Africa Environment Outlook for Business: Our Environment Our Health

Abstract

AEO for Business aims to identify and document options for stimulating the linkages between business and environmental sustainability in Africa while augmenting their benefits to people, nature, and economies and achieving SDGs. This includes analysing sustainable consumption and production and transforming markets through four thematic sectors: sustainable agriculture, sustainable eco-tourism, sustainable manufacturing and integrated waste management. This is in addition to several cross-cutting areas such as water, energy, eco-innovation, sustainable trade, and labelling and standards, including in the context of post-COVID-19 green and more inclusive socio-economic recovery interventions (UNEP, 2023). This report’s preparation adopts an integrated approach with well-illustrated interlinkages between the environment and opportunities for green Business as the underlying theme.