastructure, Human Infrastructure, SMEs, Education, etc, Development, Governance and convened annually in-between the main Institutions, Trade, Investment and summit. Competitiveness. Policy Dialogue Series brings Education and Training NESG together 75 to 100 CEOs and senior organizes training either by collaborative executives and professionals for one day effort with other business and research intensive dialogue with key public sector institutions or through seminars and officials responsible for implementation workshops on economic issues. of the particular policy or program. Occasional Public Lecture Series RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT features lectures by internationally Research which has relevance to recognized experts on issues of economic the social and economic priorities of the interests and immediate relevance to nation, and which would be of value to Nigeria's economic development process. the projects' sponsors and NESG's Collaboration with Third Parties advocacy efforts are undertaken by the
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 121 NESG in support of its programs and N E S G - W O R L D B A N K advocacy activities. In this respect, the LIBRARY/PUBLIC INFORMATION NESG: CENTRE - Designs cost-efficient and policy- The NESG-World Bank's Public focused research projects on social Information Center/Library (PIC) is and economic issues in support of situated in the NESG Secretariat and is evidence-based advocacy. open to the public. The PIC is intended to - Collects, collates and analyzes data share both the NESG and World Bank's from policy-oriented research wealth of knowledge and experience projects using statistical methods to with the business community and obtain sound and comprehensive Nigerian public. It provides access to conclusions. publications on various development - Prepares comprehensive reports with issues across the globe and, World Bank's easy to understand discussions and project documents and other public illustrations. reports on Nigeria. - Partners with organizations (local and international) to plan and SOME MILESTONES/ACHIEVEMENTS execute social and economic OF THE NESG research projects. Over the years, the NES process has achieved remarkable milestones in PUBLICATIONS AND OUTREACH its advocacy: NESG recognizes the need to i. Economic Liberalization and sector inform and disseminate its research reform: findings through various publications. The summit's dedication to grow These publications, which include various the Nigerian economy through private summit proceedings, conferences, sector investment, yielded positive dialogues and public lectures' reports, responses in several sectors including enjoy wide but selective circulation aviation, the financial sector, among sector policy makers, corporate communication, primary and secondary decision makers, academics and education, power, and oil and gas, development partners interested in the infrastructure development, among complex process of reforming and others. modernizing the Nigerian economy. - In 2002, the NES recommendation for the deregulation of pension fund NESG DATABANK administration and privatization of The NESG Databank is an the Nigerian Social Insurance trust interactive database housing key Fund to allow for competition, led to economic indicators and market rates on the Pension Reform Act 2004, with monthly, quarterly and daily basis as the funds privately managed by licensed case may be. It can be accessed only Pension Fund Administrators. through subscription or direct purchase. - The NES recommendation in 2003 for the reform of the electoral
122 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 institutions, necessitated the Government secured a 60 per cent debt inauguration of the Presidential write-off and settlement of debts from Electoral Reform Committee in both Paris and London Club of Creditors 2007. Also, the F i s c a l in 2006. Responsibility Law was passed in 2007, after the recommendation in iii. Pursuing public sector reforms: 2006. The Summit advocated in 2008 for a - The NES in 2006 advocated for special adviser to the president on science improvement in the aviation sector and technology, to enhance strategic t h r o u g h p r o c u r e m e n t o f positioning of science and technology in navigational and safety equipment, the agenda of the government. A special enforcement of statutory minimum adviser to the President on Research and operating capital for domestic Strategy was appointed in 2011. A NES airlines. This recommendation was recommendation in 2010 for the adopted, and led to the TRACON establishment of a commission on project and the raising of domestic Information Communication Technology airlines capital base from N20 (ICT) was adopted. A Ministry on ICT was million to N500 million. established in 2011. ii. Improving the investment climate: iv. Public/private sector partnership: The NES has consistently The summit's process encourages and expressed concern over the country's supports dialogue and collaboration external image and has repeatedly between the public and private sectors recommended ways to improve the and has enabled the private sector to investment climate. These efforts led to make valuable contributions to the the repeal of the Nigerian Enterprises formulation and implementation of public Promotion Decree and the Exchange Act, policies and programs. The NES in 2004 1995 and the Foreign Exchange Act, recommended that to accelerate 1995 respectively, which removed investment in national infrastructure restrictions on foreign investment and through private sector funding, liberalized exchange controls in the Government should implement and country. Consistent recommendations establish an effective Public Private for improvement led to the repeal of the Partnership's (PPP) process. The Investments and Securities Act of 1999 recommendation was immediately and the establishment of the Investments adopted, and the Infrastructure and Securities Act, 2007. Concession Regulatory Commission was The Summit recommended the established in 2008. The Lagos State federal government should request debt Government also adopted this relief from Nigerian creditors - IMF, recommendation. World Bank and Paris Club as well as multilateral institutions that provide guarantees to foreign investors. The
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 123 CSR-IN-ACTION Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO Partner(s): Nigerian Economic Summit National or Multinational: National Group (NESG), Deputy High Nigeria Head Office: 13B, Anifowoshe Street Commission of Canada, Victoria Island, Environmental and Lagos, Nigeria Sustainability Solutions, The Guardian Contact Person: Chiweta Uraih Contact Email: [email protected] Focus: Good Governance, Women URL: www.csr-in-action.org Rights, Youth Empowerment, Economic Development Activity Reach: Nigeria (Global partnerships) Launched: 2010
CSR-in-Action (CiA) is an Brand Engagement, Performance
OBAL ALLIANCE PROGRAMS interactive membership network Management, Training Research, and w h i c h p r o m o t e s u s t a i n a b l e Conference Management. development in every sector of the The Collective Social Investment Nigerian economy. We have a vision to Report: An encyclopaedia of all social propel collective transformative action investment initiatives in Nigeria. , AND GL in Nigeria by promoting a sense of Mentorship Events: Partnerships responsibility amongst all entities in with organizations to help the next the way that they carry out day to day generation of Nigerians aspire.
TIONS individual or business activities. We Quarterly Business Hubs: drive this mission of awareness and Quarterly meetings between CSR advancement of world class p r a c t i t i o n e r s a n d r e l e v a n t governance along two tiers: www.csr- stakeholders. in-action.org and through a series of CiA has played a huge role in , FEDERA initiatives focused on Youth creating awareness for social and Emancipation, Women Rights, Ethical collective action and a holistic Governance and Sustainability, all approach to corporate responsibility TIONS driven through solid partnerships. implementation. We have encouraged CSR-in-Action has strategically b e t t e r i n t e r a c t i o n a m o n g s t mapped out areas through which the stakeholders and have revolutionised message of nationally transformation the negative concept of the nonprofit can be best deployed. They include, organisation in the nation. but are not limited, to the following:
CSR ASSOCIA Business Consultancy: Services include, Corporate Responsibility Strategy Development, Sustainability and Social Reporting, Reputation and
124 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT (UNGC)
Activity Information Organisation Information Partner(s): Business for Social Industry: NGO Responsibility (BSR), National or Multinational: Multinational Focus: Global Reporting Initiative, Global Head Office: 2, United Nations Plaza, Human Rights, Good New York, USA Activity Reach: Global Nigeria Head Office: First Floor, Maku House, Launched: 2000 109 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
URL: www.ungbobalcompact.org
The UN Global Compact was from 1300 countries. As a voluntary OBAL ALLIANCE PROGRAMS first announced by the UN Secretary initiative, it has two objectives; General Kofi Annan in an address to mainstream the ten principles in the World Economic Forum on business activities around the world, January 31 1999. It was officially and catalyze actions in support of launched on July 26, 2000. The broader UN goals. , AND GL Compact is a strategic initiative for The UNGC was launched in businesses that are committed to Nigeria in 2006 at the Transcorp aligning their operations and Hilton, Abuja, during the 12th TIONS strategies with universally accepted Nigerian Economic Summit. Since its principles in areas of human rights, launch with 13 corporate and civil labor, environment and anti- society organsiations, it has acquired corruption. hundreds of signatories from Nigeria. , FEDERA The Compact is the world's largest corporate citizenship initiative
with 8700 corporate participants TIONS CSR ASSOCIA
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 125 UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE
CHANGE (UNFCCC) Activity Information Organisation Information Partner(s): UNDP, World Bank, Industry: NGO UNEP, CAFOD National or Multinational: Multinational Focus: Environment Activity Reach: Global Global Head Office: Martin-Luther-King-Street. Launched: 1994 8-11 53175 Bonn, Germany URL: www.unfccc.int
The United Nations Framework Through the annual convention Convention on Climate Change organised by the UNFCCC, the (UNFCCC) is an international Conferences of the Parties (COP) OBAL ALLIANCE PROGRAMS environmental treaty that was have been able to provide progress conceptualized at the United Nations reports on climate change and Conference on Environment and introduce legally binding policies for Development. An initial signoff of the all parties to adopt. treaty was made in 1992, although it Recent statistics revealed by , AND GL took full effect in March, 1994, with the UNFCCC places Nigeria 9th in the the main objective of reducing world, on expected average annual greenhouse emissions. certified Emissions Reductions TIONS The overall goal and objective of the projects to be achieved. UNFCCC is to “protect the climate CSR-in-Action was the system for the benefit of present and UNFCCC's first Nairobi Work future generations of mankind”. Programme partner in West Africa. , FEDERA TIONS CSR ASSOCIA
126 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC)
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO Partner(s): UN Agencies, International National or Multinational: Multinational Monetary Fund (IMF), Global Head Office: 2 United Nations Plaza, World Bank New York, USA Focus: Social Development, Economic URL: www.un.org/ecosoc Empowerment, Environment Activity Reach: Global Launched: 1945
The United Nations Economic Along with its 54 members, OBAL ALLIANCE PROGRAMS and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one they ensure they hold an annual of the principal organs of the United session to debate issues along the N a t i o n s w h i c h i s p r i m a r i l y lines of economic and social responsible for working with other development. Nigeria, along with 20 UN agencies on their respective other countries were elected as new , AND GL economic and social related projects. members of ECOSOC in 2011. TIONS , FEDERA TIONS CSR ASSOCIA
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 127 UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION (UNIDO)
Organisation Information Activity Information Partner(s): UNDP, Food and Agriculture Industry: NGO Organisation (FAO), National or Multinational: Multinational WTO, UNEP Global Head Office: Vienna International Centre Focus: Environment, Economic Wagramer Str. 5 Empowerment, Poverty P.O. Box 300 A-1400 Alleviation Vienna, Austria Activity Reach: Global Nigeria Head Office: Plot 256, Zone AO, Launched: 1966 Herbert Macaulay Way, P.M.B 2851, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria
OBAL ALLIANCE PROGRAMS URL: www.unido.org
The United Nations Industrial UNIDO has been involved Development Organisation (UNIDO) closely with Nigeria through is a specialised agency of the United partnerships with the government , AND GL Nations with the sole objective of especially the Federal Ministry of promoting industrial development in trade and Investment (FMTI), and developing countries. Society and businesses since 1966.
