sustainability

The newly launched Carbon Markets Africa Summit (CMAS), organized by the VUKA Group, is expected to position Africa at the center of a fast-evolving global carbon economy. Scheduled for October 21 to 23, the summit comes at a moment of both urgency and opportunity: the world is recalibrating its approach to climate finance under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6, while Africa holds some of the richest, yet underutilized, carbon assets.

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.

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.

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.

The European Union has taken a decisive step to scale back its landmark sustainability and due diligence regulations, a move that could have far-reaching implications for African economies increasingly aligned with responsible trade and ESG reporting.

Lagos, Nigeria is set to host its first-ever national ESG summit as momentum builds across Africa to integrate sustainability into core development strategies. The Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC) will convene key stakeholders on June 26 at The Art Hotel in Lagos for a landmark event focused on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) innovation.

In a major step toward digital sustainability, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched a new machine-readable Sustainability Taxonomy, offering African companies a timely opportunity to modernize and harmonize ESG reporting.

Africa’s critical role in the global mining and energy transition is set to take center stage this October as Cape Town prepares to host African Mining Week (AMW) 2025, a high-level forum expected to accelerate investment, innovation, and sustainable practices across the continent’s mineral economies.

International Breweries Plc (IBPLC), a member of the AB InBev group, marked World Environment Day 2025 with a sweeping campaign to combat plastic pollution across Nigeria. From urban clean-ups and public sensitization in Lagos to waste recovery drives in Nasarawa and Osogbo, the brewer’s multifaceted efforts are positioning it as a continental model for corporate sustainability.

The University of Nairobi has made significant strides in the 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, breaking into two new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) categories; Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6) and Climate Action (SDG 13)