About The Hub
MP’s Hub is a curated space that brings together MP’s thought leadership across written and spoken formats, featuring her published BusinessDay articles, where she shares informed perspectives and analysis on business, leadership, and economic issues, alongside the Sarah Speaks podcast, a weekly video series offering deeper conversations, reflections, and insights beyond the written word—all designed to inform, inspire, and engage.
About The Column
The MPs Hub features weekly columns published in BusinessDay Nigeria, offering expert perspectives on environmental social and governance (ESG) advisory and strategy for Nigerian organisations. Our analysis covers critical topics including energy transition, climate finance, regulatory compliance, and community development in large-scale projects.
Carbon Markets: Nigeria’s pathway to net zero
This article explores how Nigeria can responsibly harness carbon markets to drive climate action, attract investment, and create new revenue streams. It explains how credible carbon measurement, strong governance, and high-integrity projects can turn emissions reduction into economic value while supporting national development and net zero ambitions.
Youth and the Green Economy Revolution
This article makes the case for Nigeria’s youth to lead the green economy as a pathway to jobs, wealth creation, and national resilience. It shows how modernised agriculture, renewable energy, waste recovery, forestry, and nature-based enterprises can unlock billion-dollar value chains, reposition land-based livelihoods as future-facing careers, and place young Nigerians at the centre of Africa’s sustainability transition.
Agroforestry: Blending farming with forest restoration
This article examines agroforestry as a practical pathway for aligning reforestation with food security, climate resilience, and rural livelihoods in Nigeria. It shows how integrating trees into farming systems can improve soil health, diversify incomes, sequester carbon, and ensure that environmental sustainability efforts succeed because they work with farmers, not against them.
Welcome to 2026: The year to scale ESG
This article argues that 2026 marks a decisive shift for Nigerian businesses, from ESG awareness to full-scale execution, highlighting why early preparation for IFRS S1 and S2 is a strategic imperative that can unlock capital access, strengthen risk management, improve operational efficiency, and turn sustainability compliance into competitive advantage.
Reforestation as social infrastructure for communities
This article reframes reforestation as a form of social infrastructure, showing how well-designed tree-based initiatives support livelihoods, protect homes, improve health outcomes, strengthen education pathways, and rebuild social cohesion, delivering measurable social and economic value alongside environmental resilience for Nigerian communities.
From timber to tech: Nigeria’s forest economy
This article reframes Nigeria’s forests as engines of innovation rather than extractive assets, exploring how bio-innovation, digital carbon tracking, modern reforestation, and community-centred enterprise can transform forest landscapes into platforms for green industrialisation, job creation, and climate-aligned economic diversification.
Trees as medicine: Health gains from reforestation
Positioning reforestation as both environmental necessity and public-health strategy, this piece underscores how expanded tree cover can clean Nigeria’s air, cool its cities, strengthen mental well-being, reduce healthcare costs, and serve as a measurable ESG investment when supported by intentional design, governance, and community stewardship.
COP30 OUTCOMES: From Brazil to the world
Positioning COP30 as a decisive test of global climate diplomacy—where governance, climate finance, and nature-based solutions take centre stage—and highlighting what the Amazon-hosted summit means for African businesses seeking credible reporting, deforestation-free supply chains, and alignment with global ESG standards.
The ESG advantage in agriculture and food security
Positioning sustainability as a catalyst for resilience and productivity, this piece explains how ESG-driven practices—climate-smart farming, responsible resource use, improved value chains, and inclusive financing—can strengthen Nigeria’s agricultural sector, uplift smallholder farmers, and secure long-term food stability for a rapidly growing population.
ESG in Manufacturing: Cleaner Production, Better Profit
Framing sustainability as a driver of operational efficiency, cost savings, and competitiveness, this piece highlights how Nigerian manufacturers can leverage cleaner production and ESG integration to boost profitability, reduce waste, modernise processes, and align with emerging global supply-chain expectations.
Circular Economy: Turning Waste into Wealth
This article explores how circular economy models can help Nigerian and African businesses convert waste streams into profitable resources, reduce input costs, strengthen supply-chain resilience, and create new revenue opportunities, positioning sustainability not as a cost, but as a driver of competitive advantage and inclusive growth.
Data as power: ESG reporting as competitive advantage
Why credible, verifiable sustainability data now determines who attracts capital, secures partnerships, and competes globally, showing how African companies that treat ESG reporting as strategy, not compliance, are unlocking financing, trust, and first-mover advantage.
Impact-linked finance: Shaping Africa’s ESG future
A look at how sustainability-linked loans, green bonds, and blended finance are shifting ESG from reporting to real impact—rewarding businesses for emissions reduced, communities served, and ecosystems restored, while positioning African companies to attract global capital and build credibility through measurable outcomes.
Public-Private Partnerships for a Greener Economy
Why Nigeria’s sustainability ambitions won’t materialise without stronger, smarter PPPs—showing how well-structured partnerships can mobilise capital, embed ESG accountability, and turn green infrastructure from political slogans into measurable impact.
Analysing Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan
A critical look at whether the ETP can truly reconcile development with decarbonisation, highlighting its potential to tackle energy poverty and attract green capital, while warning of deep financing gaps, institutional risks, and social trade-offs.
The green dividend: Reforestation as Nigeria’s economic redemption
Making the case for forest restoration as a strategic growth lever—showing how reforestation can unlock jobs, resilience, and revenue while redefining Nigeria’s path to sustainable prosperity.
How SMEs can scale faster with ESG
Showing how Nigerian SMEs that embed sustainability into strategy unlock cheaper capital, investor confidence, and competitive advantage—turning ESG from a compliance burden into a growth multiplier.
Nigerian sustainable banking principles: 13 years after
Assessing how far Nigeria’s pioneering framework has shifted banking culture, improved transparency, and driven inclusion, while exploring the gaps that must be closed for real impact in the next decade.
The True Cost of Carbon: Beyond the Market in Africa
Investigating who really benefits from Africa’s carbon markets, the overlooked costs borne by local communities, and how businesses can build more equitable, transparent, and sustainable carbon economies.
Oil, Gas, and ESG: Balancing Transition Risks
Examining how Nigeria’s oil-dependent economy can safeguard current value while preparing for a lower-carbon future, and why credible ESG strategies are key to managing climate-related transition risks.
Investor-Ready? Simple ESG Moves to Unlock Capital in Nigeria
Highlighting how early, low-cost ESG actions—from board oversight to basic disclosures—can boost credibility, attract sustainable finance, and position Nigerian businesses for long-term competitiveness.
Nature-Positive: Africa’s Untapped ESG Growth Frontier
Analyzing how biodiversity and ecosystem restoration can move from overlooked risks to powerful drivers of competitiveness, sustainable finance, and long-term business resilience across the continent.
The IFRS sustainability train has officially arrived
Unpacking how the adoption of IFRS S1 and S2 will transform corporate reporting, investor confidence, and global competitiveness for Nigerian businesses.
The Crucial Importance of ESG in Modern Business
Exploring how Environmental, Social, and Governance factors have become essential drivers for sustainable business success in today’s corporate landscape.
Why ESG is Every Business Leader's Business
Understanding why Environmental, Social, and Governance considerations are no longer optional but essential for modern business leadership and long-term success.
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