Youth, climate and environment engagement
Documentaries, contests, seminars and tree planting that bring young people into climate and environmental action.
SDG 12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Explore this goal.
Greener, safer hospitality on campus
GIMPA Hospitality Services runs the Executive Conference Centre, two hostels and the campus food outlets with green operating practices, strict food safety, local sourcing and fair conditions for its 74 full-time staff.
Research, programmes & evidence.
GTC facility management course covers sustainability and energy management
GIMPA Training and Consulting’s four-day Facility Management course addresses the operation, maintenance, safety and sustainability of buildings and infrastructure, including sustainability and energy management. It targets facility, estate and property managers, building services engineers and public sector facility administrators, with a cohort starting on 20 August 2026.
GTC certificate course includes environmental management module
GIMPA Training and Consulting’s two-month Certificate in Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Management (COSHEM), delivered over ten Saturdays, includes a module on the fundamentals of environmental management covering waste management, conservation and sustainable practices. A cohort starts on 25 July 2026.
Survey of 1,484 Ghanaian vegetable farmers on pesticide use and health
A study by Francis Clottey Odonkor and Prof. Stephen T. Odonkor, published in Crop Protection and featured in GIMPA’s Research Newsletter (March 2026), surveyed 1,484 vegetable farmers on pesticide use. It reports that 75.9% used suitable pesticides while 70% acknowledged negative health effects, and documents unsafe disposal such as burning containers (56.9%).
Research: green HRM and citizenship behaviour in circular economy practices
Raphael Aryee, Ebenezer Adaku and colleagues at GIMPA studied the role of organisational citizenship behaviour and green human resource management in circular economy practices, using data from 196 manufacturing firms in Ghana. The study is featured in the GIMPA Research Newsletter (March 2026) alongside the team’s earlier work on reverse logistics decision frameworks.
Research: competitive strategy, circular economy practices and corporate sustainability
GIMPA researchers Vivian Osei, Disraeli Asante-Darko and Amoako Kwarteng surveyed 380 firms in Ghana to test how competitive strategy and circular economy practice implementation relate to corporate sustainability performance. Published in Business Strategy and the Environment, the study is featured in the first GIMPA Research Newsletter (September 2025).
GIMPA and KAS hold youth video contest on plastic waste solutions
GIMPA, with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, held the maiden Youth Experts Video Contest on Plastic Waste Challenges and Solutions, themed 'Reimaging Plastic: Youth Solutions for a Sustainable Future'. Nine young filmmakers from Greater Accra, Western and Ashanti regions made five-minute documentaries on plastic waste management; winning entries proposed turning plastic waste into fuel, paving blocks and bricks.