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Sasini to press on with sustainable business operations
Sasini PLC Group Managing Director Martin Ochieng'.
Agricultural firm Sasini has said it targets long-term sustainable business operations amid growing threats of climate change.
“Changing weather patterns are long-term shifts in global and regional climate, primarily driven by human activities like clearing forests for commercial interest and the burning of fossil fuels. This has caused global warming with the consequence of disrupting the delicate balance of the earth’s ecosystem,” said Sasini Group Managing Director Martin Ochieng.
“Conditions that once guided our decisions are shifting beneath us. This is the reality in which Sasini operates today.”
Latest disclosures by the company show that it achieved significant milestones in sustainability and climate action initiatives during the year.
These include achieving a 98.2 percent waste diversion rate through the recovery and beneficial use of organic by-products, including macadamia shells and coffee residues for renewable energy generation and composting.
The group also used renewable energy amounting to 16.81 percent of the total energy consumption, supported by two solar installations totalling 1.5 megawatts supplying 15-20 percent of the tea division’s electricity requirements.
“The world around us is changing very fast, and weather patterns are becoming less predictable. A recognition that while the challenges we face are real, so too is our ability to respond with innovation, resilience, and purpose,” said Wendy Boit, the group’s head of sustainability and ESG
Nation Media Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Geoffrey Odundo, urged more corporates to adopt sustainable operations.
"My intention is to make Nation Media Group a fully green company. Even where we are using print, which definitely is affecting our green efforts, we will find a way to act; we will make sure we do a bit more on digital, we are going on a digital journey, and along the way we believe that digital will be the way we do our news. And that journey has begun with the digital pivot we are taking."
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