Impact

AU & UN Alignment

• African Union 2063 Aspirations & United Nation's SDG’s

• Planetary Boundaries

  The planetary boundary (PB) concept, introduced in 2009, aimed to define the environmental limits within which humanity can safely operate. This approach has proved influential in global sustainability policy development. Planetary boundaries are a framework to describe limits to the impacts of human activities on the Earth system. Beyond these limits, the environment may not be able to self-regulate anymore. This would mean the Earth system would leave the period of stability of the Holocene, in which human society developed. Crossing a planetary boundary comes at the risk of abrupt environmental change. The framework is based on scientific evidence that human actions, especially those of industrialized societies since the Industrial Revolution, have become the main driver of global environmental change. According to the framework, transgressing one or more planetary boundaries may be deleterious or even catastrophic due to the risk of crossing thresholds that will trigger non-linear, abrupt environmental change within continental-scale to planetary-scale systems.

  

  In addition, planetary boundaries are established as strategic objectives to ensure a global balance and overall earth system functioning. In addition to informing the general public, environmental boundaries allow for the assessment of interactions between different domains, and they provide a comprehensive and cross-cutting view of planetary risks.

  Let us be clear, the consequences of exceeding these thresholds do not result in a large-scale and immediate catastrophe, but in small consequences to vital earth system processes that appear little by little and deeply disrupt the ecosystem.

   

  

• ESG

  ESG is a lens through which to develop, score or screen an organisation’s environmental, social and governance policies and practices, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is not a standard but acts as a high-level framework consisting of the three pillars which when considered together are useful for understanding and assessing progress and performance towards responsible and sustainable business and investments. ESG investors seek to ensure the companies they fund are responsible custodians of the environment, good corporate citizens, and are led by accountable managers.

  

  ESG and sustainability are closely related, ESG investing screens our company based on criteria related to being pro-social, environmentally friendly, and with good corporate governance. Together, these features can lead to sustainability. ESG, therefore, looks at how our company’s management and stakeholders make decisions; sustainability considers the impact of those decisions on the world.

  Adopting ESG principles means that our corporate strategy focuses on these three pillars of the environment, social, and governance. This means taking measures to lower pollution, CO2 output, and reduce waste. It also means having a diverse and inclusive workforce, at the entry-level and all the way up to the board of directors.

  ESG investing focuses on companies that follow positive environmental, social, and governance principles. Today, investors are increasingly eager to align their portfolios with ESG-related companies and fund providers, making it an exciting area of growth that also has positive effects on society and the environment.

  

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