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The focus of this book is on the role of sustainability leadership over the last decade and discusses the contributions and challenges of navigating this multi-disciplinary function in different sectors. The authors share their insight into this under-researched and under-reported perspective highly relevant to business and sustainability.
List of contents
PART 1 - INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 - Africa's Sustainability Profile and Book Outline PART 2 - FUELLING GROWTH THROUGH INDUSTRY Chapter 2 - The Decarbonisation of The Cement Ecosystem Using Emerging Energy Solutions. A Case Study of Dangote Cement, Tanzania Chapter 3 - Designing Change: The Case of Africa Collect Textiles Chapter 4 - Biomass: A Manufacturer's Indigenous Solution to Africa's energy crises Chapter 5 - Oil Subsidy Regime in Nigeria: The Politics, The Myth, and The Poverty PART 3 - HARNESSING COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE Chapter 7 - Learning for Survival: Building Behavioural Change for a Sustainable Society Chapter 9 - Empowering African Youth for Sustainable Change: A Case Study of SustyVibes PART 4 - INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN SUSTAINABILITY Chapter 10 - Embracing Sustainability: The Implications of the Adoption of IFRS Sustainability Standards in Nigeria Chapter 11 - A Review of Sustainability Reporting for Non-profits in Africa Chapter 12 - The State of Sustainability Knowledge Exchange in Africa: An Industry Narrative - A Guide to Organically Build Organisational Sustainability Using Project Impact Life Cycle Model Chapter 14 - Corporate Governance and Leadership for Driving Sustainability in Africa Conversation #5 - Sustainability Knowledge Exchange in Africa Conversation #6 - Sustainability Reporting and ESG Ratings of Companies in Nigeria PART 5 - LEADING SOCIAL CHANGE Chapter 15 - The Chief Sustainability Officer and the Impact of Gendered Leadership Chapter 16 - Building Resilience and Advocacy: Personality Traits to Succeed as a Sustainability Officer Chapter 17 - From Purpose and Pledges to Performance: The Empowered African CSO Conversation #7 - Project Lifecycle and Sustainability PART 6 - CONCLUSION Chapter 18 - Conclusion
About the author
Igazeuma Okoroba is a Sustainability business leader and sociologist whose diverse experience spans civil society, media, energy, telecommunications, and manufacturing sectors. She has a master's degree in sustainable development from the University of Exeter, UK, and a PhD in development sociology from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Driving business ethics and compliance has been central to her role as a corporate governance leader. She manages integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) in at least eleven African countries where she has applied her expertise in sustainability standards and industry-specific frameworks. She has been recognised for implementing Africa's best sustainability reporting practices, receiving personal and corporate awards yearly since 2021. Igazeuma writes in the non-fiction, academic, and business writing genres. In 2023, she published her first fiction novel, Chipped Off. When not engaged in sustainability advocacy, she spends most of her time promoting active citizenship through a non-governmental agency she founded, the GoFuture Network. She can be reached on igazeuma@gmail.com.
Enoch Opare Mintah is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Lincoln, UK and doctorate student at the Kingston University in the United Kingdom. He holds an MBA (University of Liverpool, UK), MSc Governance (University of Lincoln, UK) Cert. Hospitality and Tourism Management (Florida Atlantic University, USA) and a BA English (KNUST, Ghana). His research interests revolve around ESG disclosures, Sustainability Reporting, Corporate Social Responsibility, Nonprofit Leadership and Education. Enoch is a member of the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA), European Accounting Association (EAA), and the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS-UK). He can be reached at eomintah@kingston.ac.uk.
Professor Robert Ebo Hinson is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa and a Professor of Marketing at the University of Ghana Business School. He has acted as Pro Vice-Chancellor at the Ghana Communication Technology University, having joined that University from the University of Kigali where he acted as Deputy Vice Chancellor - Academic with additional responsibility as Interim Vice Chancellor.He has as 34 originally authored and edited volumes to his credit, details of which can be found on his website www.robertebohinson.com and he can be reached on email at robert@robert@robertebohinson.com.
