Managing Director of Unilever Ghana, Mrs. Gladys Amoah, has said the opening of the three new factories at their Tema site will contribute significantly towards providing sustainable jobs for Ghanaians.
She was however unable to state or give an idea about the number of jobs to be created, except to explain that the newly commissioned factories will significantly create not only direct jobs but indirect jobs as well.
Mrs. Amoah disclosed that lots of highly skilled unemployed engineering graduates will be also gainfully employed.
“So what I prefer to look at is not just direct employment, but also indirect employment, especially because the way we work, we look at the complete supply chain impact so because we are building our new oral care factory, what we do know is that we will have to source the raw materials from Ghana, source the packaging from Ghana, so we believe our whole impact will be more than we put on the table.What we do know is that we will employ a lot of graduates who are highly skilled engineering graduates who are not getting gainful employment and because of the state of the art nature of the factory, we will be able to at least bring some people on board. I don’t want to be giving numbers because depending on the volumes that we are able to produce that will also generate not only revenue but also employment we are able to put in the factory.”
Unilever Ghana on Monday 15th January 2019, commissioned three new factories, namely the biomas boiler, the oral care factory and the Personal care at their Tema factory site.
In attendance was the President of the republic, H.E Nana Akufo-Addo, the Trade Ministers, Mr. Alan Kyeremanteng, the Education Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh, other senior Government officials as well as staff and management of Unilever Ghana.
Commendable environmental sustainability efforts
Mrs. Gladys Amoah explained in an interview with the media that, the company does not only seek to provide good quality and affordable products to the Ghanaian market, but it also takes responsibility for their operational impact on the environment.
She explained that the new factories will have a far less impact on the environment in terms of reducing emission by 70%, and that translates into a cleaner air for all.
She also added that carbon emission at the company’s personal care dryer will also be reduced by a further 12%.
“With our sustainable living plan we look to make sure that we provide everyday consumers with good quality products. That is what we believe is affordable practice and we look to make sure that our impact to the environment is reduced and we look to improve livelihoods.Government to create stable economies for businesses“…Most importantly our environmental impact is what we are most excited about so if you look at what we call the biomass boiler factory, that one will reduce our emission by 70%, so that means cleaner air. If you look at our personal care dryer that in itself will reduce our carbon emission by a further 12% .So we are adding to I think creating a cleaner Ghana, and I think a good Ghana for our children to find growing up, rather than a Ghana that is polluting and creating illness everywhere.”
President Nana Akufo-Addo at the commissioning of Unilever Ghana’s new factories reaffirmed his Government’s commitment towards creating a stable macro-economic environment for businesses to thrive in the country.
According to the President, his government is working to provide a stable economy for Ghanaians adding that the days the country witnessed poor economic performance indicators are in the past.
President Akufo-Addo explained that Ghana’s public finances are being better managed than before, hence it provides a positive outlook for businesses in the country to succeed.
He also commended Unilever Ghana for the work the company has done in the country as well some of the corporate social responsibilities the company has undertaken.
About Unilever Ghana
The Tema Factory of Unilever Ghana has been in operation since 1958, and seen the production of brands such as key soap, Sunlight, Lifebuoy, Geisha, Liptop, Omo among others.
The company commissioned the first laundry and toilet soap factory in 1963.
The Unilever Ghana factory in Tema currently employs over 400 staff.
62,000 more people are also said to be indirectly employed by the company, where over 200,000 people are into the retail, wholesale, table tops and market traders who sell Unilever Ghana products to make a living.
source:citinewsroom.com
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