Nairobi, Jan. 4 -- The beginning of the year is a season of strategy. Boardrooms are busy approving budgets, refining targets, and aligning teams around priorities that will drive performance. Finance, operations, marketing, and human resources all make their case for investment. Climate action must now be treated the same way.

For too long, climate considerations have been parked under corporate social responsibility or glossy sustainability reports. That approach is no longer tenable. Climate action is no longer a "nice to have". It is a business necessity.

Public policy is making this clear. In a landmark move last year, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) launched the Kenya Green Finance Taxonomy alongside the Climate Risk Disclosure Fr...