[1] The agency is dedicated to improving, conserving and promoting the country's environment and striving for environmentally sustainable development with sound, efficient resource management, taking into account social and equity issues.

[2] EPA Ghana's mission is to manage, protect and enhance the country's environment and seek common solutions to global environmental problems.

Before this decision, Ghana was elected by the General Assembly to the Governing Council of 58 nations set up to administer the affairs of the UNEP.

[5][failed verification] On 23 January 1974 the head of state[6] signed NRC Decree 239, establishing the Environmental Protection Council.

On 4 June, the Environmental Protection Council was established by attorney general; Edward Nathaniel Moore on behalf of the Commissioner of Economic Planning.

His secretary was F. K. A. Jiagge and he had ten junior staff, including a stenographer, two clerks, three drivers, a receptionist, a messenger and a night watchman.

[13] The EPC moved to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to work with district assemblies to ensure environmental sustainability.

The council conducted sensitization programmes, and officers traveled throughout the country to minimise bushfire occurrence in collaboration with district assemblies and the Ghana National Fire Service.

She continued its expansion, employing more staff and in 1991 opening the Upper West Regional Office in Wa headed by John Pwamang.

The National Ozone Office[22] was established as part of the EPC in 1991 to end the import of ozone-depleting substances by the country after Ghana ratified the Montreal Protocol in 1989.

In June 1993 a five-year Ghana Environmental Resource Management project, sponsored by the World Bank, was begun to ensure staff infrastructure.

The agency expanded, and by December 1993 six regional offices were in operation: Western, Volta, Eastern, Ashanti, Northern and Upper West.

Allotey was appointed acting executive director in October 2001 by President John Kufour, whose National Patriotic Party won the 2000 elections.

A management board was appointed, chaired by Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin II[29] the Okyenhene of the Kyebi traditional area.

[31] The Ghana Technology Transfer Needs Assessment Report, introduced in 2005, was also produced by the agency's climate change adaptation programme[32] which was launched by the Minister in with a team of experts preparing an atlas of the coast.

In 2005 Daniel S. Amlalo, the agency's deputy executive director, was elected vice-chairman of the International Coordinating Council of Man and Biosphere.

A capacity development mechanism project, aiming to improve internal communication within the agency to increase efficiency, began in 2012.

[39] The Ghana Environmental Resource Management Programme began in 1992 to protect the environment at international standards, and staff were sent overseas to study for master's degrees.

An urban air-quality project by EPA Ghana and the United States Environmental Protection Agency to monitor air pollution in Accra began in 2004.

After EPA Ghana officers found elevated blood-lead levels in schoolchildren and those working near roads, such as the police and young salespeople, leaded gasoline was phased out in December 2003.

Blood samples were taken from the Ghana Police Service and Tema Oil Refinery personnel, tanker drivers and workers and tollbooth operators, and the populations were all within the World Health Organization limit of 20 μg/dL.

[40] The assessment was incorporated into the Ghana Poverty-Reduction Strategy, and 52 district assemblies produced development plans based on the SEA.

Noise pollution was widespread in Ghana's urban areas, with the chief culprits religious organizations, bar and restaurant operators who played loud music at night and music-cassette vendors.

EPA officers visited the three major foam-producing factories in Accra and Nsawam to ensure worker safety and environmental compliance.

[48] With support from Jakora Ventures, a private waste management company, 6,000 litter containers were obtained and distributed to 48 institutions in the ministries area.

A Green City Project, a new head office, began the year and with a groundbreaking ceremony and the agency is seeking accreditation for a university to train environmental experts.

UNEP executive director Achim Steiner planned to visit the agency, and individuals and companies who contributed to making Ghana an environmentally-friendly country were scheduled to receive awards.