TIONS Although based in Vienna, Austria, The Nigeria Country Programme UNIDO focuses most of its efforts in (CP), “Economic Development developing countries, including t h r o u g h Po v e r t y A l l e v i a t i o n Nigeria, by demanding support from Promoting Competitiveness and
, FEDERA r e l e v a n t g o v e r n m e n t s a n d Sustainable Export of Value Added established organisations in the Products”, spans the years between private sector. 2009 and 2012. Through unique programmes Projects by UNIDO in Nigeria TIONS such as its Goodwill Ambassador include agronomy, leather and programme and its publication on garment textiles, salt processing, oil industrial development, UNIDO has palm production and industrial shown its continuing commitment in governance. the development and management of environmental issues, technology
CSR ASSOCIA a d v a n c e m e n t , a n d p o v e r t y alleviation.
128 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP)
Organisation Information Activity Information Partner(s): Global International Waters Industry: NGO Assessment (GIWA), National or Multinational: Multinational Collaborative Partnership on Global Head Office: United Nations Avenue, Forests, Google Inc, UNFCCC Gigiri P.O Box 30552, 00100, Focus: Environment Nairobi, Kenya URL: www.unep.org Activity Reach: Global Launched: 1972
The United Nations Environment sole purpose for understanding the
Programme (UNEP) is a United impacts of environmental and social OBAL ALLIANCE PROGRAMS Nations run programme with the deliberations on overall financial p r i m a r y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f performance. coordinating all the environmental They have been able to activities of the agency. The provide breakthrough research and programme has been lauded for its policies in different areas for signed , AND GL s u c c e s s f u l f o r m u l a t i o n a n d up organisations to follow. The implementation of policies on the commissions that have been created
environment. by this initiative are namely: Banking, TIONS Foremost activities of the Insurance and Investment. These UNEP have been based mainly on bodies are further tasked with climate change and environmental ensuring effective policies and governance; with strategies from guidelines are put in place to support averting disasters and conflicts to best practices on sustainability in the , FEDERA managing natural resources financial industry. efficiently. Examples of this UNEPFI currently has UBA, commitment can be found in Bank of Industry (BoI), Access Bank, TIONS developing countries like India, GTB, Fidelity Bank and Zenith Bank Indonesia, and Tunisia etc, where as their Nigeria members. UNEP has been able to provide solar In 2011, UNEPFI launched the power systems communities. Nigeria Sustainable Finance Week in T h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s partnership with Access Bank and
Environmental Programme Financial other international development CSR ASSOCIA Initiative, launched in 1992, serves finance institutions to address ideas, as a global partnership between opportunities and upcoming UNEP and the financial sector for the c h a l l e n g e s i n f i n a n c e a n d
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 129 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Organisation Information Activity Information Partner(s): World Bank, African Development Industry: NGO Bank, National Environmental National or Multinational: Multinational Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) Nigeria Head Office: United Nations House, Focus: Health, Environment, Good Plot 617/618, Governance, Economic Diplomatic Zone, Empowerment Central Area District, Activity Reach: Global Garki, Abuja, Nigeria Launched: 1965 URL: www.ng.undp.org
The United Nations Development They have, furthermore, OBAL ALLIANCE PROGRAMS Program is the network for global steered a national action on climate development. Established in 1965, change thereby introducing policies the Program advocates for change and findings for institutions. a n d c o n n e c t s c o u n t r i e s t o Another important programme,
, AND GL knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a which ties into the United Nations better life. MDGs, is their development and The UNDP is funded by its 177 implementation of gender sensitive TIONS member nations and works with the policies to strengthen national HIV main objective of helping countries to response and prevent/mitigate the achieve the aims stated in the impact of AIDs by relevant federal Millennium Development goals. and state institutions. , FEDERA These goals cut across poverty The UNDP publishes an alleviation, health, gender equality, annual Human Development Report environmental sustainability, t o m e a s u r e a n d a n a l y z e TIONS education and global partnerships. developmental progress. In addition, In Nigeria, in relation to it also publishes regional, national good governance, they aim to and local Human Development promote free and fair elections Reports. a m o n g s t s e v e r a l l e v e l s o f government; they encourage transparency amongst political CSR ASSOCIA agencies, civil society and the media.
130 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION (IFC)
Organisation Information Industry: NGO National or Multinational: Multinational Activity Information Partner(s): NNPC, eTranzact, Nigeria Head Office: Maersk House, 1st Floor, MTN Nigeria Plot 121 Louis Soloman Close, off Ahmadu Bello Way, Focus: Economic Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Empowerment, Health Activity Reach: URL: www.ifc.org Global Launched: 1956
The International Finance partner organizations with its
Corporation is a member of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) OBAL ALLIANCE PROGRAMS World Bank Group which promotes tool to help monitor and evaluate sustainable private sector investment their own individual programmes. in the developing world. Established IFC creates opportunities to in 1956, it is the largest multilateral economically empower people by source of loan and equity financing promoting competitive markets, , AND GL for private sector projects in the supporting companies and other developing world. private sector partners, helping
In a collaborative effort with generate productive jobs and deliver TIONS some of its partner organisations, IFC essential services, and catalyzing and has conducted HIV/AIDS awareness mobilizing other sources of finance and education sessions for top level for private sector development. m a n a g e m e n t w i t h i n t h e s e In order to achieve this aim, organizations. In doing this, they IFC offers development-impact , FEDERA have helped to dispel myths and solutions through firm-level misconceptions about the disease in interventions. Nigeria, and have given an TIONS opportunity for discussion and clarification of issues. Furthermore, IFC against AIDS has assisted these CSR ASSOCIA
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 131 ON WOMEN EMANCIPATION AND MORE
Her Excellency, Toyin Saraki, Founder, Wellbeing Foundation Mrs Oluwatoyin Saraki is the Founder of The Wellbeing Foundation. She works with key stakeholders from far and wide to promote the Foundation's policy on maternal health and child improvement.
She has a stirring interest in Lawyers (FIDA) Committee on the maternal care and has fought to reduce protection of Children. woman and child mortality rate for over Among her many accomplishments a decade. and promotion of forged partnerships Saraki's passion for female and both home and abroad, CSR-in-Action child development was not merely was honoured to have an exclusive triggered because of her social interview with her and find out her next b a c k g r o u n d o r h e r l o v e f o r steps in ensuring the protection of developmental activities, but because of women and children in the Nigerian the tragedy she encountered herself a society and beyond. couple of years back. Before she got married, she had the misfortune of Please give us some background losing one of her twin babies she was information about yourself. What carrying just days before her marriage. are your strengths? What do you like As one can imagine this must have been about yourself? devastating for her. However, it did not I was born in Nigeria in 1964 to the disturb her from fuelling this desire to Ojora Royal family of Lagos. I come from promote her passion and form an a loving family background with an enduring legacy in the developmental enduring legacy of strong moral sector in Nigeria. principles. I believe in the value of family Her continued advocacy for and I'm a committed wife and mother; I improved female and child health care studied law at the school of African and is due to her Bachelor and Masters Oriental Studies and Kings College, Degree in Law she obtained from the University of London, and was later prestigious University of London School called to the Nigerian bar. I am an expert of Oriental and African Studies and in sourcing the right resources for any K i n g ' s C o l l e g e r e s p e c t i v e l y. given situation, partly due to my never Furthermore, due to her research and ending quest for knowledge and the promotion of women and children pleasure I derive from intensive rights, she has also served as Chair of research. I believe the world can be a the Federation of International Woman better place if we all lend a hand to help one another.
