For some ten years, the National Social Security Fund (Caisse nationale de prévoyance – CNPS) of Cameroon has been resolutely committed to sustainable development and corporate social responsibility (CSR).
By leveraging its wide scope of action (employers, workers, recipients of benefits, health and social campaigns through hospitals and schools, etc.), the CNPS has stepped up its environmental commitment over the last three years through the implementation of an action plan that has significantly reduced its carbon footprint and hence its greenhouse gas emissions.
The plan identified areas with a high propensity for greenhouse gas emissions. Measures introduced include the development of a waste management system and a wastewater treatment system, the implementation by a specialized agency of contingency measures for certain types of waste, and compliance with new environmental housing standards.