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KCIC Consulting Limited (KCL) and Premier Academy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to champion climate change education among young people in Kenya.   

The Wood Architect Rockstars program, a knowledge platform for architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and timber experts, took place on the 24th of October to 4th of November at Tobriana Hotel in Nairobi. The event themed, The Journey, aimed at changing the narrative around timber and to break the cycle of skepticism around wood as a desirable […]

Kenya is among the first countries that will receive funding from Nature, People and Climate Investment programme (NPC), a newly launched initiative by Climate Investment Fund (CIF). The announcement was made by CIF CEO Mafalda Duarte at the ongoing COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt where she congratulated the first group of countries that will […]

KCIC Consulting yesterday joined KEPSA to launch the Private Sector Strategy on Climate Change in Kenya. The Strategy has been developed as a national guide for the private sector to invest and implement climate change solutions at national and county levels in line with the reviewed Kenya’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The Strategy prioritizes private […]

PRESS RELEASE Nairobi, Tuesday, October 25 – Climate-KIC, in conjunction with KCIC Consulting Limited (KCL), launched the Wood Architect Rockstar program in Kenya yesterday. The Wood Architect Rockstars program is part of the Climate Smart Forest Economy Program (CSFEP), funded by the Good Energies Foundation. The program consists of the Journey challenge aimed at tackling […]

PRESS RELEASE Nairobi, Saturday October 22 – EIT Climate-KIC, in partnership with KCIC Consulting Limited (KCL) will launch a challenge for timber construction enthusiasts in Kenya dubbed Climathon. Climathon is a global climate action campaign connecting cities and citizens of all age groups to engage in changing their area for the better. The program is […]

Over the years, there have been many misconceptions concerning timber construction in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Timber is considered fragile and susceptible to natural risks such as flooding, termite infestation, and wildfires. Wood construction is also perceived to be insecure as it would be easy for criminals to break inside a wooden house. Timber has also […]

Tall timber buildings, made entirely of mass timber (layers of wood bonded together) or steel-timber and timber-concrete hybrid construction, are gaining popularity worldwide. Every couple of months a yet taller timber building seems to pop up somewhere. Last month for instance, an Australian developer, Thrive Construct, announced the world’s tallest steel-timber hotel in the country. However, for […]

The two-week Journey Program in Nairobi, Kenya from Oct 24th – Nov 4th, 2022, will offer young professionals, graduates, engineers and architects a chance to discuss how wood can build better, quicker, and with higher quality. Billed as an opportunity to connect with the ‘doers and thinkers’ in the world of timber, the program is open […]

Future uncertainty has increased as a result of climate change. As its effects worsen over time, one thing is certain: We shall leave the Earth to the children and youth of today and future generations. According to the United Nations, there are 1.8 billion young people in the globe between the ages of 10 and […]

ESG is an analytical framework relating Environmental, Social, and Governance performance to outcomes specifically understanding of how a company’s operations, culture, and structure influence performance.

Conference of Parties, COPs, are not an end in themselves but a meeting point to assess and define the road ahead. Indeed, the COP27, which is to be hosted in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh in November 2022, is positioned as an opportune moment for a different type of African COP given that Africa […]

The Sustainable Waste Management Bill, 2021, which took effect on Thursday, July 7, 2022, requires businesses and residents to sort and manage their waste. This Act, developed by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, was passed into legislation with amendments by the Kenyan National Assembly 

Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone of any growing economy worldwide. According to The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM). MSMEs in Kenya account for 50% of all jobs, 70% of the total employment rate, and 50% of the country’s GDP.

Are you a prolific writer who is passionate and concerned about climate change and sustainability? Here is an opportunity for your sentiments to be featured in the upcoming issue of ASM magazine, as the magazine is soliciting individuals to submit articles for publishing.

The perspective that meaningful and credible sustainability reporting is an essential requirement for any responsible business is increasingly becoming accepted by many companies worldwide.

In early June 1972, world leaders met in Stockholm, Sweden for the first-ever global conference on the environment and sustainable development. This past week, the UN system returned to Stockholm after 50 years for a global stock-take on the progress made since then, and to give leaders an opportunity to meet and reestablish momentum behind the sustainable development goals after the major setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

KCIC Consulting has developed a Certificate in Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) course for people seeking to further themselves and their companies in the practice of sustainability reporting. 

Vision 2030 remains a long-term development blueprint for the country motivated by a collective desire for a better society by the year 2030. In less than eight years, the world will be eager to know the progress

One of the immediate priorities for both business and society at large is the need for sustainable transformation. With climate change, overconsumption and the need to build back better - it is clear that organisations who do not have a solid sustainable development plan now risk consumers disengaging, employees leaving and investors refusing to invest.

African countries have suffered some of the world’s heaviest burdens from the climate crisis, including heat waves, droughts, and floods. Those effects will undoubtedly worsen in the next decade

The last in a series of major United Nations climate reports arrived with a thud on Monday. But if the previous two reports chronicled all the ways in which the climate crisis is an existential danger, the new report is a call to action. Call it the get-shit-done report.

In 2022, the African continent will be in the headline when it comes to matters of climate change. In November this year, the world will be gathering in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to discuss and agree on how to curtail and, at the same time, adapt to climate change.

To achieve sustainable development goal-seven (SDG-7) on affordable and clean energy, SMEs need to understand the importance of fully tracking their carbon footprint. Unfortunately, according to climate links, a global knowledge portal for climate and development practitioners

What is a sustainable business practice? I’m sure many people if pressed, couldn’t quite put their finger on precisely what it means. While it’s undefined, there’s no dark art to it – it’s simply enhancing the way you generate revenue or manage costs – in a sustainability-related way

Kenya Climate Innovation Center Consulting Limited (KCL) offers development communication services to organizations that are keen on communicating their impact.

KCIC Consulting Limited (KCL) is a one-stop center for consulting services. KCL mainly offers a broad spectrum of consulting services to government institutions, Central and County governments, Corporations, International organizations, Small and Medium enterprises, national and international NGOs, etc.