Sterling Bank Plc has renewed its
commitment to environmental sustainability as Nigeria joined the rest of
the world to celebrate the 2017 edition of the Earth Week. The
initiative lasted for one week.
First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day
event is celebrated in more than 193 countries and is now coordinated
globally by the Earth Day Network. Numerous communities all over the
world celebrate Earth Week; an entire week of activities focused on the
environmental issues faced by the world. In 2017, the March for Science
occurred on Earth Day – Saturday April 22, 2017. This will be followed
by the People’s Climate Mobilisation on April 29, 2017.
Sterling Bank said in a statement signed
by its Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Henry Bassey that the financial
institution would continue to invest in initiatives to promote
sustainable environment and to partner various government and private
institutions to provide a clean and healthy environment in the country.
“We will continue to support initiatives
to ensure that our environment is continually suitable for human
habitation. We will put in more investment into our Sterling
Environmental Makeover (STEM), where staff members of the Bank on a
quarterly basis, volunteer their time and resources to clean the streets
of Nigeria as part of “Sterling Environmental Makeover” (#STEM) series.
The exercise, which is part of the
bank’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, focuses on
environmental sustainability and aims at promoting a clean environment
and good health among Nigerians,” it added.
The bank’s Chief Marketing Officer said
the Sterling Bank will also extend the provision of street cleaning
uniforms to highway managers in other states not currently covered by
the Bank for the protection of highway managers and cleaners.
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