132 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 Tell us what your motivation is for women over the last 30 to 40 years, embarking on social development. there's a lot more that needs to be done. Would you say that you had some But you will agree with me that if we can influence through your upbringing? guarantee the rights of every girl-child in I would certainly say that my upbringing Nigeria, it would first of all ensure basic played a great role in the way I came to education for the girl-child, and also see life. I was taught to love people, to protect her from the huge gaps in the learn about the way they live and to system that make her so vulnerable. appreciate them no matter their status Second is that we have to strengthen our in the world; later on, when I began advocacy programs targeting parents learning more, working within and community leaders in the most communities and helping them to help affected areas, so that the tradition of themselves to grow, I discovered this as hindering girls from actualising their one of my greatest joys in life. dreams becomes a thing of the past. We must, collectively, never relent in our What are your thoughts on the efforts to ensure survival and wellbeing issues of women inequality/abuse of the populace particularly through in Nigeria? support of the Midwives Service Scheme When you speak of inequality or abuse, (MSS) being rolled out nationwide by the it is important to understand where its National Primary Health Care roots lie: it begins from the home, the Development Agency and Advocacy for backgrounds of the millions of women, Passage of the National Health Bill. I not only in this country but around the have also recently accepted a founding world. For every woman who has trustee position at the Global broken through the proverbial “glass Foundation for the Elimination of ceiling”, there are thousands more out Domestic Violence (GFEDV), launched there still bearing the burden of during the recent United Nations inequality; and while much has General Assembly and look forward to changed with regards to the rights of contributing my own effort to attainment
But you will agree with me that if we can guarantee the rights of every girl-child in Nigeria, it would first of all ensure basic education for the girl-child, and also protect her from the huge gaps in the system that make her so vulnerable.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 133 of Milennium Development Goals. greater in 2003 when my husband, Dr. Bukola Saraki, was elected the Executive What has been your most touching Governor of Kwara State. This provided a experience in this field? platform to reach out to a greater number Time and perhaps this interview space of people through my Alaafia Kwara will not permit me to speak of the Project and the initiation of the Wellbeing many women whose touching stories Foundation. When we began some years have shaped my own experience in ago, I never imagined the magnitude of philanthropy and development. Each the work that lay ahead. But as I came to a story has its own uniqueness and its full understanding of the plight of own special place in my heart. From humanity and the scale of the suffering of HIV positive mothers given up for people, especially women and children, I dead, but getting a new lease of life, realised that much more needed to be young girls who died at childbirth, done in reaching millions of the leaving helpless little babies, to heroic unreached with programs that would not stories of doctors who have given life only make an impact but cause a change when all hope was lost, and women for the better. Today, though we have who by dint of hard work attained achieved much with the Wellbeing success, our records are replete with Foundation, much more needs to be amazing and poignant testimonies of done, and quickly too if we are to meet our how women are fighting to survive in goals not only as an organisation, but, our day. In the end, all I can do is thank within the larger context of Nigeria, Africa God for the opportunity to be a part of and the World. Our partners – local and the process and provide a word of international, in the last eight years have encouragement and support for all grown from just three or four to over thirty our women heroes in Nigeria and the list continues to grow. People refer to me as an international campaigner for Tell us more about Wellbeing women's and children's rights, I'd like to Foundation. What motivated you think of myself as someone blessed with a to start it? How is it run? What are God-given opportunity, and must put in your goals? Do you have any local my best for as long as I can, changing lives and/or International Partners? and building dreams. Having built a successful career in the private sector, initially as a lawyer, How are you ensuring that the then as a banker and a property initiative is impactful and will create a developer, I turned my attention to long lasting effect? philanthropy in 1994 when I started I am thankful to God for the successful the Lifestream Charity to sponsor evolution of the Wellbeing Foundation corrective surgeries for children with from a local charity to a Pan-African heart deformities. The vision became Global Organisation espousing the values
134 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 of enshrining an effective philanthropy approach for human development What would you like to be and attainment of millennium remembered for? What message development goals. This is truly the would you like to pass on to the result of year's long sincere dedication average girl-child in Nigeria? to human development. We at the That is a tough question, Foundation believe that if every because a lot of things come to mind African woman had a personal health immediately one considers the distant record, providing verifiable health future. But I would like to be information, that that one intervention remembered as someone who saw a would have the single biggest impact need, and cared enough to reach out on reducing maternal and child and meet that need. That for me, is the mortality on our continent, and help meaning of success, the mark of a life Africa work towards achieving MDG 4 well lived. I believe in the future of our & 5. Over the next 4 years our young people, especially our girls, and Foundation aims to empower women like I always say, when I have the to take control of their maternal health opportunity, never give up on your by giving every woman in Nigeria their dreams; believe in yourself and own personal health record. While continue to work hard to see to it that c o n s o l i d a t i n g t h e We l l b e i n g you leave the world better than you Foundation's frontline projects in met it; our country is counting on you Kwara state and expanding National to persevere and excel. Advocacy through my support for the United Nations Every Woman Every Child Initiative Africa, I will be expanding the efforts of the Global Foundation for the Elimination of Domestic Violence, in addition to existing International partner commitments with the White Ribbon Alliance under the patronage of Sarah Brown and the Africa Justice Foundation run by Cherie Blair Qc
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 135 ACTION FAMILY FOUNDATION Organisation Information Activity Information Partner(s): Industry: NGO/Foundation Lagos State Aids Control Agency National or Multinational: National Focus: Health Nigeria Head Office:2B Adewale Close, Mende, Maryland, Lagos, Nigeria. Activity R each: Nigeria Contact Person: Dr E.I.B Contact Email: [email protected]
URL: www.actionfamilyfound.org
AREA OF FOCUS: Waste Management. Action Family Foundation (AFF) is dedicated to family life, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND POVERTY h e a l t h , h e a l t h c a r e s a f e t y, REDUCTION: Income generating TION environmental sustainability and V e n t u r e s u p p o r t , G e n d e r A community development. AFF mainstreaming and harmful collaborates with organizations of practices. l i k e d i s p o s i t i o n i n v a r i o u s communities to advance research YOUTH, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY:
FOUND and capacity enhancement. Family life education and therapy, Youth development, Care for the INITIATIVES: elderly and Crisis pregnancy AFF carries out initiatives in management. the following areas: IMPACT: HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFF's initiatives encourage ADVOCACY: Health Systems and the strengthening of family bonds, Policy Research, Provision of Primary thereby ensuring a stable platform Healthcare Services, Maternal for development of members of Mortality reduction and non- society. c o m m u n i c a b l e d i s e a s e s , Environmental care and Medical
136 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 AFRICAN CITIZENS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): ASSEFAD National or Multinational: Multinational Focus: Social Welfare Nigeria Head Office: 6 Isheri Road, Ogba, Activity Reach: Africa Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria. Launched: 1995 Contact Person: Otunba John Ajayi Smith Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.acdf.org.ng
AREA OF FOCUS: INITIATIVES: African Citizens Development ACDF's initiatives include a Foundation (ACDF) is an initiative forum for the African Diasporas re- TION A with objectives to curb and possibly integration. The Citizens College in eradicate the effects of indiscipline in Nigeria is fully owned and managed African societies which include by the foundation disorderliness, corruption, poverty, strife, greed and other negative IMPACT: FOUND social forces. ACDF is concerned with The Foundation aims to changing practices which affect the impact the social and political well environment negatively as it actively being of the people by operating a seeks to promote environmental social enterprise for the betterment of sustainability. the African Society.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 137 AWESOME TREASURES FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): Leap Africa, Voice National or Multinational: National of Change Nigeria Head Office: The Resources Centre Focus: Women and Youth 9A, Tinubu Road Empowerment (Coker Road Extension) Ilupeju, Activity Reach: Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.awesometreasures.org
AREA OF FOCUS: INITIATIVES:
TION Awesome Treasures Foundation Since 2001 ATF has organized A (ATF) is a faith-based Non- regular quarterly summits, seminars Governmental Organization which and training programs. ATF also holds identifies, develops and deploys the Mothers Prayer Summit annually. change agents to positively affect
FOUND Nigeria in line with the Millennium IMPACT: Development Goals. The foundation's ATF's initiatives are geared structure is divided into the following towards having a positive social groups; Health Resource Group, impact on society through its faith- Education Resource Group, Solace, based initiatives. Legal resource group and Awesome princesses.
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO FOUNDATION See details in Private Sector, Page 68. CITI FOUNDATION See details in Private Sector, Page 52.
138 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 CLEEN FOUNDATION Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): Ford Foundation, National or Multinational: National MacArthur Foundation Nigeria Head Office: 21 Akinsanya Street, Ojodu, Focus: Advocacy Lagos, Nigeria Activity Reach: Nigeria Contact Email: [email protected] Launched: 1998 URL: www.cleen.org
AREA OF FOCUS: Research and planning: Public CLEEN Foundation promotes survey, monitoring and evaluation, respect for human rights and co- and Indicators and measurements. operation between government, civil society and law enforcement IMPACT: agencies to promote public safety, CLEEN Foundation uses its security and accessible justice. initiatives to achieve its aim of TION promoting public safety, security and A INITIATIVES: accessible justice through empirical CLEEN's initiatives are research, legislative advocacy, divided into: demonstration programs and
Accountability and Justice: publications in partnership with FOUND Accountability, Legislative advocacy government and civil society. and Gender policing. Public safety and security: Informal policing, youth and policing, and conflict prevention.
DANGOTE FOUNDATION See details in Private Sector, Page 71.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 139 FANTSUAM FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): Dadamac, DFID, Zittnet, Kabissa National or Multinational: National Focus: Poverty Alleviation Nigeria Head Office: No1, Fantsuam Close, Activity Reach: Nigeria Kafanchan, Kaduna, Launched:2001 Nigeria Contact Person: John Dada Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.fantsuam.org
AREA OF FOCUS: Incubation, Small and Medium Scale Health, Education and Enterprises (SME's), Household Food Sustainable livelihoods with Gender, Security, and Research and HIV/AIDS and Volunteering as cross- Development. TION
A cutting issues IMPACT: INITIATIVES: Fantsuam Foundation's Fantsuam Focuses on an range of services has been extended integrated development model for to over 100,000 beneficiaries since FOUND the eradication of poverty and 2001, and the Foundation is a disadvantaged Other sectors where leader in promoting broadband for the foundation has initiatives Last Mile Connectivity. include: Microfinance, Rural Connectivity, Integrated and Sustainable Agriculture, Business
ECOBANK FOUNDATION See details in Private Sector, Page 54.
