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CARBON PROJECT

GS10789 VPA5: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Gold Standard · GS11433 · Democratic Republic of the Congo

All projects Open in the registry
Credits issued
242,877
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
8,666
4% of issued
Remaining
234,211
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 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 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
GS11433
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Cookstoves · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
—
Developer
ECOA Climate Capital · 45 projects
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
First vintage
2021
Crediting period
2021-01-01 to 2030-12-31
Estimated yearly credits
57,442
Scale
Large Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 5: Gender Equality
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 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 5: Gender Equality

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2021
Crediting period
2021-01-01 to 2030-12-31
Credits issued
242,877 (retired 8,666)

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 Democratic Republic of the Congo 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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