Today is Sun, 22 Dec 2024
More on vellum green
26 Apr 2023
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Overview of Carbon Trading in Kenya
Carbon trading, or emissions trading, is a market-based mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is a tool governments and businesses use to limit their carbon footprint, which is the amount o...
18 Apr 2023
Innovation in protecting the environment: Giving natural resources a legal personality
The environment and sustainable development are crucial topics in today’s world as we face pressing issues such as climate change, deforestation, and pollution. One approach to protecting the en...
7 Apr 2023
Greening Africa’s judiciary: Promoting climate justice and gender equality
Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing Africa today, with far-reaching impacts on human livelihoods, food security, health, and the environment. According to the United Nations, Africa i...
31 Mar 2023
Sustainability reporting is a better option for businesses instead of greenwashing
Greenwashing is a term used to describe a company’s practice of making misleading or false claims about the environmental benefits of its products, services, or operations. Greenwashing is often...
24 Mar 2023
Our shared responsibility can help the world accelerate toward sustainable water use
Water is a shared resource, with diverse actors and multiple stakeholders involved in its ownership, use and management. As such, the responsibility to take care of water resources and ensure sustaina...
17 Mar 2023
Fighting destruction of the environment through peacemaking efforts and environmental management
Peace and environmental management are linked in many ways. In the modern world, environmental degradation has become an increasingly important issue for peace and security. As the global climate chan...
10 Mar 2023
Chasing Zero: Achieving net-zero by 2050 calls for great sacrifices by all stakeholders
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a call to action, stating that global CO2 emissions must reach net-zero by approximately 2050 in order to limit global warming to 1.5°C abo...
3 Mar 2023
Draft Green Fiscal Incentives Policy Framework: What it means for the business ecosystem in Kenya
As sustainability becomes increasingly popular among business stakeholders (such as investors), countries are realizing that the sustainability position of their constituent companies has a direct eff...
17 Feb 2023
UNEP fostering environmental sustainability in East Africa through multilateral agreements
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is tasked with promoting environmental sustainability all over the world. As the first environmental agency in the United Nations system, it was founded...
13 Feb 2023
Sustainable gains made through the Renewable Energy Policy in Kenya
In recent years, Kenya has made significant strides in advancing the renewable energy sector and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. With a growing population and expanding economy, Kenya’s ene...
3 Feb 2023
BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE BY ADOPTING SUSTAINABILITY
Increasingly, governments around the world are introducing policies to curb further climate change. Kenya has not been an exception with various proposals being made in Parliament in the past few mont...
27 Jan 2023
Entrenching sustainability in Kenya’s fashion industry: Brands that have taken a leap
Sustainable fashion is a movement and process of fostering change in fashion products and the fashion system towards greater ecological integrity and social justice. Sustainable fashion entails more t...
© 2024 Vellum. All Rights Reserved.