The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has reiterated its commitment to sustainability with a pledge to entrench positive environmental practices in its operations and amongst its stakeholders.
This was disclosed in Abuja at the commemoration of the 2021 World Environment Day.
The Bank’s Managing Director, Anthony Okpanachi while outlining events lined up to celebrate the day, highlighted various challenges that the environment is facing and said that the apex development bank, will continue to prioritize and focus on issues of sustainability essentially, aimed at addressing some of the challenges.
“The World Environment Day is a day set aside by the United Nations to raise awareness on and take action against various environmental issues such as marine pollution, human overpopulation, global warming, sustainable consumption, and wildlife crime.
“We, as a Bank, will continue to align our operations with issues of sustainability by focusing on issues that put our environment at risk” he said.
He said this year’s theme of “Ecosystem Restoration” is a call on everyone – governments, corporate organizations, and individuals to participate in growing trees, greening cities, rewilding gardens, changing diets, or cleaning up rivers and coasts.
