Dangote Group has revealed that it is deploying cutting-edge technology and other measures to mitigate the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and impacts, in all its subsidiaries.
This was made known by the company’s Group Chief, Branding and Communication Officer, Mr Anthony Chiejina, in a statement on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, in Lagos.
He said the group, as part of its contribution to the campaign for the reduction of GHGs, had embarked on an enlightenment campaign, to sensitize workers and host communities on the impact of climate change and environmental sustainability.
Chiejina revealed that to mitigate gaseous emissions from the company’s production process, their new plants were designed to be resource and energy-efficient.
He added that Dangote Group massively invested in modern equipment such as analyzers, opacimeters, and other continuous emissions monitoring systems to measure emissions in real-time.
“The company’s climate goals extend beyond just reduction of emissions but also to protecting and regenerating the environment, through land reclamation and tree planting,” he said.
Also, the Head of Sustainability, Dangote Cement Plc Obajana Plant, Dr Eseosa Ighile, said that several innovative strategies had been introduced to cut emissions of GHGs.
Ighile said the company’s climate action activities, so far, included: monitoring of water, waste, and GHG emissions, and the creation of a decarbonisation working group.
According to her, the working group follows the guidelines of both local and international organizations.
She stated that in line with the company’s commitment to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 12, alternative fuels (AF) were adopted to reduce dependency on fossil fuels.
She said that the AF project aimed to achieve a thermal substitution rate of 25 percent in all plants by 2025.
“We are working toward installing AF feeding systems in all our operation lines by 2024.
“The resources utilised for fuels currently at the DCP Obajana include tyre chips, waste oils, and agricultural waste such as palm kernel shells and rice husks.
“We are also undergoing technical studies on the use of refuse-derived fuels (RDF) as a fuel source.
“Between January and July 2023, we have consumed over 34,800 metric tonnes of alternative fuel materials for our operations,” she said.
Head, of Technical Training, Dangote Academy, Mr Adedeji Adewale, said Dangote Cement Plc made use of an electrostatic prostetor to trap dust and recycle it into the system.
Adewale added that the Dangote Academy plants thousands of trees every year, saying the Academy, recently, planted economic trees which included mangoes, soursup, dates, and orange trees, among others.
By Dare Akogun
