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CARBON PROJECT

Southern Africa Clean Cookstove Initiative (SACCI) PoA: VPA01 in Zimbabwe

Gold Standard · GS12875 · Zimbabwe

All projects Open in the registry
Credits issued
420,504
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
420,504
100% of issued
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

The ‘South African Clean Cooking Initiative’ (SACCI1) is a special purpose vehicle incorporated to distribute improved cookstoves (ICS) in the Southern African host country Zimbabwe. These improved cookstoves reduce the dependence of the local people living in rural areas on the firewood. This reduction in the firewood consumption will result in a reduction in the deforestation activities taking place in the project boundary. The ICS units are installed at the household level without any costs incurred by the households. The VPA will continue distributing the ICS units to households free of cost. The sole income source of the VPA is the carbon finance. The sale of VERs will help the VPAI (VPA implementer) to continue working towards clean cooking dissemination at household level in Zimbabwe, and scale it to benefit the communities and thus create a larger impact.

The record

Project ID
GS12875
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Cookstoves · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
—
Developer
AITHER IMPACT INC. · 2 projects
Country
Zimbabwe
First vintage
2022
Crediting period
2022-06-27 to 2027-06-26
Estimated yearly credits
212,766
Scale
Small Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

householdslocal communities
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 5: Gender Equality · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2022
Crediting period
2022-06-27 to 2027-06-26
Credits issued
420,504 (retired 420,504)

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 Zimbabwe 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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