Shared Value Foundation is curretly running the net to zero campaign which seeks for businesses, companies, investors and governments to commit to net-zero climate change. This means no more emitting greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. This compaign originated from the Paris Agreement which established a deadline of 2050 and which Kenya was a part of.
The Paris Agreement is an agreement with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020. Kenya signed the treaty in 22nd of April 2016 and the treaty entered force in 27th of January 2017.
Shared Value Foundation Opportunities of net-zero goal
Shared Value Foundation aims to highlight issues that are pivotal to creating durable value including management of capital, long-term strategy, purpose and climate change in its partnerships with companies, businesses and organizations. We urge business leaders to resist the pressure for short-term value extraction over value creation for longer-term. We believe that every company should serve a social purpose, showing how they contribute to society as well as delivering financial performance.
Shared Value Foundation helps its clients build resilient portfolios and achieve better long-term returns. A program run by Shared Vale Foundation is the Crowd Funding in which it offers a platform for sustainable businesses to gain trainings and funding from investors and people who are willing to support their course. These applies to businesses that are in the fields of clean energy, climate change, circular economy, sustainable agriculture and water and sanitation.
