Centenary Bank Launches Cente Green Days To Grow 500,000 trees by 2030

What the report says

Centenary Bank has launched Cente Green Days, a five-year tree-growing and landscape restoration programme aimed at supporting the planting of 500,000 indigenous timber and fruit trees across Uganda by 2030. Watchdog Uganda reported the launch took place in Kampala on August 28, 2026, under the theme “Growing Trees, Transforming Lives, Restoring Creation.”

According to the report, the initiative is intended to help restore degraded land while also delivering environmental and economic benefits to communities. Centenary Bank Managing Director Godfrey Byekwaso said the effort fits within the bank’s environmental, social and governance agenda and its wider push for sustainable and responsible banking. He linked the project to the need to protect livelihoods and strengthen resilience in communities affected by climate-related pressures.

The bank said it plans to support the planting of 100,000 trees each year for five years. This year’s target is expected to help restore about 300 acres of degraded land across 12 districts, rising to roughly 1,500 acres over the full programme period. The initiative is being carried out with the Uganda Episcopal Conference and Good Forests Foundation, with dioceses including Arua, Nebbi, Jinja, Masaka, Mbarara, Kabale, Kasese, Kotido, Moroto, Fort Portal and Tororo already involved.

The report said Centenary Bank has supported tree growing since 2023 and has already backed more than 250,000 trees nationwide. It also noted that the bank began measuring its carbon emissions in 2025 and is taking steps to reduce its environmental footprint as part of its broader climate and sustainability efforts.