This baseline study report is an assessment of gender mainstreaming in the electric mobility (e-mobility) sector in Kenya. The study first delves into gender disparities prevalent in the transport sector, analysing the barriers that women encounter in using, operating, and interacting with the transport sector in Kenya. The study then assesses the current state of the e-mobility industry in Kenya, including the leading companies and key policies, and their gender sensitivity. Finally, the study evaluates the challenges and opportunities for boosting gender mainstreaming in the sector and developing the e-mobility industry to grow the pie for all. Women’s roles and agencies in the transport sector in Kenya serve as the beginning of this assessment, setting a baseline for the nascent e-mobility industry. Women’s usage of transportation, including trip types, modal choice and time of day are analysed to find out how women and men use transport modes differently. E-mobility’s recent developments are then parsed out through the policy environment and industry landscape, with an eye on gender mainstreaming. Key e-mobility related policies are assessed for their impact both on the e-mobility sector in general and their inclusion of gender mainstreaming. Several e-mobility companies are described with an eye on their employment of women, inclusion of women operators, and other gender-sensitive attributes such as working hours and safety design.
Record UK heat, now 130 times more likely due to human influence, has turned sustainable construction from virtue into core risk management. With Verisk forecasting $450bn a year in disaster losses, the test is blunt: assets that cannot withstand heat, flood and fire will be uninsurable or unfinanceable. Clients are commissioning resilience by design, low carbon design, sustainable architecture and energy-efficient buildings evidenced by whole life carbon assessment, lifecycle assessment and life cycle cost analysis. Whole life carbon and embodied carbon performance are moving to the front page of investment committees, binding environmental sustainability in construction to access to capital for net zero carbon buildings and net zero whole life carbon portfolios.
Regulation is tightening. A new fire minister responsible for building safety signals continued post‑Grenfell scrutiny of products and façades, placing sustainable building design, sustainable building practices, breeam and breeam v7 at the centre of due diligence. Biodiversity Net Gain is shifting from box‑ticking to a determinant of consent and land value, mainstreaming green infrastructure and sustainable urban development. With climate politics unsettled, investors are prioritising standards‑based assurance and demonstrable sustainability, reinforcing eco-design for buildings, sustainable design and sustainable material specification as non‑negotiable.
Materials governance is hardening. From April 2027, chemically recycled plastic will count toward the UK Plastic Packaging Tax only via certified mass‑balance chains of custody, a precedent likely to flow into construction product claims, environmental product declarations (epds) and the carbon footprint of construction. Expect deeper audits of embodied carbon in materials, low embodied carbon materials, low carbon construction materials, green building materials and green building products, with resource efficiency in construction, building lifecycle performance and carbon footprint reduction verified at product and project level to de‑risk procurement.
ScottishPower’s Hagshaw Hill decommissioning achieved 99.9% reuse and recycling, proving circular economy logistics at utility scale. The same circular economy in construction—end‑of‑life reuse in construction, circular construction strategies, deconstruction planning and life cycle thinking in construction—can lift reuse rates for buildings and infrastructure, cutting waste, life cycle cost and the environmental impact of construction while advancing decarbonising the built environment through low carbon building methods, renewable building materials, eco‑friendly construction and green construction.
Resilience, verified carbon data and circularity now define investable, low‑impact construction and carbon neutral construction.
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