NAIROBI, KENYA: Safaricom has partnered with the Kenya forest Services to plant five million trees by 2025 as one of the ways to offset its carbon footprint in line with the NetZero emissions commitment. SEE ALSO: MPESA services restored, Safaricom saysCarbon offset schemes allow individuals and companies to invest in environmental projects around the world to balance out their carbon footprints. Offsetting means calculating emissions and then purchasing equivalent “credits” from projects that prevent or remove the emissions of an equivalent amount of greenhouse gases elsewhere. In his presentation, the CCF stated that through the partnership with Safaricom, the Service has gained a complementary boost in its efforts towards the restoration of degraded forest areas. Meanwhile, the Kenya Forest Service led a tree planting at NYS Compound in Mamboleo, Kisumu County where 1,000 trees were planted to mark the start of the Kazi Mitaani Hygiene Initiative.

Source: Standard Digital July 23, 2020 08:26 UTC