Our manifesto
Our values
Our community is guided by four core values:
Ambitious: providing a platform for meaningful content that translates to action
Collaborative: bridging sector divides, industries and competitors
Inclusive: connecting senior leaders from corporates to communities
Local: membership based locally and focused on local stakeholders
Our Pillars
We enable our community of climate professionals to:
CONNECT with a climate community: build local relationships in the climate space and share in-person experiences to build understanding and partnership
COLLABORATE with peers and partners: share their views, achievements, and opportunities on a members platform to collaborate with both local and cross-network stakeholders
CONTRIBUTE to the climate ecosystem: join expert groups and create shared outputs on topical issues that help to inform policy making, share network insights and showcase climate action
Our members
We strive to make our community and events accessible and inclusive, whilst ensuring climate-relevance and diversity of people, backgrounds and organisations to build value for all. Members apply to join the network through this application form and must meet our admission criteria:
- Working for an organisation where the primary mission is to address an aspect of climate change
- OR Working in a role where the primary goal is to address climate and sustainability issues for an organisation that may not be solely focused on the climate crisis
- AND Living or spending a majority of their time in Kenya
These criteria has been designed to ensure that the community remains focused on climate professionals and each new person adds value to the rest of the community. We recognise the needs for other communities focused, for example, on youth, communities and activism, and we are increasingly forging links between other groups so that we can provide these connections whilst our community remains focused on serving climate professionals.
Once an organisation reaches more than 2 members accepted into the network, we invite them to become Organisation Members of the network. This incurs a flat, annual fee which grants access for up to 6 employees so that the most relevant people are part of the network. If existing members cannot make an event then they may nominate an alternative staff member. This structure aims to enable access for a wide and diverse range of organisations, whilst asking those who are most active in the network to contribute towards its financial sustainability.
Organisation Members enjoy benefits such as early event access, website placement, and the ability to share opportunities through NCN channels. We work closely with members to facilitate direct introductions to business contacts, curate targeted guest lists for events and discussions, and provide members with access to conversations that shape the climate landscape in Kenya.
We expect our members to contribute to the network by:
1. Connecting with a climate community:
Regularly participate in NCN meetings and events
Promote the network and its activities to help build the community
2. Collaborating with peers and partners:
Share knowledge, learning, materials and experience of implementing climate solutions
Keep us informed with activities so that we can share them with others
Respect the network as an impartial platform working across organisations and bringing together many different types of climate solutions
3. Contributing to the climate ecosystem:
Commit to addressing climate change through active work implementing solutions in Kenya
Respond to surveys and network outputs in order to help build shared knowledge on climate solutions in Kenya
Input to relevant working group outputs that can help to influence the broader ecosystem for climate solutions and build a better enabling environment for all
NCN makes no preferences across competitors and brings everyone together across industries, sectors and backgrounds to accelerate climate solutions across all angles. By working together as a collaborative ecosystem of actors, we can help solve the climate crisis faster and more effectively.
