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Kenya
Carbon offseting
Kenya co-leads global coalition to unlock carbon markets and supercharge climate finance for developing nations
As carbon markets face mounting scrutiny, a new international coalition spearheaded by Kenya, the UK, and Singapore aims to restore integrity and trust, offering African economies a path to climate finance without the burden of debt.
Africa
Kenya Airways unveils local sustainable fuel ambition in 2024 sustainability report
KQ, 'the pride of Africa' has launched its 2024 Sustainability Report, announcing an ambitious plan to begin local production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) within the next five years. The move signals a pivotal shift in the airline’s approach to decarbonization and comes at a time when global aviation is under mounting pressure to accelerate climate action.
African Businesses
Britam launches 2024 sustainability report, unveils ksh2.4 billion investment in inclusive procurement
Britam Holdings Plc has launched its 2024 Sustainability Report, disclosing a KSh2.4 billion spend on local and minority-owned suppliers, one of the largest such commitments in Kenya’s financial sector to date. The report, released this week, signals the insurer’s deepening alignment with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities, and underscores the shifting role of insurance firms in shaping Africa’s sustainable development landscape.
Africa
Kenya and Senegal top Africa’s electricity regulatory index, signaling a new era for sustainable energy governance
Kenya and Senegal have emerged as Africa’s top energy regulators, tying for first place in the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) 2024 Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) with a remarkable score of 0.892 - a signal achievement in a continent-wide push for better energy governance, climate resilience, and sustainable development.
Africa
Major step for Kenyan agribusiness: Del Monte Kenya aligns with UN global standards
In a move expected to strengthen environmental accountability and ethical business practices across Kenya’s agribusiness sector, Del Monte Kenya Limited has officially joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative.Â
Africa
Kenya’s nuclear power ambition meets community resistance and ecological risk
Uyombo, a small coastal village in Kenya, Kilifi County, has recently sparked unrest due to uncertainty in talks of a nuclear power plant coming...
Economic Responsibility
Circular economy is best mode for Kenya
KenGen, Kenya’s leading power producer and the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) recently reached a deal to put up the country’s first waste-to-energy utility scale...
Environmental Responsibility
Vlogger Giving A Voice To Green Enterprises
Having practiced journalism for six
years, Nelly Bosare shifted lanes into the business of ecofriendly essential
products like wooden toothbrush, glass straws and fabric bags.
Her journey...