11 Jun 2007 Nairobi, Kenya
– The East Africa office of Tetra Pak, an
international food packaging company, has
joined the WWF Eastern Africa Corporate
Club in a move to support local conservation
and enhance corporate environmental responsibility.
By joining the club, Tetra Pak will support
forest management and restoration, and environmental
education in eastern Africa.
Set up in 2003, the corporate club works
with the corporate sector to increase public
awareness of environmental issues and engages
communities in conservation and sustainable
livelihoods.
“Widespread concern for the environment
has changed the way the private sector looks
at the world,” said Dr. Kwame Koranteng,
Regional Representative at WWF EARPO.
“More and more companies recognize that
what is good for the Earth is also good
for business. This growing interest in environmental
responsibility provides new opportunities
for governments and conservation organizations
to develop ways of working with business
and industry to help them to take action
to reduce their impact on the environment
while enhancing their corporate responsibility
at the same time.”
WWF's Corporate Club exists in a number
of countries around the world to offer companies
the opportunity to demonstrate that they
care about their nation's natural environmental
heritage.
Other members of the WWF Eastern Africa
Corporate Club include: Bamburi Cement,
East African Portland Cement, Safaricom,
Hotel InterContinental, Nestlé Foods,
Basecamp Explorer, Commercial Bank of Africa,
Sarova Hotels, Club Sun ’n Sand, Coca-Cola
East Africa, Unilever Tea, Unilever Kenya,
Olerai, Sher Agencies and Ogilvy Public
Relations.
Anne Mugo, Corporate Club Manager
WWF Eastern Africa Regional Programme Office
(EARPO)
Kimunya Mugo, Communications Manager
WWF Eastern Africa Regional Programme Office
(EARPO)
