Kenya - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

The projects seeks to promote sustainable waste management through encouragement waste segregation and sorting at household in a more environmental friendly product devoid of further pollution that is our Eco-firendly waste bin made from Bamboo tree.

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

Greenco Internatrional Company is a green enterprises that specialises in offerring environmental managment consultancy, provision of sustainable waste management training awareness and waste management services(collection, transportation,sorting, material recovery, upcycle, safe disporsal)

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Helping the community in ensuring effective management of resultant waste hence reducing environmental pollution, Promoting Actionable intervention towards beating plastic pollution and reducing consumption trend

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your startup provides (at least 3).

Promotion of a sustainable culture towards management of waste, Championing actionable solution towards beating plastic pollution and plastic offestting. Promotion of Organic and eco-friendly products made from Bamboo tree thereby offering market for Bamboo value addition as well as promotion of regenerative agriculture and increase in forest cover

01.04 Please describe who exactly your startup’s product/service is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

low income families within the informal settlement in Kisumu

01.05 When was your company established?

2021-07-27

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

Yes

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

1

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

0

01.09 Please describe the profile of the other owners within your startup (skills, experience, etc.)

I am an environmentalist, waste and circular economy expert, a social innovator and a green enterpreneur

01.10 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link(s) here:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/greenco-international-company/; https://web.facebook.com/dannis.omondi;https://web.facebook.com/greencointernational/

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

Other: environment and waste management

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

the project will enhance the community angle to embrace sustainable principle in waste management as well as promotinon of waste circularity opportunity thereby generating income for households

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

an increase in income and livelihood would mean additional resources made available to be able fend for the family adequately

02.03.01 My startup contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification for my startup

We promote safety of work place to our employee by provision of PPEs

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

promotion of education and awareness on sustainable waste management and environmental education

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

we work with both gender

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification for my startup

education and offering pollution control strategies

02.07.01 My startup contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification for my startup

We promote environmental management and sustainable management solution

02.08.01 My startup contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

the projects seek to promote waste management as a business and encourages the public to embrace circular business model as any other work

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

We embrace dynamic approaches

02.10.01 My startup contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

6

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification for my startup

we work with everybody have no biased

02.11.01 My startup contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

our objective is promotion of sustainable environment clean and health environment

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

Our product seek champion a deliberate consumer shift and dependancy on plastic product that end exercebating pollution to the use of organic and environmental friendly products this resultantly helps in clawing back the introductionof plastic product and reducing impact ofplastic pollutin

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification for my startup

mitigating impacts of pollution especially plastic pollution

02.14.01 My startup contributes to the Life below water goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

reducing plastic pollution and effects of pollution to natural water bodies

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

promotion of a clean, healthy and safe environment

02.16.01 My startup contributes to the Peace Justice and Strong Institutions goal

4

02.16.02 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions- Justification for my startup

Our work amplyfies the need to have proper implimentation laws towards safe guarding environment

02.17.01 My startup contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification for my startup

Prmotion of usage of organic product such as our ecobin needs collaboration and patternship

06.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.02 The product/service represents an entirely new type of product/service.

5

06.03 The product/service could be described as a new technology.

1 - Strongly Disagree

06.04 The product/service is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.05 The product/service could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

5

06.06 The product/service responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.07 The product/service is a new version of an old product/service.

4

06.08 Justification for my startup

The products has unique features to the current products in the market and competitive advantage since it targets the low income segment of the population than has not been covered by our competitor

06.09 Competitive Analysis

Rentokil Initials, they are an international brands with a solid markets however as compared to our startup their products are very high whereus we offer affordable and friendly prices and rates

11.05 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?