140 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 FATE FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): Etisalat, International National or Multinational:National Youth Foundation Nigeria Head Office:Water House, First Floor, Focus: Education, Professional Lagos State Water Corporation, Development Ijora, Lagos, Nigeria. Activity Reach: Nigeria Contact Person: Osayi Alile Oruene Launched:2000 Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.fatefoundation.com
AREA OF FOCUS: and dictate the pace for others in Fate Foundation carries out their industry. t r ai ni ng i n L e ade r shi p and FATE Short Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship development in Courses: Fate offers a series of 1-day, TION
order to foster wealth creation by bi-monthly business workshops and A p r o m o t i n g B u s i n e s s a n d 3-day seminars open to the general Entrepreneurship development of public, in addition to NGO capacity youth in Nigeria. building. FATE Alumni business and INITIATIVES: support services: FATE monitors the FOUND F a t e F o u n d a t i o n i s growth of its Alumni, who have committed to accomplishing its access to FATE consulting services mission by providing four core where advice and business are services: offered on how best to run their FATE Aspiring Entrepreneurs business. program: A four month school of entrepreneurship, a mentoring IMPACT: program, a consulting service, a In 2005, FATE Foundation computer centre and a business surpassed its 1,000 target by library. fostering the establishment and FATE Emerging Entrepreneurs growth of 1,806 businesses. After its program: A 9 week course tailored initial success, FATE set a new goal to for entrepreneurs who are ambitious foster the establishment and growth to make their business take the lead, of 5000 businesses by 2015.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 141 GROWING BUSINESSES FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): MTN, Zenith Bank, National or Multinational: National CitiBank Nigeria Head Office: 60, Norman Williams Street, Focus: Economic Empowerment First Floor, South West Ikoyi, Activity Reach: Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Launched: 1999 Contact Person: Jerome Uhuegbu Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.gbfng.org
AREA OF FOCUS: GBF works with leading G r o w i n g B u s i n e s s Micro Finance Institutions in Nigeria
TION Foundation (GBF) is a strong such as SEAP (Self reliance Economic
A advocate for sustainable economic Organization (LAPO), Ogene development. The foundation Multipurpose Cooperative Society; provides various services such as which act as intermediaries to make Microfinance program, Management available funds to entrepreneurs. CSR, Universal Access and Market
FOUND GBF has also disbursed credit Linkages. worth over N200 million to some Micro-finance institutions for lending INITIATIVES: to their members. GBF disbursed over N43 million as micro loans to 28 community Self IMPACT: Help Groups (SHGs) in the Bonny By acting as a micro-finance Kingdom with a total of 142 intermediary, GBF plays an important entrepreneurs directly benefitting. role in the fight against the many aspects of poverty in society.
HONEYWELL FOUNDATION See details in Private Sector Page 76.
142 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN CHILDREN
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): Foundation for the National or Multinational: Multinational Global Compact Nigeria Head Office: 6, Lake Street, Apongbon, Focus: Health and Safety Lagos, Nigeria Activity Reach: Global Contact Person: Barr. Michael Nwfejokwu Contact Email: [email protected]
AREA OF FOCUS: Research, Training, Victim protection, IFAC was established to Sustainable Livelihood and legal review the desperate state of the assistance. African Child and re-work their fate TION A through pragmatic development IMPACT: programs. IFAC organizes seminars, IFAC's initiatives have had a workshops and orientation camps to positive impact on the health and dramatize the need for youths to welfare and values of young people imbibe positive values. in its communities. FOUND
INITIATIVES: IFAC's initiatives are involved i n t h e a r e a s o f H I V / A I D S, Counseling, Education, Prevention,
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 143 KANU HEART FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): International Children National or Multinational: National Heart Foundation Nigeria Head Office: 80/82 Allen Avenue Ikeja, Focus: Health Lagos, Nigeria Activity Reach: Nigeria Contact Person: Onyebuchi Abia Launched: 2000 Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.kanuheartfoundationng.org
AREA OF FOCUS: event for a premier specialist cardiac Kanu heart Foundation center in Nigeria. (KHF) provides free heart surgery to TION IMPACT:
A patients within Nigeria who are mostly poor and desperately in need The Kanu Heart Foundation of life saving procedures. Many of has performed over 400 heart the surgeries are carried out in surgeries at an outstanding 98.5% overseas hospitals. success rate. Their hospital performs FOUND both invasive and non-invasive INITIATIVES: cardiac procedures that include KHF organizes Fundraising surgical heart transplants, laser events, charity football matches, surgery and directional coronary gala procedures that include heart night dinners, lottery/prize draws, transplants, laser surgery and and religious and children-in-need directional coronary angiogram projects. All the proceeds generated facility. are used to provide cardiovascular operations for the underprivileged children and young adults.
In partnership with CSR-in-Action, KHF plans to organize a fundraising
144 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 LAGOS PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): Independent Association National or Multinational: National of Prep Schools, COBIS Nigeria Head Office: 15 Amodu Tijani Street, Focus: Education Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Activity Reach: Lagos Contact Person: Ego Boyo Launched: 2002 Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.lps-foundation.com
AREA OF FOCUS: The school is the first and currently the The Lagos Preparatory School only school in Africa to have met all the foundation is focused on serving the required standards to be accredited full needs of children in the local and membership of the Council of British TION expatriate communities in the area. International Schools (COBIS). A
INITIATIVES: IMPACT: The School is the first The School encourages its pupils International school to achieve the to strive towards high standards of “EVERY CHILD MATTERS” standards academic attainment and to develop the FOUND award. skills needed to become articulate, responsible and caring adults.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 145 LIFE IMPACT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO Partner(s): Society for Family Health National or Multinational: Multinational Focus: Youth Empowerment, Nigeria Head Office: Plot 2425 Herbert Health, Poverty Alleviation Macaulay way, Zone 4 Activity Reach: Global Wuse, Abuja, Nigeria Contact Person: Yemisi Joel-Osebor URL: www.lifeimpactfoundation.org
AREA OF FOCUS: orphanages, entrepreneurs and Life Impact Foundation business management programs,
TION I n t e r n a t i o n a l ( L I F I ) w a s support to orphanage homes and in-
A commissioned by the Society for house capacity building. Family Health (SFH) to implement the CIPHAC project in rural IMPACT: communities in Abuja. L I F I ' s H u m a n C a p i t a l
FOUND Development and Empowerment INITIATIVES: programs have impacted many Other initiatives include; across the nation. Peer Education center Training Program (PET), Book donations to
146 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): Action Aid, CLEEN National or Multinational: Multinational Foundation Nigeria Head Office: Abuja Focus: Education, Health, Contact Email: [email protected] Human Rights URL: www.macfound.org Activity Reach: Global Launched: 1994
AREA OF FOCUS: various bodies with themes touching MacArthur Foundation is on maternal mortality and morbidity, committed to help strengthen and young people's reproductive Nigeria's intellectual, scientific and health and rights. civil society communities as a means On human rights and of helping to facilitate the international justice, the foundation consolidation of democracy and makes grants to expand and TION A e n c o u r a g i n g e c o n o m i c strengthen the networks of human development. rights organizations in Nigeria that provide the basic infrastructure for a INITIATIVES: national human rights culture based
The Foundation's higher education on the rule of law. FOUND initiative in Nigeria involves partnerships with the University of IMPACT: Ibadan, Ahmadu Bello University, MacArthur Foundation is a Bayero University and University of key sponsor and grant maker in Port Harcourt. It sponsors projects in Nigeria. It has funded various Non- Information Technology, libraries, Governmental and Civil Society staff development, and University Organizations which have had a advancement. huge impact on the society. On population and reproductive health, the foundation sponsors
MTN FOUNDATION See details in Private Sector, Page 99.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 147 MURTALA MUHAMMED FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/ Foundation Partner(s): SOS Children's Villages National or Multinational: National Focus: Relief, Education, Nigeria Head Office: Abuja, Nigeria Health, Poverty Contact Email: [email protected] Alleviation URL: www.mmfng.org Activity Reach: Nigeria Launched: 2001
AREA OF FOCUS: Murtala Muhammed Foundation's The Murtala Muhammed (MMF) addressed policy advocacy Centre for ethics, Leadership and and the creation of partnerships for social responsibility is dedicated to development in the core areas of research work, policy development, disaster management, education training and archiving of Nigeria's
TION and health. It seeks to improve the political history. A living conditions of Africans by contributing to reduction of poverty IMPACT: and elimination of conflict. The Foundation aims to provide relief and hope to citizens in
FOUND INITIATIVES: times of need. It also aims to have a The Foundation's Disaster social and political impact by Relief Services include policy promoting good leadership values. campaigns which explore the nation's disaster management system with the intention of developing a holistic national approach to disaster management. This is achieved through seminars, lectures, work-shops and other stakeholder forums.
148 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 NEW NIGERIA FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): UNF, UNDP, DFID, USAID, National or Multinational: National CIDA, IITA Nigeria Head Office: 4C Louis Solomon Close, Focus: Youth Empowerment, Off Ahmadu Bello Way, Social Welfare Lagos, Nigeria Activity Reach: Nigeria Contact Person: Layide Adesanya Launched: 2000 URL: www.nnfng.org
AREA OF FOCUS: Research Activities, Peace Building New Nigeria Foundation and Conflict Resolution and Private (NNF) places strong emphasis on the and Public Resource Generation. development needs of the country and the resultant empowerment of Social Investment Program for TION A its citizens. Private Sector: Development of Corporate Social Responsibility INITIATIVES: initiatives, Social Impact Assessment NNF programs are divided and Facilitation of company -
into three broad groups: Community Partnerships. FOUND I n t e g r a t e d C o m m u n i t y Development Program: This is IMPACT: divided into; Community Health T h e s e p r o g r a m s a r e Service Programs, Agricultural designed to impact the community Competitive Programs, Democratic by providing a platform for G o v e r n m e n t a n d W o m e n development in different sectors. E m p o w e r m e n t , a n d Yo u t h Employment and Training Program.
