Early Warning System

Countries

Kenya

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Active

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Borrower

Mr Green Africa Trading Kenya Limited

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Climate and Environment
Industry and Trade

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Loan

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 5.50 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 25.00 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Bank Documents

Project Disclosure

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ DFC website

Updated in EWS Mar 19, 2025

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the loan will support the expansion of MGA’s current facility to a 20,000 metric tons per annum plastic recycling plant in Nairobi, Kenya. The project is expected to: 1) improve informal waste pickers’ livelihoods and working conditions 2) reduce the amount of plastic waste ending in landfills, watersheds, or incinerated, and 3) demonstrate a scalable model for circular economy practices in East Africa.

The new facility would allow MGA torecycle 20,000 metric tons per annum of plastic, while formalizing the recycling supply chain to increase wages and protections for individual plastics suppliers.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

Loans for Projects that include construction and operation of small and medium sized industrial facilities and related commercial worksites are screened as Category B projects under DFC’s environmental and social (E&S) policies because impacts are site-specific and readily mitigated. In accordance with DFC’s Environmental and Social Policy and Procedures (ESPP), the Project has been classified as Special Consideration due to heightened labor risks associated with informal waste pickers (IWPs) from whom MGA sources its plastic waste, and risks of child labor in the plastic waste supply chain.

The primary E&S issues associated with the Project include the risks in the supply chain related to labor and working conditions for IWPs and child labor. The Project’s environmental issues include worker safety (including life and fire safety) and controlling environmental releases to acceptable levels. Climate related risks that will be addressed include: preparations for wildfires, ensuring water availability especially during droughts, the use of non-combustible building materials, and proper fuel management.

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

A $5.5 million loan guaranty, 5 year tenor.

Private Actors Description

A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

Mr Green Africa (MGA) recycles plastic waste into plastic granules and sells them to fast moving consumer goods brand owners in Kenya.

Private Actor 1	Private Actor 1 Role	Private Actor 1 Sector	Relation	Private Actor 2	Private Actor 2 Role	Private Actor 2 Sector
-	-	-	-	Mr Green Africa Trading Kenya Limited	Client	-

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

No contacts available at the time of disclosure.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Unlike many other development finance institutions, DFC does not currently have an access to information policy.

Under the United States Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), DFC is obliged to respond to reasonably formulated requests for Agency records. However, DFC may apply exemptions from release to certain types of information and may charge fees in responding to requests. DFC has a designated FOIA officer who is trained in how to respond to requests and implement the law. You can learn more about filing a FOIA request at: https://www.dfc.gov/foia

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION (DFC)

The Office of Accountability is an independent office that addresses complaints about environmental or social issues related to DFC-supported projects. The office provides communities an opportunity to have concerns independently reviewed and addressed. If you submit a complaint to the Office of Accountability, it may assist you by either seeking to address your problems by facilitating a problem solving dialogue between you and those implementing the project and/or investigating whether the DFC complied with its policies to prevent environmental, social, human rights, and labor harms.

You can find more information about the Office of Accountability at: https://www.dfc.gov/who-we-are/office-accountability