The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) is the private sector apex and umbrella body set up in 2003 to bring together the business community in a single voice to engage and influence public policy for an enabling business environment. It is a limited liability membership organization, with a membership of over 500,000 direct and indirect members organized through Business Membership Organizations and Corporate members. KEPSA is a key player in championing the interests of the Kenyan business community in trade, investment, and industrial relations. Its vision is to be a world-class private sector apex body. The primary mission is to ensure year-on-year improvement in the overall business environment for Kenya by working together with the Government and other stakeholders. KEPSA coordinates structured policy dialogues through its institutionalized public-private dialogues (PPD’s) of the 16 sectors boards that reflect the economy's various sectors.
Through its social arm, KEPSA champions socio-economic transformation through partnerships with the Government through:
- Advocating for better policy and regulatory conditions in the country
- Promoting action-based best practices, CSR, conservation, protection, and prudent use of Kenya’s natural resources
- Ensuring dignified living conditions, quality life, socio-cultural wealth, human development, growth, and sustainable development for posterity
- Promoting, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating private sector activities in pursuit of an enabling business environment;
- Facilitating consensus building and harmonized private sector approaches on cross- sectorial issues.
About Sustainable Inclusive Business SIB-K
The Sustainable Inclusive Business Kenya (SIB-K), a knowledge centre under the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), was started to respond to the private sector's need to increase its positive impact on people and the planet.
Sustainable Inclusive Business Kenya is a knowledge & Network Centre established in 2015 under the KEPSA Foundation through a fruitful partnership between KEPSA Foundation and MVO Nederland with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kenya.
Sustainable Inclusive Business is driving and catalyzing change through inspiration, knowledge sharing, initiative, facilitation, partnerships and connection. We bring companies and their stakeholders together to share knowledge and good practices and set goals to create a sustainable and inclusive economy and futureproof businesses with positive impact on People and Planet.
We are a neutral platform that works with government, civil society, academia, businesses, startups, youth and business experts across all sectors with these focus areas: Circular Economy (Redesign, Regenerative models, Renewable energy, Waste, Recycling, and Plastics), Climate Change – Food – Land – Water, People (Social Impact, Inclusion, Future of Work, Youth & Gender) and Business Values. The New Business Mindset is about being Future Proof! It is all about good business DNA that creates thriving sustainable, circular, inclusive businesses.
Businesses are the biggest driving force behind any country’s economy. We are therefore mandated to take care of the environment and the people. We have to ensure our footprint does not leave disaster in its wake. You have to ask yourself, what the role and goal of your business is and how can we support you to achieve your GOAL, grow your responsible business practice and improve your Business. Improving your business is always a win! We believe every business can contribute to a sustainable economy!
About the Kenya Plastics Pact (KPP)
The Kenya Plastics Pact (KPP) is a neutral platform of industry-led innovation to rethink how we design, use and reuse plastics, and implement locally tailored solutions towards a circular economy for plastics in Kenya. The KPP brings together key stakeholders in the plastics value chain - businesses, governments, and NGOs - behind a common vision of addressing today's plastic waste and pollution issues. The overarching objective of the KPP will be to support government and industry to deliver a circular economy for plastics, ensuring the implementation of solutions relevant to the Kenyan context. The following goals are identified for The Kenya Plastics Pact to achieve the stated vision and overarching objective:
- To create a platform to convene stakeholders in the plastics value chain, to support cross- sector collaboration and achieve improved environmental and societal outcomes;
- To stimulate a circular plastics economy in Kenya and;
- To unlock socio-economic opportunities in the plastic waste sector.
Your Data
If you choose to apply for this position, you will be providing us with your Personal Data, which we will process for the purposes of selecting a candidate for the position only.
We will keep the Personal Data you share with us as part of the application process for six months from the deadline for application, after which it will be deleted.
Your Personal Data will be accessed only by our HR Staff managing the recruitment process, as well as the members of the selection panel.
You have the right to:
a) ask us for access to your Personal Data and for information about how we process it;
b) to ask us to rectify the Personal Data we have on record for you;
c) to ask us to delete your Personal Data or restrict its use; and
d) to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
To exercise these rights, please contact; [email protected]
If you have any concerns or complaints about how KEPSA processes your Personal Data, please submit them to [email protected]