Development Consulting for Public a n d Pr i v a t e S e c t o r s : S t a t e Investment Plans, Local Government Investment Plans, Studies and
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 149 NEW ERA FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Foundation Partner(s):Mayflower Foundation National or Multinational: National Focus: Youth Development, Nigeria Head Office: New Era Camp, Kayetoro Women Empowerment -Eleko Road, Lukera, Activity Reach: Nigeria Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria Launched: 2000 Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.newerafoundation.org
AREA OF FOCUS: The Foundation is focused on The Foundation, in collaboration fostering meaningful development of with the Lagos State Lottery Board women, children and youth through and the Nigerian Tennis Federation, the combined efforts of spirited TION organized the National Wheel Chair
A individuals, organizations and Tennis Championship for the dedicated staff. physically challenged athletes in Nigeria. INITIATIVES: Since 2001, the Foundation Other initiatives undertaken FOUND has organized its annual spelling bee by the Foundation include; NEF competition, where the overall Junior Chef Competition, alternative winner is given the opportunity to be high school for girls and other “Governor for one day”. humanitarian projects.
Also, the Foundation has IMPACT: partnered with the Lagos state The projects of the Foundation HIV/AIDS foundation in the “Train have impacted on the lives of young the trainer” workshop for teachers in Nigerians by providing an avenue for Lagos state. The teachers then youths to develop skills and further trained students in their showcase their abilities. schools on the HIV pandemic.
OANDO FOUNDATION See details in Private Sector Page 28.
150 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 ROCHAS FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Foundation Partner(s): Reading across Continents National or Multinational: National Focus: Education, Health, Community Nigeria Head Office: Plot 101 Ahmadu Bello Way, Development Garki, Area 11, Activity Reach: National Abuja, Nigeria Launched: 1994 Contact Person: Celia Jarvis URL: www.rochasfoundation.net
AREA OF FOCUS: The Rochas Foundation provides Rochas Foundation is free education for less privileged focused on providing education for children through the Rochas less privileged school children. It Foundation College which is provides grants and scholarships for located in 4 states, namely; Kano, TION
students at all levels. Plateau, Oyo and Imo. A
INITIATIVES: IMPACT: Rochas Foundation began Rochas Foundation has impacted its first humanitarian work with the
on the lives of the less privileged by FOUND Reach Out and Touch Program, providing them with quality visiting orphaned children and the education, health care, life skills homeless, offering food, warmth, and character development. It has companionship and comfort. also given hope to orphaned children, providing them with all the The Foundation also provides basic care and training necessary. medical initiatives such as jabs, antiseptic wipes and medicines.
OLU AKINKUGBE FOUNDATION See details in Private Sector, Page 74.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 151 SHUGA LIMB FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): Shuga Band National or Multinational: National Focus: Social Welfare Nigeria Head Office: Bungalow 13, Lily Road, Activity Reach: Nigeria Behind Fanimed Hospital, Launched: 2009 Phase IV, LSDPC Medium Housing Estate Ogba, Lagos, Nigeria Contact Person: Mike Odeh Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.shugafoundation.org
AREA OF FOCUS: INITIATIVES:
TION Shuga Limb Foundation's Shuga Foundation A (SLF) objective is to provide provided prosthetic limbs, assistance to less privileged wheelchairs, calipers and other persons with limb defects, whose necessary movement aids to deformities can be managed with several disabled beneficiaries.
FOUND the use of calipers and prosthesis. SLF works to rehabilitate and IMPACT: empower beneficiaries, helping In response to the well- them through the rehabilitation established link between poverty process and empowering them and disability, SLF works to for the future. enable economic stability and self-sufficiency at individual and societal levels for beneficiaries.
PZ CUSSONS FOUNDATION See details in Private Sector, Page 82.
152 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 SRI SAI VANDANA FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): Sickle Cell Foundation National or Multinational: Multinational Focus: Healthcare, Education, Nigeria Head Office: 54, Marina Street, Community Development Wema Towers, Marina, Activity Reach: Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Launched: 1995 URL: www.danagroup.com/foundation
AREA OF FOCUS: The Foundation strives to The Foundation is also enhance and develop the rural involved in assisting physically populace in Nigeria through d i s a d v a n t a g e d p e o p l e , a n d programs of integration and uplifting encourages employees to volunteer of the lives of the less privileged in f o r c o m m u n i t y d e v e l o p m e n t
society. programs. TION A INITIATIVES: IMPACT: The Foundation is involved in In collaboration with governments resource management, livelihood and other agencies with similar
support and the building of health objectives, they have implemented FOUND and education infrastructure, with full sustainable community development support and participation of Central, p r o g r a m m e s w i t h i n s e l e c t State Governments and NGOs. communities, for the advancement of socio-economic development. The Foundation collaborated with Dana Air to raise funds for the National Sickle Cell Centre through the Dana in-flight envelope donation scheme.
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 153 THE TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Foundation Partner(s): Heirs Holdings, Wellbeing Foundation, National or Multinational: National UBA Foundation Nigeria Head Office: 1, MacGregor Road, Ikoyi, Focus: Leadership, Economic Lagos, Nigeria Empowerment Contact Person: Jenika Mukoro Activity Reach: Host Communities Contact Email: [email protected] Launched:2010
URL: www.tonyelumelufoundation.org
AREA OF FOCUS: The Tony Elumelu Foundation IMPACT: identifies and grooms business The Foundation strives to create an
TION students, young entrepreneurs and environment conducive for standard A CEO's of African corporations business and entrepreneurship through the various stages of their practices. It supports and mentors development. young Nigerians and other Africans to achieve this purpose.
FOUND INITIATIVES: The Foundation participated in t h e G l o b a l B u s i n e s s a n d Management Education Conference in Mexico, and the Blair Elumelu Fellowship Program, supporting African governments to advance economic development. The Foundation also launched the African Markets Internship Program.
154 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 TY DANJUMA FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): P&G, Bridge Leadership National or Multinational: National Foundation Nigeria Head Office: Plot 2015, Oda Crescent, Focus: Education, Health Off Dar Salaam Street, Activity Reach: Nigeria Wuse 2 Abuja, Nigeria Contact Person: Executive Secretary Contact Email: [email protected] URL: www.tydanjumafoundation.org
AREA OF FOCUS: Interventions, women's literacy and The TY Danjuma foundation entrepreneurial skills development and funds NGO's, Civil Society groups and policy advocacy. other foundations in order to execute Other individual projects being projects in communities across the funded by the TY Danjuma foundation TION nation. Main areas of interest include include; commissioning of the A Education, Community Health and community schools project in FCT, Economic Empowerment. Launching of the Taraba Community fund, and distribution of relief materials INITIATIVES: to displaced persons in Taraba state Community health initiatives through the foundation's “Quick Impact FOUND include: provision of free medical Grant Making Scheme”. services, partnerships with community health centers and hospitals, water and IMPACT: wellbeing projects. The TY Danjuma Foundation I n a d d i t i o n , i n i t i a t i v e s has impacted hugely in advocacy and enhancing quality of education include: civil society in Nigeria and is still good schools project, community committed to enhancing the quality of life libraries project, and peace education for of Nigerians by supporting initiatives that schools in conflict zones in Nigeria. improve access to health and While Economic empowerment educational opportunities. initiatives include: Youth Employability
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 155 UBA FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Foundation Partner(s): Fate Foundation, National or Multinational: Multinational UNEP, WIMBIZ Nigeria Head Office: Lagos, Nigeria Focus: Environment, Education, Economic Empowerment Contact Person: Ijeoma Aso Activity Reach: Nigeria Contact Email: [email protected] Launched:2006 URL: www.ubagroup/csr
AREA OF FOCUS: On Education, UBA partners UBA Foundation's focus areas are with, and sponsors organizations divided into Education, Environment, which share the same interests in Economic Empowerment and Special boosting the quality of education in TION Projects. The Foundation has Nigeria. Initiatives executed include A dedicated resources to ensuring that financial support to an Education CSR is not simply conceived as a Sector Reform Project set up by the marketing tool in the corporate world. Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria, collaboration with Narita
FOUND Learning Centre to provide latest INITIATIVES: expert advice to school administrators and partnership with LEAD Resources On Environment, in May to facilitate the first Ogun State 2008 UBA Foundation was one of the Women Leaders and Entrepreneurs signatories to the United Nations conference. Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) statement. On Economic empowerment, the Through this, UBA foundation has Foundation has part-sponsored the t h pledges its commitment to improving 7 annual Celebrations and the Environment and promoting Entrepreneurial Awards of Fate sustainable development. UBA Foundation and Part sponsored the foundation's Project Beautification c o n f e r e n c e o f W o m e n i n and Project clean up focus on Management and Business (WIMBIZ). cleaning and beautifying parts of the The foundation has been involved in country. Examples of the project are in m a n y o t h e r e c o n o m i c a l l y M a r i n a , a n d A l l e n A v e n u e empowering initiatives. roundabout, Ikeja Lagos.
