Bosch Nigeria has joined forces with Creative Youth Community Development Initiative -Solution17 for Climate Action, the Lagos State Government, and the delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Nigeria to implement Trees From Art in Lagos State. The partnership was announced at the Tree Planting and Data Capturing exercise held on May 11, 2022, at the Lagos State Junior and Senior Model College Badore.
The partnership was in response to the call made by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday, April 7, to stakeholders, environmentalists, and young persons to support the state and make the environment and the world green, habitable and safe.
During the planting exercise, the Managing Director of Bosch in Nigeria, Mr. Ghislain Nounbessy, stated that Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity: stopping it is a task for society. At Bosch, we play a pioneering role in climate action, and we are committed to Cabon Neutrality and have left no carbon footprint. We achieve this using more green energy, investment in a new clean power source, offsetting where necessary, and developing innovative solutions to improve our energy efficiency.
During the planting exercise, the Managing Director of Bosch in Nigeria, Mr. Ghislain Nounbessy, stated that Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity: stopping it is a task for society. At Bosch, we play a pioneering role in climate action, and we are committed to Cabon Neutrality and have left no carbon footprint. We achieve this using more green energy, investment in a new clean power source, offsetting where necessary, and developing innovative solutions to improve our energy efficiency.
In his word "Bosch is committed to Innovation and the Future of Our planet; this is why we are excited about Trees From Art and the Comprehensive Technology System that will support the project throughout its life cycle.
A total of 100 economic trees were planted at the Lagos State Model College, Badore, with the support of Bosch Nigeria. The school management has also inaugurated the Creative Club50 in junior and senior schools to aid training and capacity building. One hundred Student Tree Managers will monitor and care for the trees in addition to the designed module on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Education, ArtNovation, and SDGs.
At the event, the CEO and Project Project, Foluke Michael, said, "We are thrilled to announce that our organization is partnering with one of the world's best Technology companies; with comprehensive Climate Technology to help us achieve our goals. The partnership and the Solution17 Trees From Art FOREST will unveil by the 1st week of June".
The technology will help businesses integrate tree planting into their processes: connect customers to its sustainability journey, set up loyalty programs, trees for employee engagement, trees for rewards, and transparency carbon offsetting programme." she added.
Trees from Art aims to plant 100,000 Economic Trees and embark on Climate Education, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology, and Artnovation in secondary and technical schools in Lagos State.