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Prampram, June 25, GNA – Ecobank Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental sustainability through a nationwide tree planting and ecosystem restoration campaign to support climate action and a greener economy.
The initiative formed part of the Bank’s month-long activities to mark World Environment Day 2026, including a return to Prampram Senior High School in the Greater Accra Region, where it undertook a tree planting exercise in 2012.
Madam Charlotte Amanquah, Head of Commercial Banking at Ecobank Ghana, said the Bank’s return to the school after 14 years demonstrated the importance of sustained action in environmental conservation.
She said more than 1,200 seedlings were donated to the school during the initial intervention to support replanting on the then developing campus and create a greener environment for teaching and learning.
“Fourteen years later, we are proud to return here, not just to plant more trees but to reinforce a legacy project. Sustainability is not built in a day. It is the result of consistent, deliberate action over time,” she stated.
Madam Amanquah said Ecobank’s sustainability agenda had expanded beyond tree planting to include ecosystem restoration, reforestation of degraded lands, support for renewable energy projects, digital banking solutions that reduced environmental impact, and partnerships that promoted inclusive and responsible growth.
She said this year’s programme was being implemented in schools, hospitals and churches across the country while contributing to national forest restoration efforts.
Madam Amanquah urged students to regard themselves as custodians of the nation’s future and to take environmental sustainability seriously.
Madam Grace Taylor, Range Manager of the Tema-Ada District of the Forestry Commission, said trees were essential to human survival and called for collective efforts to reverse environmental degradation.
She said the “Tree for Life” initiative, launched by President John Dramani Mahama in March 2025, sought to restore degraded landscapes, address climate change and support the development of a green economy.
Madam Taylor said trees provided oxygen, prevented soil erosion, supported biodiversity and supplied food and medicine, adding that deforestation was contributing to rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, water shortages and declining soil fertility.
She stressed the need for proper aftercare, including watering, weeding, fire prevention and monitoring of planted trees.
“Planting is only half of the work. Without aftercare, we are just planting for death. With aftercare, we grow forests,” she said.
Mr Peter Djan, Headmaster of Prampram Senior High School, commended Ecobank Ghana for sustaining its partnership with the school.
He said the mature trees across the campus reflected the long-term benefits of the earlier intervention and underscored the value of partnerships that delivered lasting impact.
Mr Djan assured the Bank and its partners that the school would maintain the newly planted trees and encouraged students to actively support the exercise through responsible environmental stewardship.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Sackey
Reporter: Daniel Adu Darko
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