156 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 THE WELLBEING FOUNDATION
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Multi Sector Partner(s): United Nation's Foundation, National or Multinational: Multinational The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Nigeria Head Office: 30 Saka Tinubu Street, FIDA, Hygiea HMO, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Stronghold UK Contact Person: Yomi Owope Focus: Women Empowerment, URL: www.wbafrica.org Human (Child) Rights, Education, Youth Empowerment Activity Reach: Africa Launched:2003
AREA OF FOCUS: Ilorin. The foundation also grants The aim of the Foundation is TION scholarships and sponsors the Toyin A to reverse the cycle of poverty in Saraki Scrabble tournament. society by easing its less privileged Also, the Foundation has into a state of well being. The facilitated the recreation of the Ilorin foundation executes projects in M e t r o Pa r k / Z o o , p r o v i d i n g various sectors such as health, opportunities for recreation and FOUND Education, Environment, community ecological awareness. development, advocacy, social Other initiatives of the welfare, arts and culture. foundation include; the positive lifeline program, Disaster response INITIATIVES: and relief, support and counseling in WBF is responsible for multiple births, and partnering with lobbying for the new Nigerian other bodies to sponsor the Nigerian Midwifery Service Scheme and the Day at Port Regis in England in 2009. implementation of personal health records in Nigeria. IMPACT: On Education, The Wellbeing The initiatives of the WBF Foundation (WBF) has sponsored the have gone a long way to impact the construction of schools such as: Al health and social wellbeing of Muwahideen Nursery and Primary people within its communities. school, Ori Oke, Ilorin and the Kwara state school for special need,
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 157 WOMEN FOR CHANGE INITIATIVE
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: Foundation Partner(s): Women Empowerment National or Multinational: National Activity Reach: Nigeria Nigeria Head Office: Abuja, Nigeria Launched: 2010 Contact Person: Chidinma Uwajumonu URL: www.W4Cinitiative.org
AREA OF FOCUS: The Women for Change EDUCATION: Initiative (W4CI) is a gender-focused W4CI is working with the Ministry of movement structured to serve as a Education and other agencies on girl strong and unifying voice for women child and gender education. It also in Nigeria. intends to initiate a scholarship scheme for teenage mothers, out of
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OTHER SOCIAL INITIATIVES & ORGANIZATIONS NIGERIA NETWORK OF NGOs
Organisation Information Activity Information Industry: NGO/Foundation Partner(s): United Nations Millennium National or Multinational: National Campaign (UNMC), Nigeria Head Office: 25, Ogunlana Drive, CIVICUS, National Council Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria for Voluntary Organisations,
TIONS Contact Email: [email protected] Exxon-Mobil, International
Contact Person: Oyebisi Babatunde Oluseyi Council on Social Welfare, URL: www.nnngo.org GlobalGiving, Committee for a Democratic U.N (KDUN) Activity Reach: National Launched: 1992
The Nigeria Network of LEEDS and the MDGs. NGOs (NNNGO) is the first generic Their membership includes membership body for civil society over 20 national organizations and TIVES & ORGANIZA organizations in Nigeria that over 800 membership organizations facilitates effective advocacy on focusing on different thematic areas issues of poverty and other of development, all of whom work to developmental issues. Established in support a diverse range of 1992, NNNGO represents over 800 membership communities across the organizations ranging from small nation. In total our outreach to the groups working at the local level, to third sector in Nigeria is estimated to larger networks working at the be in the excess of 2,500 which national level. includes both members and affiliates The Network is charged with at national and global levels. the objective of identifying, NNNGO champions a sector that is registering, coordinating, building accountable, independent and truly THER SOCIAL INITIA capacity and mobilizing civil society representative of giving a voice to the O o r g a n i z a t i o n s t o p r o m o t e common man. interconnectivity and bring equity, justice, peace and development to AREA OF FOCUS: grassroots communities throughout Advocacy and Campaigns, N i g e r i a , i n c l u d i n g t h e Legitimacy, Accountability and implementation of NEEDS, SEEDS, Transparency, Capacity Building, Civil
160 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 Society Coordination, Research and their electoral and MDGs Development. promises through the mobilization of over 5 million INITIATIVES: citizens to stand up and M D G s a d v o c a c y a n d speak out against poverty in campaigns, Design of a web-based Nigeria. citizens tracking platform for · Information dissemination monitoring MDGs projects in on development related
Nigeria, Updated database/directory news to over 2,500 NGOs in TIONS of NGOs in Nigeria, Institutionalizing Nigeria democratic principles in grassroots · Capacity of over 300 NGOs communities. built on community development, proposal IMPACTS: writing, fund-raising etc. · Technical support provided to · NNNGO prides itself as a over 100 NGOs in Nigeria one stop information center · C o n t i n u o u s l y h o l d i n g on civil society activities in government accountable to Nigeria TIVES & ORGANIZA THER SOCIAL INITIA O
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 161 LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF A GREAT by Bekeme Masade
Ken Saro Wiwa (Jr)
Bashful, retiring, humble and extremely polite, Ken Saro-Wiwa junior was a good companion to spend a warm Friday afternoon at the lobby of the Ritz Carlton in New York. When we ordered drinks, he would only take a soda as he didn't wish to overtask my budget. As we sat there, heads of states, prime ministers and others who could only be amongst the who-is-who in the world recognised him and stopped to, more or less, pay him homage. Ken Jr left Nigeria as a young child and was educated at Stancliffe Hall School and Tonbridge School in England and then at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, which is now part of University College London. Wiwa moved to Canada in 1999, where he was a writer in residence at Massey College in the University of Toronto and a columnist for The Globe and Mail. He was twice nominated for the National Newspaper Awards for Feature Writing and was selected in 2005 as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. His memoir of his
A (JR) father, In the Shadow of a Saint, won the 2001 Hurston-Wright Non Fiction Award.
What are you doing at this moment back to Nigeria in 2006 to be a Special in time? Assistant on Peace and Conflict I am a Special Assistant to the Resolution. Although I have been in President on International Media, but I the villa since 2006, I often think of it do assist the Special Adviser on Media, as just part of my education in Nigeria. Strategy, and Communication- Strategy in the International Press. Where did you gain formal education? KEN SARO WIW In the past five years what are the I didn't do my Secondary things you have done? education in Nigeria, I schooled Well, before being a Special outside the Country in London, Assistant, I was a journalist and a England. I went to Brighton School in writer. I wrote for the “Fanta Club of Kent, and then I went to the University Mail” and many other newspapers and of London. magazines as an independent journalist, wrote mostly on cultural What course did you study? issues and some little bits of politics in I studied History. Africa, also stuck my teeth in some public debates. When did you come back to Nigeria? How long have you been in I came back full time in 2006, Nigeria? but from 2000 I was coming back Chief Olusegun Obasanjo brought me
162 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 regularly, maybe 2-4 times a year, but quiet, why is he not talking about his finally moved back in 2006. father's demise?”. How did you feel coming back to that setting where it all started and How do you deal with these ended? expectations of you? It's a complicated thing for someone like Well it is normal; there's nothing I can me to come back to Nigeria, because, do about it. What is most important is I you know I grew up in Nigeria, I'm very know what I want to do and achieve, the connected and grounded in my culture, rest is just noise. Some of this noise I I still speak my language - Ogoni. I have listen to it because sometimes I believe strong memories about growing up, my maybe they have a point, I think it childhood in Nigeria was very nice and through because I am not insensitive to a happy one, and then of course there people's opinions, but even at that you was this period I was away, not sure of must know what feels right for you. what I am going to face. There's a complicated period for every man when What was your reaction and that of you are growing up, moving from the Ogoni people some parties childhood to adulthood, mostly when it were found guilty? is been done outside the confinement of They have not been found guilty of your country, I did most of my growing anything, but they only said they were up in that phase. But it is not something anybody else could not have experienced. Coming to Nigeria was complicated It was not an easy because of my father's execution. It was not an easy process to come back to a process to come back country you grew up in and loved as a child, but has been made complicated to a country you grew by my father's execution and a much up in and loved as a politicized death at that. Not only am I dealing with my father's death, but with child, but has been the country that led to it. Back to a place I wasn't sure who my friends are made complicated by anymore. It was a complex adventure, my father's execution but the most important thing for me was to take my time. and a much politicized
Would you say people have been death at that. supportive of your return? Yeah, some have been supportive, while some have said “he's keeping
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 163 responsible for gross misconduct and once we do that we can hold people to the pollution of the environment. account on a high standard of operation which is practiced in the rest of the Obviously they were asked to pay world. something? Yeah, they were some reports from Would you say that sometimes UNED on that with the government, I communities feel an undue sense of think what is important is that science indebtedness towards companies has vindicated them. My father who operate in their environment? accused Shell of environmental Yeah, I think it is because of poverty. devastation, Shell agreed they had Poverty, because, of the material poverty challenges, but it cannot be referred to of the people, it is very easy to deceive as devastation. There was all kind of them. The most important thing is semantics, what we see from report is education, we have to overcome the fact that water has been polluted and that that we do not know what we have, like the impact of their operations of the their value to us and we have to insist on environment has contributed both these things, because, if you do not harm and socio health of the people. know who you are, where you have We are getting to see science back up been, how can you know where you some of the things my father was want to go? So, it's the reason why we saying and from our standpoint have to take account, take stock of who “devastation” is not too strong or we are. By this taking stock and taking emotive a word to describe all what account, we have to understand what it has happened if you go by some of the is that we have... what is the value of excavations and findings of the UNED these things. For instance, if we have oil, report. what is the value of that oil? What's the I think we need to look at those value of the water? What is the value of things very clearly and carefully, the air? Because, if you say the oil is your because, it is not just about Ogoni, it is value, and as you take it out you pollute about all operations rather than just the air and the water, then you are the Niger-Delta. It is not just Shell..., poorer, you not richer and until we what we are saying is that, as understand those things, and appreciate Nigerians we have to understand the the value of all these things; the value of benefits we get from oil exploration clean water and clean air, then we cannot just be measured in Dollars or cannot be satisfied by someone who Naira. We also have to look at the comes and offers to us peanuts. impact of public health, the long term impact on productivity of the land and on the unborn generation. So, we need to look at different ways of measuring what is beneficial to us and
164 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 Most Compelling Initiatives of 2011/2012 By Chiweta Uraih During the course of the year 2011/2012, there have been some compelling initiatives which have caught the eye of our network. We have compiled below the interesting picks of these online visitors for your enjoyment. The good news is…we didn't have to choose them ourselves. Our online readers on www.csr-in-action.org chose for us those initiatives which caught their attention, and we have aggregated the list according to the number of hits these initiatives had on our website. We have broken these more exciting projects into categories to give more practitioners room to shine. If you are on this list, kudos! because you generated enough buzz to get people frantically surfing the web for more information about your project. Enjoy!
