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Africa Green Business Awards
Climate Change
The Africa Green Business Awards helps businesses gain recognition for their achievement throughout the year in protecting and enhancing our environment.
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Climate Change
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The Africa Green Business Awards helps businesses gain recognition for their achievement throughout the year in protecting and enhancing our environment.
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Climate Change
Africa Green Business Awards
The Africa Green Business Awards helps businesses gain recognition for their achievement throughout the year in protecting and enhancing our environment.
Read More
Africa Green Business Awards
The Africa Green Business Awards is set to recognise the extraordinary contribution & commitment that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and other organizations make towards growing a greener future in the Kenya businesses today.
The Awards is a leading platform for sustainability intelligence, leadership and innovation in best green practice in Kenya.
The Awards help businesses gain recognition for their achievements throughout the year in protecting and enhancing our environment.
Whether you are a multi-national or an MSME, a government department or a Non-governmental organization, or simply an individual who is hoping to make a difference; the Green Business Awards is the forum which will bring recognition to you on a national scale.
Why Climate Change
Africa accounts for just 3.8% of greenhouse gas emissions globally. However, the continent is the most highly exposed to the impacts of climate change. We are starting to see its effects in temperature changes, with most of the continent experiencing a 1-degree Celsius rise since 1901. If the continent warms by2 degrees Celsius by 2050 – according to IPCC projections – crop yields across sub-Saharan Africa will reduce by 10%.
On the one hand, going green has thus become a necessity for running a successful and sustainable business, rather than an option. On the other hand, businesses are also uniquely placed to contribute positively to the environment.
WHY GREEN BUSINESS?
Africa Green businesses create work that is decent, contributes to poverty reduction and leads to social inclusion.
Going green can help businesses, provide a marketing advantage, and result in cost savings and increased efficiency and productivity.
By participating in the green economy, your business contributes towards reducing unemployment
by creating green jobs and decent work.
WHAT IS GREEN BUSINESS?
The concept of “green business” is composed of two elements – “green” and “business”. ‘” Business” is about making money. But “Green” means doing so while sustainably harnessing opportunities that nature holds, and without harming the environment.
Entrepreneurs can enter into the “green” business sector by either providing environmentally friendly products or services or through an environmentally friendly process or with the help of clean technologies which reduce any negative effects of the business.
EVIDENCE OF GREEN BUSINESS INITIATIVES
Describe the steps taken to reduce and recycle waste within your organisation
Describe any efforts to engage with “green” suppliers, or to source local, Kenyan, and sustainable products/materials, to ensure the achievement of your sustainability objectives.
Describe the steps your organisation has taken to improve energy efficiency and/or water efficiency
Describe any activities your organisation has recently taken to conserve biodiversity, use biological resources sustainably, and improve natural habitats.
Describe any sustainable transport initiatives your organisation has taken, e.g., to reduce congestion, to green your fleet, or any other any other actions that result in fuel savings, or CO2 emission reduction.
Describe how you engage with your community and support the local economy like contributing to its surrounding environment or community.
What commitment has been made to staff training and communication of your green initiatives? What is the level of senior management buy in? Does it form a central part of the culture?
OBJECTIVES OF AGBA
The Africa Climate Summit & AGBA
The Summit served as a platform to inform, frame, and influence commitments, pledges, and outcomes, ultimately leading to the development of the Nairobi Declaration.
Although climate change is a universal existential threat, there is good reason for Africa’s institutions and leadership to drive the agenda of mitigating its effects,” HE Dr. William Ruto, The president of the Republic of Kenya,
The Africa Green Business Awards is therefore set to recognise the extraordinary contribution & and commitment that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and other organizations make towards growing a greener future in the Kenya businesses today.
"Built on the premise of the Africa Climate Summit, 2023, the Africa Green Business Awards is a leading platform for sustainability intelligence, leadership and innovation in best green practices in Africa."
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AGBA
AFRICA GREEN BUSINESS AWARDS SCHEDULE
2024 2024 2024 2024
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Finalists Announced
Awards Gala
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There is no charge to enter the Green Awards so identify your categories and start putting your entries together!
