• This initiative is mandated by resolution 5/14 of the 2022 5th United Nations Environment Assembly Kenya (UNEA 5.2).

Kenya is at the forefront of ongoing global negotiations to develop a legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, including the marine environment.

This initiative is mandated by resolution 5/14 of the 2022 5th United Nations Environment Assembly Kenya (UNEA 5.2).

According to the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, the country is actively engaged in these global negotiations driven by an elaborate stakeholder engagement process that covers public and private sector involvement as well as civil society.

On July 1, 2024, the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change, and Forestry, Hon Soipan Tuya, met with the Chairman and CEO of global consumer goods company SC Johson, Dr Herbert Fisk Johnson III, to explore opportunities for a partnership in plastic pollution management.

“As a pioneering global fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) conglomerate, SC Johnson has a huge presence in the Kenyan market, employing thousands of Kenyans across various value chains and product lines,” said the Ministry in a statement on X.

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The meeting was attended by Eng. Festus K. Ng'eno, the Principal Secretary in charge of the State Department for Environment and Climate Change, Kenya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Ambassador Gertrude Angote, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Director General Mamo Mamo, as well as the Ministry's Head of Multilateral Environment Agreements, Linda Kosgei.