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GS10789 GS10791 RVPA-4: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Kenya

Gold Standard · GS11432 · Kenya

Credits issued
173,154
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
169,994
98% of issued
Remaining
3,160
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

This VPA deploys highly efficient improved charcoal cookstoves (ICS), known as ‘Jikokoas’ reducing woody biomass consumption for urban and peri-urban households in the Republic of Kenya. F The VPA is implemented by BURN Manufacturing Co. (in the following ‘BURN’), at the same time Coordinating and Managing Entity (CME) of the PoA, the biggest manufacturer of highly efficient improved cookstoves in Sub-Saharan Africa producing all its stoves in the first and only modern cookstove manufacturing facility in Kenya. BURN collaborates with various local partners on the ground to assist in the different activities of this cookstove project. The scenario existing prior to the implementation of the project is the use of very inefficient traditional cookstoves, consuming a lot of non-renewable charcoal and firewood. The high biomass consumption has negative impacts on the environment leading to deforestation and land degradation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) emissions, loss of soil fertility and soils’ reduced ability of water retention. Further, indoor air pollution through health-damaging pollutants while combusting firewood and charcoal result in diseases like e.g. pneumonia, stroke, ischaemic heart diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and lung cancer. The project activity will relieve these negative impacts.

The record

Project ID
GS11432
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Cookstoves · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
—
Developer
ECOA Climate Capital · 45 projects
Country
Kenya
First vintage
2021
Crediting period
2021-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Estimated yearly credits
171,888
Scale
Large Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

households
Basis: Project description (Gold Standard registry). This lists who the project describes working with; it is not a check of benefit-sharing.
Sustainable Development Goals claimed: Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2021
Crediting period
2021-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Credits issued
173,154 (retired 169,994)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Country only The registry gives the country only, so the project is not drawn on the map

The registry gives Kenya as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.

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Credit totals and status are as compiled in the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0) and change as the registries update. Please check the registry record before you quote a figure.
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