FOCUS AREAS: truly concerned about the quality of 1. Education: Adopt-a-School education in Nigeria as a lot of Initiative- Oando, Etisalat, Airtel, corporate organizations are vying for GTBank top position in adopting numerous 2. Arts and Culture: Switch a future- s c h o o l s w i t h i n t h e c o u n t r y. InterSwitch Ok…perhaps not actually vying, but 3. Economic Empowerment: Get some prominent organizations have Nigerian Businesses Online- MTN, indeed taken it upon themselves to Ecobank, Google make education their current focus 4. Health: Water for Life Initiative- areas. This is a good thing. As it can be CASE STUDIES Guinness Nigeria argued, without education how exactly 5. Agriculture: British American can a developing society like ours be Tobacco, Nigeria sustainable? 6. Women Empowerment: Lady These organizations who have Mechanic Initiative- Peugeot partnered with the Lagos State Automobile Nigeria/ Goldman Government - Oando, Etisalat, Airtel Sachs 10000 Women Initiative – and GTBank - have realized it isn't all Goldman Sachs about putting up a sign post and 7. Skill Acquisition: Baking getting an “acknowledged birth Technology Vocational Training certificate” from the government Program- Honeywell claiming they have a new “child”; but 8. Nutrition: Healthy Kids Global rather, the grooming of these children Programme - Nestle for a brighter future and better success with their GCSEs. 1. Education Pardon the metaphor, but in Adopt-a-School Initiative- Oando, order to ensure sustainability, all Etisalat, Airtel, GTBank. parties involved now understand the We are guessing many people became grave importance of solid partnerships
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 165 and commitments to ensure the the face of gross capitalism. success this project. We have Top notch photographers came witnessed not just a bipartisan together to capture inspiring images approach but a tripartite approach of di f f e r e nt pov e r t y- st r i c k e n among some of these organizations. characters as played by popular Through all these sorts of partnerships celebrities in the Nigerian film and and proclaimed commitments and music industry, including M.I (as street strategies, it is safe to assume this urchin), Basket Mouth (as pauper), initiative would be impactful at all Stella Damasus (as homeless mother) stakeholder levels. amongst other strongly evocative imagery, with the purpose of 2. Arts and Culture encouraging consumers to use their Switch a Future- InterSwitch. services in good conscience. How's The use of art to drive a particular that for creativity? cause is obviously not a nouvelle initiative; be it fundraisers and charity 3. Economic Empowerment events for starving children in Africa Get Nigerian Businesses Online - and Asia and South America; musical MTN, Ecobank, Google concerts to raise money for HIV/AIDS Graduates seeking employment can awareness; charity fashion shows to testify how daunting this task is fund cancer research and so forth. nowadays. We all know the recent Arts and Culture remains a valuable down surge in employment in recent tool within our society that fuels years has led to more innovative ideas
CASE STUDIES individual emotions and eventually by the youth in our society. This is a reminds the affluent ones within our good thing as we have witnessed society of their moral responsibility to impressive ideas springing up from all give back to the needy and industries. People now seem to follow underprivileged. InterSwitch has their passion instead of a random stated its commitment in ensuring office job. some of its charges from switching The current issue however is letting the fees are donated to their partner whole world know what they do; they Foundation in order to fund school and a lot of other small businesses – fees for some eligible children within market women, spare part dealers, the community. furniture makers. A lot of challenges The method used in driving this surround this plight. Fortunately, initiative is what we have observed as thanks to Google and its partners, this rather compelling. Impressively so, as initiative would help expose these we would be more compelled to use businesses to the right consumers and ATMs if we know that our monies are place these business owners on a level being used to fund underserved playing field with other players in their children's education rather than resent respective industries. What other kind
166 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 of leverage can the driven, up and realizes the importance of sustainable coming next generation need? agriculture as being very instrumental to their business and to the society. 4. Health Constantly interacting with their Water for Life Initiative - Guinness stakeholders and listening to their Nigeria concerns and needs have made them Did you know that one in three people improve on aspects that truly empower in the world do not have access to the average Nigerian. water to meet their daily needs? No. This initiative gets a resounding 'Yes' for The problem isn't scarcity it's just plain its ability to provide farmers essential old accessibility. Do we also need to mechanisms to prosper. mention the very importance of water in our society? Maybe we can sum it up 6. Women Empowerment - water is life. Without water what Lady Mechanic Initiative- Peugeot could we possibly do? Automobile Nigeria The Water for Life initiative has What a man can do, a woman can do provided local communities within better. At this point we are pretty sure Nigeria this opportunity to have access some of you might beg to differ. to potable water with ease. To that Encouraging women to become extent, because they have noticed the mechanics might actually be the solution high demand from communities, they to major breakdowns and probably have created an eligible process to accidents on our roads today! enable them achieve their aims in an We all know how women pay attention to unbiased and credible manner. Rural detail. How increasingly aware they are communities which had hitherto been about the little things we men may beset by endemic diseases have been overlook. This exceptional program has given a lifeline through this initiative. been designed to encourage the female And this is not to say that many other workforce within the Nigerian society. organizations haven't attempted this Peugeot, in collaborative efforts with feat. No, it's just the shear strategizing recognized partners, has introduced this around this project that keeps initiative which will not only engender stakeholders wanting more. support for women in a sector that is largely dominated by men but also 5. Agriculture introduce sustainable measures to Agriculture Development Initiative empower them economically. (ADI) & British American Tobacco, Nigeria (BATN) Goldman Sachs 10000 Women “How else do we attain sustainable Initiative d e v e l o p m e n t i f n o t t h r o u g h We just had to add another compelling agriculture”?, argues our Executive initiative in this section didn't we? These Director, Bekeme Masade. BATN two projects actually went head to head
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 167 and got almost parallel of hits on our 8. Nutrition website. We hope you were not thinking we were giving the ladies extra points! Healthy Kids Global Programme- For starters, the activity reach for this Nestle initiative is global. Not surprising at first Healthy children are happy children. At but looking at reports on what they have least that is what we have been told all done in South America, Asia and Africa our lives! With the onset of countless down to our darling nation, Nigeria. I diseases caused by lack of adequate guess what our visitors liked was the fact nutritional knowledge, it has become that this program wasn't for the extremely necessary for us to furnish unserious. Participants had to pay a ourselves on need to dos and haves for stipend to attend this course – we are our children to live longer. guessing this was meant to delineate the No, they don't want you to become wheat from the chaff and to make it worrisome hypochondriacs; they just sustainable. We get the impression want to ensure that all parties Goldman Sachs hit gold with this one. concerned are well informed on healthy food choices. This initiative 7. Skills Acquisition steered by Nestle, continues to teach Baking Technology Vocational not only students, teachers and parents Training Program - Honeywell proper feeding habits, while Foundation encouraging them to imbibe the Our forefathers wisely pointed out that knowledge such that they confidently the skill of using a mortar and pestle convey their newly acquired knowledge never leaves one. Ever wondered if you to their peers. should have used your baking or cookery talent to start off your own business? Honeywell have realized through their Foundation that teaching and encouraging youth to nurture their individual talent in baking will go a long way in grooming them for employment or future businesses of their own. Especially considering the Nigerian milieu where we are known to party most regularly.
