Tema-Ghana, June 8, CDA Consult – Together with Twedaase Basic School in Tema Community 1, Unilever Ghana Limited has joined the worldwide celebration of World Environment Day by planting trees at the Tema Industrial Area.
The United Nations (UN) commemorated a day on June 5 every year to promote action on the global climate issues.
The company’s compass, “Sustainable Living,” according to Mr. George Owusu-Ansah, Managing Director of Unilever Ghana, is to improve the environment for everyone to live in.
According to him, the UN attempt to cut CO2 emissions in half by 2030 and prevent temperature increases in Ghana was supported by the tree-planting initiative.
Mr. Owusu-Ansah stated that the company was committed to planting 5,000 trees around Ghana by 2030 with the aim of assisting in the regeneration of forests, oceans, and lands while there were ongoing discussions and debates about climate change.
He mentioned that Ghana was a temperate nation, and that trees at the very least offered shade and enhanced urban beauty.
The corporation has also promised to collecting 10,000 metric tonnes of plastic by the end of 2030 as part of its promise to help save the earth from the problem it was facing.
The Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises (GRIPE) will be involved, he stated.
While encouraging the general people to be responsible and develop the habit of expressing care for the earth in their own way, Mr. Owusu-Ansah expressed pride in the exercise and complimented the pupils from Twedaase Basic School for their enthusiasm.
He claimed that because the students truly represented the future of the earth, taking action now would go a long way towards ensuring the standard of living they would experience throughout their prime and beyond.
By sharing the knowledge, they learned in school and engaging in activities like tree planting with their friends and family, he inspired children to become environmental activists and ensure the well-being of the earth as a whole.
A student from Twedaase Basic School named Master Kwakye Ransford said they valued the data supplied by Unilever Ghana Limited as part of the experiment.
However, he made it clear that since they were young and the generation that would succeed them, it was their responsibility to do their share to address the global climate catastrophe.
He pleaded with corporate entities to schedule frequent events and activities so that kids and schools may take part in planting trees and other environmental protection projects.
