Addressing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Related Risks in Ghana From the Perspective of Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Quality Education

This paper presents on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) related risks in Ghana and leveraging on the sustainability development goal 4 – quality education to address them. Ghana is currently battling with ESG related risks such as illegal mining, unemployment, corruption which are critical and demands this current study. The aim of the study is to explore sustainable educational related measures to address ESG risks such as illegal mining, unemployment, sanitation and waste management challenges, corruption among others. The study adopted the qualitative research approach, and employed case study with thematic or content analysis for the data analysis. Data was gathered through questionnaires and interviews. The study concluded that, the critical ESG related challenges faced in Ghana, can be addressed from the SDG 4 – quality education perspective. However, the current standard of education in Ghana lacks the required capacity to address the challenges and therefore the need to reposition the current standard of education by investing more in the achievement of the SDG 4.