As global sustainability challenges intensify, ANDE’s new investment guides provide a roadmap for investors to drive both environmental impact and economic returns in Kenya and India.
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), is proud to announce the release of comprehensive investment guides on waste management, delivered in partnership with Climake and KOIS Advisory with grant support by the IKEA Foundation through the Access to Green Finance Project. These reports provide actionable insights for stakeholders—investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and corporates—aiming to contribute to Kenya and India’s waste and circularity transformation. The path forward is clear: innovation, collaboration, and strategic investments can drive the change needed for a sustainable future.
“Through these guides, we aim to unlock the immense potential of Kenya and India’s waste and circularity sectors, empowering investors and entrepreneurs to drive transformative change,” said Abigayle Davidson, ANDE’s Director of Research and Impact.
Key Highlights:
- Kenya guides’ focus areas include plastic waste, organic waste, wastewater, and integrated waste management. The guides identify pathways for leveraging innovative financing to scale sustainable solutions.
- India guides cover plastic circularity, e-waste and lithium-ion battery recycling, agricultural biomass waste, and municipal solid waste management. The reports outline how tailored financial strategies can drive growth in these sectors.
WHEN: Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. (EAT), 4:00 p.m. (IST)
WHO:
- Charlotte Badenoch, Principal, KOIS (Kenya lead)
- Shravan Shankar, Co-Founder, Climake (India lead)
(There will be a presentation followed by Q&A)
WHERE: Virtually via Zoom Webinar. Register here to attend.
Charlotte Badenoch, Principal, KOIS
Charlotte is an innovative finance expert and leads KOIS’s work in East Africa, focusing on projects in healthcare, clean energy, circular economy, gender and humanitarian financing. Charlotte has expertise designing, structuring and managing a diverse range of innovative impact financing mechanisms, as well as helping organisations shape strategies enhancing their societal impact. Prior to joining KOIS, Charlotte led the global social finance team at Plan International, an international development organisation seeking to advance children’s rights and equality for girls in over 75 countries. Charlotte previously worked for Roland Berger in London, where she specialised in private equity due diligence (both vendor and commercial). Charlotte holds an BA in French and Spanish from the University of Oxford (St Catherine’s College), and a MSc in Global Politics from the London School of Economics. Charlotte collaborated with ANDE to develop and publish the investment guides for the waste management and circularity sector in Kenya.
Shravan Shankar, Co-Founder, Climake
Shravan is a co-founder of Climake. He has over 13 years experience focused around mainstreaming sustainability, working with organisations across Asia and Europe, and developing national policies in India and Sri Lanka.
He has previously co-founded AtWorks, an impact entrepreneurship ecosystem builder, that was recognised as a circular economy solution for India by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation and has been recognized with a National Award on Smart City Solutions by the Government of India.
Funded by the IKEA Foundation, this project aims to enhance access to green finance for small and growing businesses, fostering sustainable and circular economies in emerging markets.