•General environmental requirements and policy

•General environmental management

•Air emissions and air quality

•Water quality and wastewater discharge and treatment

•Environmental impact assessment

•Strategic environmental impact assessment

•Soil and groundwater contamination

•Waste management

•Health and safety-related regulations, schemes and policies

•Safety management

•Facility/ process safety

•Emergency preparedness and response

•Occupational health

•Chemical-related regulations, schemes and policies

•Hazardous materials handling

•Hazardous materials management

•Trends relevant to REACH, WEEE, and RoHS

•Ecology and biodiversity-related regulations, scheme and policies

•Wildlife and biodiversity

•Fisheries

•Forestry

•Coastal pollution

•Energy-related regulations, schemes and policies

•FIT (Feed In Tariff) and RPS (Renewable Portfolio Standard) in the region

•Voluntary national clean development mechanisms

•Energy audits and eco-design

•Eco-labeling, carbon and water footprint

•Carbon offsets

• Regional community treaties and multilateral environmental agreements

•Treaty of the establishment of the East African community

•Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

•Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

•Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)

•Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance

•United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)