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25 Feb 2022
UNGC launch of Africa strategy on corporate sustainability expected to scale responsible business practices
The UNGC, which is a non-binding United Nations pact, encourages businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. Under the...
11 Feb 2022
GFANZ: Change Climate Finance to Fund Climate Action
The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has its sights set on becoming the biggest financial catalyst for climate ambition and action. The Alliance has only three financial institutions fr...
11 Feb 2022
Kenyan Parliament is mulling over proposed law changes seeking to reduce protection of forests
The Kenyan Parliament is currently reviewing an amendment proposal to the Forest Conservation and Management Act which gives the Kenya Forestry Services (KFS) authority over boundaries and excis...
4 Feb 2022
Business case for a UN treaty on plastic pollution
For the first time in history, more than 70 leading corporations and financial institutions have called for a legally binding UN treaty on plastic pollution. The aim of this move is to have a robust p...
28 Jan 2022
Environmental stakeholders express opposition to controversial Forest Bill
Kenya’s post-independence environmental history has been plagued with arbitrary excisions of public forests resulting in endangered water catchment areas and threats to biodiversity conservation.&nb...
28 Jan 2022
World Wetlands Day: Call for action to protect wet habitats for a sustainable future
Widespread loss of marshes, swamps, riverbanks and other wetlands, driven mainly by encroachment through agriculture and urbanization, has led to significant loss of biodiversity. Freshwater ecosystem...
21 Jan 2022
E-waste: The raring dragon that should be slain for a sustainable environment
The world is coming to a more crushing realization of the disastrous strain we’re putting on the place we call home, Earth! What we believe to be ground breaking transitions into new, adaptive and b...
21 Jan 2022
Trade Secretary: UK is Africa’s investment partner of choice for green transition
SUMMARY UK hosted the second Africa Investment Conference with focus on sustainable investment to support continent’s transition to clean growth Government launched Growth Gateway tool to strengthen...
7 Jan 2022
2022 Calendar of Sustainability Events
As companies eye this year to execute and communicate their sustainability initiatives, there are major events and dates they need to keenly take note of. These events include; Event Agenda Dates (202...
7 Jan 2022
Sustainability, Setting the pace for a strong valuable reputation
Sustainability is a subject that keeps evolving, and every new day there are new developments to make the world a better place and ensure there is a better future for coming generations. Sustain...
17 Dec 2021
Sustainability Reporting: Shifting from Voluntary To Business Survival Requirement
In 2015, the Paris Agreement became an international pact by some of the United Nations members to put mechanisms and measures to ensure the world reaches a global peak of greenhouse gas emissions as ...
10 Dec 2021
After CoP 26, What Next for Businesses
CoP 26 came to a close on 13th November 2021 after a one-day extension to ensure consensus was reached for the final outcome document. The Final CoP26 Glasgow Pact does not mention any word on the bus...
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