GS11253 GS11790 Jiko Sawa Improved Cookstove Project
Gold Standard · GS12854 · Kenya
About this project
This Voluntary Project Activity (VPA) under the PoA ‘Clean Cooking and Safe Water PoA in Africa by EcoAct’, GS 11253, involves the distribution of improved cookstoves to households in Embu County, Kenya. The objective of this improved cookstove project is to positively impact the lives of beneficiaries, reduce local pressure on forest resources, and avoid greenhouse gas emissions released by cooking with an open fire three-stone traditional cookstove.
The record
- Project ID
- GS12854
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- Schneider Electric France · 5 projects
- Country
- Kenya
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2025-01-02 to 2030-01-01
- Estimated yearly credits
- 57,678
- Scale
- Large Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action · 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 Design (Certified design)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2025-01-02 to 2030-01-01
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
Location
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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