TASC Clean Cooking PoA – VPA 4 (Zambia)
Gold Standard · GS11604 · Zambia
About this project
The goal of the proposed project is to distribute improved cookstoves (ICS) to households in Zambia. The African Stove Company Ltd. (TASC) is the coordinating/managing entity (CME) of the PoA and is the sole implementer of the VPA. TASC’s mission is financing and developing high-impact climate mitigation projects. The VPA is retroactive in nature, as the first ICS was distributed in Zambia on 16th April 2021.
The record
- Project ID
- GS11604
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- THE AFRICAN STOVE COMPANY LIMITED · 9 projects
- Country
- Zambia
- First vintage
- 2021
- Crediting period
- 2021-04-16 to 2026-04-15
- Estimated yearly credits
- 8,589
- Scale
- Large Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 5: Gender Equality
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2021
- Crediting period
- 2021-04-16 to 2026-04-15
- Credits issued
- 14,864 (retired 13,141)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
The registry gives Zambia as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
Other cookstoves projects in Zambia
| TASC Clean Cooking PoA – VPA 3 (Zambia) GS11596 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 1,740,737 |
| TASC Clean Cooking PoA – VPA 1 (Zambia) GS11145 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 1,722,746 |
| Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Sa... VCS2713 · Registered | 1,598,600 |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning c... VCS2371 · Withdrawn | 951,836 |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning c... VCS2340 · Withdrawn | 780,281 |
| Fuel Efficient Stoves in Zambia (Korea Carbon... VCS2735 · Registered | 451,656 |