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GS10789 VPA71: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Ghana
Gold Standard · GS11672 · Ghana
Credits issued
28,294
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
0% of issued
Remaining
28,294
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
About this project
This VPA involves the distribution of Improved cooking devices in Ghana that replace inefficient methods of cooking like 3-stone fires.
The record
- Project ID
- GS11672
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- Global Cookstoves Ltd. · 12 projects
- Country
- Ghana
- First vintage
- 2021
- Crediting period
- 2021-08-20 to 2026-08-19
- Estimated yearly credits
- 248,080
- Scale
- Large Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
The registry record we hold does not describe the communities involved.
Registry documents (the project design document and validation report) normally cover consultation and benefit-sharing; open the record in the registry to read them.
Sustainable Development Goals claimed: Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2021
- Crediting period
- 2021-08-20 to 2026-08-19
- Credits issued
- 28,294 (retired 0)
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 Ghana as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
Other cookstoves projects in Ghana
| Gyapa Cook Stoves Project in Ghana GS407 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 6,381,551 |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking... GS2094 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 4,066,482 |
| *Improved Household Charcoal Stoves in Ghana GS413 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 1,534,448 |
| Improved Cookstove Distribution in Ghana by EK... VCS3801 · Verification approval requested | 549,989 |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking... GS11564 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 418,612 |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking... GS11624 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 413,278 |
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.