By Nneka Nwogwugwu
Business leaders in Tanzania are taking the fight against climate change to a new level as they seek to play an increasingly important role in environmental conservation.
Grouped under the CEO Roundtable (CEOrt) of Tanzania, the business leaders have included the war on climate change as a key aspect – Climate Action Agenda – in their new strategic plans for the period from 2022 to 2025.
Speaking during the launching of the new strategic plan on Tuesday, the CEOrt executive director, Ms Santina Benson, said that they did commit themselves to an agenda on climate action in November last year – and are now turning that commitment into “a movement and space that is tangible”.
“In light of the current climate crisis, we (at CEOrt) are boldly committed to challenging our members, our leaders and society at large to play an active role in reversing the damage being done to the environment,” said Ms Benson.
“After making the commitment last November, we now want to see the impact of it through driving responsive business by supporting our members to push the agenda forward.”
For this to work, Ms Benson said, they would do all that is in their power to look at ways on how they could help their members – especially Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) who have no financial muscle that is strong enough to support the Climate Action Agenda.
The 170-member CEOrt is eagerly committed to helping the country achieve its plan to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030.
In Tanzania, the global climate change crisis is adversely impacted agriculture and tourism, two of the most important sectors of the country’s economy, thus threatening incomes, food security and livelihoods in general.
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