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Environment/
Sustainability

Sustainability is an integral part of Gracefield Island, making a difference in the community, improving health and safety standards and seeking to eliminate negative environmental impact are central to our business strategy.

Gracefield Island recognises that day to day operations can impact the environments. Therefore, we aim to protect and improve the environment through good management and by adopting best practice wherever possible. As such we plan to responsibly interact with the environment to avoid depletion or degradation of natural resources and allow for the long-term environmental quality.

Preventing pollution, reducing water and energy use, minimising waste and increase recycling where possible are our practical approach.

Plastic Free

Reduce Reuse Recycle

Dedicated Cycling Lane

Rainwater Harvesting

A 'No Plastic' campaign has been launched on the Island to reduce plastic footprints

A practical approach to waste management involving the 3’Rs- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle is a culture on Gracefield Island.

Dedicated cycling lane: Alternative to driving are encourage on Gracefield Island to avoid carbon emissions.

Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is one of the criteria in roof tops selection as RWH is used for portable and non – portable purpose both in residential and commercial buildings.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) project: Gracefield island annually celebrates WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY AND OCEAN CLEAN UP Outreach. A sensitisation and environmental exercise are essential parts of the celebration.

The above is to continually modernise the energy and waste infrastructure and to ensure Gracefield Island remains at the forefront of sustainability.

Cycling on the Island

Cycling is an integral part of mobility within Gracefield Island, therefore we have designed about of 5 kilometres of dedicated cycling lane into our road network. We have cycle parks located in 6 different parts of the island. We have plans for social and keep-fit activities around cycling, all year round.

Plant Nursery

Being a reclaimed island with absolutely no plant life, we had to establish a network of reputable institutions and persons involved in plant management to work with us in creating a plant eco-system that enhances the environment and beautifies the island. We therefore established close working relationship with Nigerian Conservation Foundation, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Nigerian Horticultural Institute.

We have established a nursery of over 50 varieties of plants, 12 of the varieties are fruit bearing. At the moment over 1000 trees are already planted, with plans to have established at least 2000 trees by the end of 2021.

Central Park

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) project: Gracefield island annually celebrates WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY AND OCEAN CLEAN UP Outreach. A sensitisation and environmental exercise are essential parts of the celebration.

The above is to continually modernise the energy and waste infrastructure and to ensure Gracefield Island remains at the forefront of sustainability.

Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)

On the Gracefield Island, we are very intentional about sustainability. A key aspect of our sustainability objective is to reduce carbon emission within Gracefield Island by vehicular traffic and individual power generators among other common sources of carbon emission in Nigeria. In this wise, Gracefield Island is starting out as a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) development, with intention to achieve the level of Ultra Low Emission Zone. 

In view of the above,  we have integrated Electric Vehicle Charging (EVC) points into our urban planning to encourage and support the switch the Electric vehicles away from carbon emitting combustion engine vehicles. We are structured to provide regular and stable power to our residents and businesses on Gracefield Island and therefore, we prohibit the acquisition and use of individual power generators on our Island,  as this is a widespread of Environmental pollution and emission in Nigerian cities. There are multiple measures in place to reduce and prevent carbon emission on Gracefield Island.