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From Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure
Agribusiness giant, Johnvents Group, yesterday, launched its environmental charter designed to guide environmental performance across all the subsidiaries of the group.
The launching of the environmental charter signals a shift from the organisation’s policy intent to system-wide implementation.
The Group Managing Director of the company, John Alamu, who announced the launch of the environmental charter, disclosed that the business unit of the company had cleared a major international audit and its field team completed back-to-back training programmes spanning cocoa traceability, child labour monitoring and cooperative governance.
“Moving beyond a conventional policy document, the Charter defines clear priorities across resource efficiency, waste management, pollution prevention and climate action, each backed by implementation plans, timelines and measurable targets.
“Crucially, it is embedded within daily operations rather than isolated within a sustainability function, placing execution in the hands of the team across production, procurement and logistics.”
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This integration, according to Alamu, not only strengthens accountability but also aligns the Group with international ESG expectations, positioning it to meet rising due diligence requirements from global buyers, particularly in the cocoa export market.
He explained that operational alignment extends into the Group’s FMCG business unit, where Johnvents Foods recorded a significant milestone with the successful completion of the FSSC 22000 Stage 2 audit conducted by Bureau Veritas on March 3 and 4.
He further disclosed that as the decisive phase of the certification process, the audit evaluated the effectiveness of the facility’s food safety management systems, including hazard analysis, operational control and compliance procedures.
He said the outcome confirmed that the systems in place met international standards and placed the company on the threshold of full certification, an important step toward unlocking access to global supply chains where such standards are mandatory.
Alamu disclosed further that over 105 cooperative leaders across Owo and Akure were also trained through a cascade model designed to build internal capacity at scale.
