Dawadawa Impact Consult Joins The SME Climate Hub & Commits to Halve Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2030
The Dawadawa Impact Consult a leading trade facilitating consultancy firm championing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (Afcfta) has joined the SME Climate Hub, a new groundbreaking one-stop-shop climate action platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to curb carbon emissions, build business resilience and take climate leadership.
The SME Climate Hub is co-hosted by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, the We Mean Business coalition, and the United Nations Race to Zero campaign, and has received support from several supply chain leaders, including BT Group, Ericsson, IKEA, Telia, and Unilever, as well as funding support from Amazon and Verizon.
Dawadawa Impact Consult has joined over 1,000 other signatories to the UN-recognised “SME Climate Commitment”, which forms part of the SME Climate Hub.
In making this commitment, Dawadawa has pledged to halve its carbon emissions by 2030, achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, and to regularly report on progress towards these aims. On the logic behind the company’s decision to join the initiative, the Chief of the Party, Ohenenana Kwaku Yamoah Kyei, said: “Climate change is an urgent threat to all of us, our team at Dawadawa Impact Consult sees the impact of climate change in virtually every project we are involved with. Dawadawa has always been passionate about reuse and recycling since our inception but further reducing its impact on the environment, making a positive impact, and supporting the shift towards a low carbon economy is our top priority.
As an advocate and supporter of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), we are always looking for innovative ways to act and make a difference, the SME Climate Hub provides the framework and tools that align well with our goals hence our commitment to building sustainability into our business.”
The SME Climate Hub was launched at the start of the UN General Assembly Week and New York Climate Week by the High-Level Climate Action Champion for the United Kingdom, Nigel Topping, and has received initial financial support from Amazon and Verizon, through their partnership with the We Mean Business coalition.
The SME Climate Hub will provide SMEs with a range of accessible tools and resources to help them reduce emissions and build business resilience. The platform will couple these tailored resources with opportunities for businesses to unlock direct commercial incentives – from government tax breaks to procurement preferences provided by major businesses such as BT Group, Ericsson, Ikea, Telia, and Unilever, all of which have agreed to work with their SME suppliers to improve climate performance through their provisions.
One of the most pressing existential threats to SMEs is climate emergency. It has the potential to slow economic growth by causing material damage; limiting resource availability; causing shifts in demand; leading to business interruptions and production disruptions; causing supply chain interference; and forcing business closures. With 40 to 60 percent of small businesses never reopening after a disaster, curbing carbon emissions and building business resilience is critical.