Corporate sector urged to fund eco-projects

ISLAMABAD:

Environmental investments will bring financial benefits to the corporate sector besides reducing pollution, experts said on Saiturday.

Environmental experts and representatives of business community concurred during a webinar that the government, corporate sector and experts make a dynamic triangle for an urban sustainable adaptation model.

The experts said environment is not limited to tree-plantation or water conservation. It starts from the provision of safe drinking water to sanitation, waste collection to its segregation and disposal, clean air to cost-efficient green energy and a healthy environment.

The webinar was organised by the Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan) and the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Central Standing Committee on Environment and Climate Change.

The speakers included Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) Director General Farzana Altaf, Water and Climate expert Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, Devcom-Pakistan Executive Director and FPCCI Central Standing Committee on Environment and Climate Change Deputy Convener Munir Ahmed, Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) head of women entrepreneurship Fouzia Qazi, Preston University Disaster Research Institute Director Dr. Allah Wadayo Baloch, and National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) research fellow Aneela Bibi.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 8^th, 2020.