Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited has been awarded for its Ikeja Manufacturing plant, an ‘Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Gold Certification’. The international award which follows after a rigorous process is awarded to companies that meet international set criteria relating to management of water, both in a factory and outside the boundaries of a site.
The certification was presented by Control Union, Ghana, a global organization made up of members from leading businesses, non-profits, public sector agencies and academic institutions, following a thorough audit of the plants’ processes.
The NBC plant in Ikeja, Lagos is the first plant in Africa to be awarded the prestigious ‘Alliance for Water Stewardship Gold Certification’.
Nyarko said, “NBC has achieved five key criteria stipulated for the certification including Good Water Governance, Sustainable Water Balance, Good Water Quality, Protecting Important WaterRelated Sources and Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for All”.
Receiving the certification, the Manufacturing Operations Director for Lagos and West, Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited, Soni Alok remarked that NBC is pleased with the recognition of the company’s extensive efforts to promote water sustainability. According to him, these efforts are line with the Coca-cola Hellenic Bottling Company Group’s 2025 sustainability commitments.
Head of Ecology and Conservation, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Olayinka Omotosho, also noted during the certificate presentation in Lagos recently that the certification is a huge recognition for Lagos state as this would go a long way to validate the level of total compliance to standards pertaining to water sustainability operations in the state.