168 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 Glossary
Advocacy: Bank of Nigeria PLC; First City Google Nigeria; Nigeria Economic Monument Bank (FCMB); Forte Oil; Summit Group (NESG); CSR-in-Action; GM Nigeria Limited; Growing Nigeria Network of NGOs (NNNGO) Businesses Foundation; GT Bank PLC; Honeywell Group (Honeywell Agriculture: Foundation); Julius Berger Nigeria British American Tobacco Nigeria PLC; MTN Nigeria; Multichoice Nigeria; Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG); Oando PLC; Samsung; Arts and Culture: Schneider Electric; Starcomms Nigeria; Access Bank PLC; Cadbury Nigeria The Tony Elumelu Foundation; Total PLC; Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited; DE E&P Nigeria; UBA Foundation; United United Food Industries Limited; Bank of Africa PLC; United Nations Diamond Bank PLC; EcoBank PLC; First Economic and Social Council Bank of Nigeria PLC; Globacom; (ECOSOC); United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Guaranty Trust Bank PLC; Promasidor; UAC of Nigeria PLC; UTC Nigeria PLC. Education: Access Bank PLC; Airtel; British Community Development: American Tobacco Nigeria; Cadbury Guaranty Trust Bank PLC; Industrial Nigeria PLC; Chevron Nigeria; and General Insurance (IGI) PLC; Citibank Nigeria Limited; Coca-Cola InterSwitch; FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Limited; Dangote Industries; Nigeria; Nigeria National Petroleum DE United Food Industries Limited; Corporation (NNPC); Rochas DHL; Diamond Bank; EcoBank; Foundation; Starcomms Nigeria; Stat Etisalat Nigeria; ExxonMobil Nigeria; Oil; Longman Nigeria PLC; Nasco; Pan First Bank of Nigeria PLC; Ocean Corporation (Nigeria)Limited; FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria; GE Petrobras Nigeria; Schneider Electric. Nigeria; GM Nigeria Limited; Globacom; Guaranty Trust Bank PLC; Economic Empowerment: Accenture; Citibank Nigeria; Dangote InterSwitch; Julius Berger Nigeria PLC; Industries (Dangote Foundation); Lagos Preparatory School Foundation; Diamond Bank PLC; EcoBank PLC; First Longman Nigeria PLC; Macarthur
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 169 Foundation; Maersk Shipping Line; Petrobras Nigeria; PW Nigeria Limited; PZ Cussons Nigeria PLC; Sahara May & Baker Nigeria PLC; Microsoft Group; Shell Petroleum Development Nigeria; MTN Nigeria; Multichoice Company of Nigeria; Seven-UP Bottling Nigeria; Murtala Muhammed Company PLC; Sterling Bank; Total E&P Foundation; Nasco; Nigerian Bottling Nigeria; UBA Foundation; United Bank Company (NBC); Neimeth of Africa PLC; United Nations Economic International Pharmaceuticals PLC; and Social Council (ECOSOC); United Nestle Nigeria PLC; Nigeria National Nations Environment Program (UNEP); United Nations Framework Convention Petroleum Corporation(NNPC); On Climate Change (UNFCCC); United Oando PLC; Pan Ocean Corporation Nations Industrial Development (Nigeria) Limited; Petrobras Nigeria; Organisation (UNIDO) P&G Nigeria LTD; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Promasidor; Good Governance: Rochas Foundation; Schlumberger CSR-in-Action; MTN Nigeria; Nigeria Nigeria; Seven-UP Bottling Company Network of NGOs (NNNGO); United PLC; Shell Petroleum Development Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Company of Nigeria; Staco Insurance PLC; Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC; Sterling Health: Bank; The Wellbeing Foundation; Access Bank PLC; Airtel; Cadbury Total E&P Nigeria; TY Danjuma Nigeria PLC; Chevron Nigeria; Citibank Foundation; UAC of Nigeria PLC; Nigeria Limited; Coca-Cola Nigeria UBA Foundation; Union Bank; Limited; Dangote Industries; DE United Unilever Nigeria PLC; United Bank of Food Industries Limited; Diamond Bank Africa PLC; UTC Nigeria PLC; Zenith PLC; EcoBank PLC; Emzor Bank Nigeria PLC. Pharmaceutical Industries Limited; Etisalat Nigeria; ExxonMobil; First Bank Environment: of Nigeria PLC; Forte Oil; Flour Mills Of British American Tobacco Foundation; Nigeria PLC; FrieslandCampina Wamco Etisalat Nigeria; First City Monument Nigeria; GE Nigeria; GlaxoSmithKline; Bank (FCMB); Guaranty Trust Bank PLC; Neimeth International Globacom; Guinness Nigeria PLC; Pharmaceuticals PLC; Nigeria Kanu Heart Foundation; Macarthur National Petroleum Foundation; May & Baker Nigeria PLC; Corporation(NNPC); Pan Ocean MTN Nigeria; Murtala Muhammed Corporation (Nigeria)Limited; Foundation; Nasco; Nigerian Bottling
170 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 Company (NBC); Neimeth Murtala Muhammed Foundation; United Nations Industrial Development International Pharmaceuticals PLC; Organisation (UNIDO) Nestle Nigeria PLC; Olu Akinkugbe Foundation; Pan Ocean Corporation Relief: (Nigeria) Limited; P&G Nigeria Ltd; Dangote Industries; Murtala Promasidor; PW Nigeria Limited; PZ Muhammed Foundation. Cussons Nigeria PLC; Rochas Foundation; Sahara Group; Shell Research and Monitoring: Petroleum Development Company of EcoBank PLC; Nigeria Network of Nigeria; Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC; Total NGOs (NNNGO) E&P Nigeria; TY Danjuma Foundation; UAC of Nigeria PLC; Unilever Nigeria Security: PLC; UTC Nigeria PLC; Visafone Staco Insurance PLC. Communications Limited; Zenith Bank Nigeria PLC. Skills Acquisition: Honeywell Group (Honeywell Human Rights: Foundation); Nigerian Economic Macarthur Foundation; Nigeria Summit Group (NESG) National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC); The Wellbeing Foundation; Social Welfare: United Nations Global Compact DHL; First Bank of Nigeria PLC; First (UNGC); Petrobras Nigeria. City Monument Bank (FCMB); Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC; GE Nigeria; Leadership: The Tony Elumelu Foundation. Globacom; LM Ericsson (Nigeria) Ltd; MTN Nigeria; New Nigeria Foundation; Nutrition: Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC); FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria; Sahara Group; Shuga Limb Guinness Nigeria PLC; Nestle Nigeria Foundation; Starcomms Nigeria; UTC PLC; Olu Akinkugbe Foundation. Nigeria PLC.
Poverty Alleviation: Sports Development: British American Tobacco Foundation; Access Bank PLC; Airtel; Cadbury EcoBank PLC; Fantsuam Foundation; Nigeria PLC; Channels Television; First City Monument Bank (FCMB); Chevron Nigeria; Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited; DE United Food Industries
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 171 Limited; Diamond Bank PLC; EcoBank NGOs (NNNGO) PLC; First Bank of Nigeria PLC; Globacom; Google Nigeria; GT Bank PLC; Industrial and General Insurance Women Empowerment: (IGI) PLC; Nestle Nigeria PLC; Awesome Treasures Foundation; New Promasidor; Staco Insurance PLC; Era Foundation; GE Nigeria; Nigerian UAC of Nigeria PLC; United Nations Bottling Company (NBC); Peugeot Economic and Social Council Automobile Nigeria; Promasidor; The (ECOSOC); Union Bank; Zenith Bank Wellbeing Foundation. Nigeria PLC. Youth Empowerment: Training and Professional Awesome Treasures Foundation; Development: Chevron Nigeria; Industrial and Fate Foundation; Nigeria Network of General Insurance (IGI) PLC; Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC); New Nigeria Foundation; New Era Foundation;
172 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 LIST OF FEATURED ORGANISATIONS IN PRIVATE SECTOR
ENERGY · CHEVRON NIGERIA 23 · EXXONMOBIL NIGERIA 24 · FORTE OIL PLC 25 · GE NIGERIA 26 · NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION 27 · OANDO PLC 28 · PAN OCEAN CORPORATION (NIGERIA) LTD 29 · PETROBRAS NIGERIA 30 · SAHARA GROUP 31 · SCHLUMBERGER NIGERIA 32 · SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 33 · SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NIGERIA 34 · STATOIL 35 · TOTAL E&P NIGERIA 36
AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION · GM NIGERIA LIMITED (GMNL) 37 · MAERSK SHIPPING LINE 38 · PEUGEOT AUTOMOBILE NIGERIA LIMITED 39
BUSINESS SERVICES · INTERSWITCH 40 · MICROSOFT NIGERIA 41
CONSTRUCTION · JULIUS BERGER NIGERIA PLC 42 · PW NIGERIA LIMITED 43
EDUCATION · LONGMAN NIGERIA PLC 48
CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 173 FINANCIAL SERVICES · ACCENTURE 50 · ACCESS BANK 51 · CITIBANK 52 · DIAMOND BANK PLC 53 · ECOBANK PLC 54 · FIRST BANK PLC 55 · FIRST CITY MONUMENT BANK 56 · GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC 58 · INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL INSURANCE (IGI) PLC 60 · PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS 61 · STACO INSURANCE PLC 62 · STANBIC IBTC BANK PLC 63 · STERLING BANK PLC 64 · UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC 65 · UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA 66 · ZENITH BANK NIGERIA PLC 67
FMCG · BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (NIGERIA) 68 · CADBURY NIGERIA PLC 69 · COCA-COLA NIGERIA LIMITED 70 · DANGOTE GROUP 71 · DE UNITED FOOD INDUSTRIES LIMITED 72 · FLOUR MILLS OF NIGERIA PLC 73 · FRIESLAND CAMPINA WAMCO NIGERIA 74 · GUINNESS NIGERIA PLC 75 · HONEYWELL GROUP 76 · NASCO 77 · NIGERIAN BOTTLING COMPANY (NBC) 78 · NESTLE NIGERIA PLC 79 · P&G NIGERIA LTD 80 · PROMASIDOR 81 · PZ CUZZONS NIGERIA 82 · SEVEN-UP BOTTLING COMPANY PLC 83
174 CSI REPORT NIGERIA: 2012 · UAC OF NIGERIA PLC 84 · UNILEVER NIGERIA PLC 85 · UTC NIGERIA PLC 86
MEDIA · CHANNELS TELEVISION 87 · GOOGLE NIGERIA 88 · MULTICHOICE NIGERIA 89
PHARMACEUTICALS · EMZOR PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 90 · GLAXOSMITHKLINE 91 · MAY&BAKER NIGERIA PLC 92 · NEIMETH INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC 93 · ORANGE DRUGS LIMITED 94
TELECOMMUNICATIONS · AIRTEL 95 · ETISALAT NIGERIA 96 · GLOBACOM NIGERIA 97 · LM ERICSSON(NIGERIA)LTD 98 · MTN NIGERIA 99 · SAMSUNG 100 · STARCOMMS NIGERIA 101 · VISAFONE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 102
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