GCB Bank PLC (GCB) has launched the “GCB Greens Ghana for Life” initiative last Friday, as part of its 70th anniversary celebration and its contribution to the Green Ghana Project, a government-led initiative to plant 10 million trees to combat climate change and restore the country’s green environment.
The initiative aims to plant 7,000 trees in various locations of the bank across the country, in line with the bank’s environmental agenda and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
The bank’s Board of Directors and Management staff joined President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and thousands of Ghanaians at the University of Ghana for the national tree planting event, which marked the Green Ghana Day.
A director of the bank, Alhassan Yakubu, told journalists that the initiative was a key CSR contribution of the bank that aligned with the government’s Green Ghana Project.
He said the bank had been supporting Ghana’s economic development for 70 years through financing projects and responding to critical social development needs.
He said in its 70th year, the bank was happy to implement one of its anniversary heritage initiatives that would help improve the country’s chances in the fight against climate change and secure a sustainable environment.
The bank was represented at the tree planting event at the University of Ghana by a member of its Board of Directors, Daniel Kwaku Tweneboah Asirifi, and other senior staff.
Other teams led by key GCB staff carried out similar exercises at almost 100 of the bank’s 186 branches and locations in the country.
One of the teams was led by the Executive Director, Wholesale and Investment Banking, Sam Aidoo, who planted trees at the GCB Learning Centre at Nungua with other executives.
Source: The Independent Ghana