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CEO and co-founder of WEB Limited, Energy Efficiency & Cooling Specialist at Sustainable Energy for All
Nominated by Kenya Green Building Society.
Elizabeth Wangeci Chege is an Energy Efficiency & Cooling Specialist at Sustainable Energy for All and the CEO and co-founder of WEB Limited – for the planet, a sustainable development consultancy. Elizabeth was nominated and appointed in 2017 as the World Green Building Council Africa Regional Network Vice Chairperson, (The first Kenyan and female to hold the continental position) and later served as the Chairperson for a maximum tenure of 6 years up until 2023. She has won various global recognition awards including the inaugural National Diversity and Inclusion Environmental Conservation Champion DIAR Awards 2019, the prestigious World Green Building Council Chair’s Award 2019-2020 and Women in Real Estate; Legends & Leaders 2021; Leader in Leadership Award 2021.
20 years ago, Elizabeth made it her core business to be part of the solution to climate change in sustainable development and lives by the motto “What we build today will form the Africa of tomorrow.’’
She is co-founder and immediate past chairperson of the Kenya Green Building Society (KGBS). Through this volunteer role at Kenya Green Building Society, Elizabeth has collaboratively led the transformation of the built environment in Kenya by embedding green building practices and policies into the construction and financial industry thus mitigating greenhouse gas emission, human health enhancement and boldly stimulating the green jobs agenda. Beyond ESG strategic and technical leadership, Elizabeth believes it is our noble responsibility, as a human community, to enhance the environment in our economic pursuits.
Elizabeth made it her core business to be part of the solution and lives by the motto “What we build today will form the Africa of tomorrow.’’ Beyond Environmental, Social and Governance strategic and technical leadership, Elizabeth continues to strive for Kenya and Africa as a whole on the international roundtable so that the region is not left behind in mitigation, adaptation and resilience to climate change in sustainable development. Elizabeth believes that Kenya and ultimately Africa can leap frog from no cities to smart low carbon resilient cities for the African context.
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