As part of the recycling business incubation program, we are hosting a couple of successful women business owners to speak on critical topics that border on the ability of girls, women and other youth to succeed at business. Our first session was with the CEO of Environment360, Cordie Aziz.
Cordie Aziz Nash, is the founder and C.E.O of Environment360, a Ghana based social enterprise that supports reduction of plastic pollution through the development of collection points and processing centers that empower informal sector plastic waste collectors. Under her leadership, Environment360 is the first African organization to receive Verra certification for the trade of plastic credits. Mrs. Aziz Nash is a seasoned entrepreneur that focuses on the development of sustainable green jobs that support Ghana’s Nationally Determined Contributions. The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation has credited the organization with developing the first successful community recycling program, Evolve. Mrs. Aziz Nash has extensive experience in developing and rendering training programs to informal sector plastic collectors, as well as helping early entry stage entrepreneurs develop blueprints to scale impact and activity. She holds a master degree in Public Administration from Bowie State, in Maryland. As well as a bachelor degree in Mass Communications from Jackson State University in Jackson, MS. Before starting Environment360, Mrs. Aziz Nash worked for the United States Congress Committee on Homeland Security and served as the Public Relations Director for the National Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, the training organization for the largest electrical union in the United States.
Through her workshop today, trainees had the chance to receive a mentorship workshop about how they can better their business ventures. In this first of many sessions to come, Cordia Aziz spoke about “How to Develop Value Added Strategies for Profit”.
She shared many valuable tips on how one can improve profits for their business and the benefits of failure in her presentation and got the trainees engaged as they practiced making value proposition canvases in a group activity. Much was learned and shared today! Thanks again to Cordia Aziz for coming to talk to us!
The ECOFEM project is funded by Global Affairs Canada, WUSC Ghana, UNFPA Ghana and supported by PAYDP GHANA.
