Driven by the goal of achieving the highest level of governance, the 7 Sustainability Pillars are embedded in our corporate culture and guide our approach to building a prosperous and sustainable business.
“Our approach to sustainability has been developed through an extensive stakeholder engagement process, led by the Sustainability and Governance Department of the Dangote Group. “The Dangote Way”, our unique approach towards engendering sustainability across all our operations, embeds at the core of our procedures and corporate culture, indicative of our absolute commitment to sustainability; powered by the highest levels of governance.”
“As Africa’s leading cement producer with a hard-earned reputation for excellent business practices and quality products, our vision is to be a world-class enterprise that is passionate about supporting the well-being of the society, while still giving high return on investment to our esteemed shareholders. This, without doubt translates to a world in which communities and societies become more prosperous, safer, healthier and more environmentally sustainable.”
Empowering our workforce
Learning and development is at the core of building human capital and we invest in our people through trainings and capacity building, targeted at upskilling and reskilling our workforce through the Dangote Academy. To ensure business continuity and strengthen localisation, Africa’s future workforce undergo Graduate and Management Trainee programmes, providing young professionals with hands-on technical trainings and cross-functional exposure, creating a clear pathway to building meaningful careers within the business.
Carbon reduction targets
Our Climate Action priorities involve setting climate goals, engaging strategic partnerships and implementing governance frameworks at the highest level, all underscoring our unwavering commitment to ensuring sustainable production. Dangote Cement has committed to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions intensity by 20% by 2030, from the base year of 2021. This decarbonisation target will be achieved through energy efficiency, fossil fuel substitution, process optimisation, and renewable energy integration. A Dangote Tree-to-Forest initiative is also ongoing to reforest degraded forests in our operational locations by 2030, to cater to residual CO2 emissions.
Conservation & management
Dangote Cement continues to integrate responsible water management into its core operations and host communities’ engagement. Reduction in water withdrawal and consumption, as well as improvements in water recycling strategies are driven by a target to reduce water withdrawal by 20% by 2030 compared to the 2021 baseline, with particular attention given to operations located in water-stressed regions.
Local development
Through formal Community Development Agreements and structured social investment programmes, Dangote Cement delivers social impact across four thematic areas – Education, Healthcare, Infrastructure, and Economic Empowerment. Our host communities are long-term partners in shared growth and development.
Waste reduction & reuse
Through the DangCircular initiative, Dangote Cement drives waste reduction, recycling, and reuse, not just within its operations, but in partnership with communities, institutions and government parastatals. The aim is to reduce waste diverted to landfill whilst creating sustainable economic value from waste.
Responsible sourcing
Dangote Cement is committed to responsible sourcing and transparent supply chain management. With vendor engagements on ESG practices and focus on localised procurement and logistics partnerships, our local procurement accounted for 82% of the total procurement spend in 2025. We have also publicly disclosed our Scope 3 emissions via the CDP framework.
CSR Network Zambia
CSR Network Zambia
Consecutive CDP rating upgrade:
The CDP in 2022, upgraded Dangote Cement’s rating to B, the second-consecutive ratings in two year, highlighting our tremendous progress in the disclosure of climate and environmental issues
Pan-Africa
Won Zambia Best Community Social Impact Award by the CSR & Responsible Business Awards.
DCP won multiple awards at the Sustainability, Entrepreneurship and Responsibility Awards 2020 (SERAS CSR Awards Africa).
Dangote Cement also recently won the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) awards for ‘Best Company in Infrastructure Development’ in recognition of its work in building roads that endure.
Capital Market
In 2022, Dangote Cement received numerous recognitions from capital market regulators and players alike such as Largestcorporate bond lodgement by FMDQ; best issuer in terms of the fixed income listings by the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and the sectoral leadership award at the 2022 PEARL Awards.
