Lagos- May 29, 2026
The Lagos Business School Sustainability Centre (LBSSC) is pleased to announce the release of its 2025 Centre Annual Report. 2025 was a year marked by accelerating global expectations for responsible business, evolving ESG regulations, and increasing demand for credible sustainability action, especially in the African context. Against this backdrop, the LBS Sustainability Centre strengthened its position as a leading knowledge partner for advancing sustainability in business through leadership, knowledge, and practice across Africa.
The 2025 report captures the Centre’s multilateral and industry engagements from dialogue to implementation, embedding sustainable business practices into organisational strategy, leadership, and performance. Across the year, the Centre significantly expanded its reach and influence, engaging over 10,662 individuals through its programmes, research, and knowledge exchange forums, reinforcing its role as a partner of choice, convener and catalyst for sustainability learning and action.
Professor Olayinka David-West, Dean, Lagos Business School, reaffirmed the Centre’s institutional importance in shaping responsible leadership and sustainable business practice across the continent. She noted that “the LBS Sustainability Centre is a critical enabler within the sustainable business ecosystem, equipping multi-sectoral leaders with the knowledge and capability to respond to Africa’s evolving development challenges and opportunities.” She further emphasised that the Centre’s expanding portfolio reflects Lagos Business School’s broader mission of influencing management practice through education, innovation, and collaboration, ensuring that sustainability becomes integral to how organisations create long-term value on the continent.
Orevaoghene Atanya, Director, LBS Sustainability Centre, reflected on 2025 as a year of transformation, where collective action translated into measurable and system-level impact. She stated that “The year demonstrated the power of collaboration in advancing responsible business practices in the sustainable business ecosystem, with increased programmes for capacity building and knowledge exchange forums convening key players across sectors to advance Africa’s sustainable development agenda through global best practice.” She further highlighted the Centre’s deepening engagement with industry and advisory interventions designed to accelerate ESG integration and sustainability readiness across organisations.
The 2025 Annual Report stands as both a record of impact and a signal of momentum, underscoring the Centre’s commitment to advancing sustainability through education, research, and partnerships, actively shaping how sustainability is designed, implemented, and measured across organisations in Africa. As it looks ahead, the Lagos Business School Sustainability Centre remains focused on strengthening capability, expanding collaboration, and accelerating meaningful change across business and society in 2026 and beyond.
To read the full Report, download here.
You can also watch the Centre’s 2025 report video summary here.
About LBS and LBSSC
Lagos Business School is Africa’s leading management education institution and the LBS Sustainability Centre is a leading knowledge centre that brings together the theory and practice on business and sustainability for the advancement of performance and development outcomes. For more information about the Lagos Business School Sustainability Centre, please visit https://sustainabilitycentre.lbs.edu.ng/. Together we can work towards a sustainable future for businesses and communities on the continent.
