Togo Clean Cookstoves
Efficient stoves in rural Togolese homes that burn far less wood, easing firewood pressure on 250,000 hectares of local forest and saving each family about US$250 a year in fuel.
The project in numbers
The developer’s figures, as stated in its documents.
100,000efficient stoves in homes
= 5,000 stoves
250,000hectares of forest under less pressure
= 10,000 hectares
Key facts
Efficient Cookstoves
- Labels
- ICVCM CCP · CORSIA eligible
- Developer
- Arborify (VC4Climate)
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Integrity
Clean cooking is one of the most direct ways to improve daily life for rural families, and its benefits are easy to see and to measure.
Draft profile, pending review
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Additional
Families could not afford efficient stoves without the carbon finance that subsidises them.
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Permanent
Each stove is tracked and its use monitored, so savings are counted only while it is in use.
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Measured
Fuel use is surveyed in real homes and checked by independent auditors under Gold Standard rules. Carries the ICVCM CCP label and is CORSIA eligible.
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People and nature
Less smoke in the home, less time gathering wood, about US$250 a year saved per family, and 250,000 hectares of local forest under less pressure.
On the record
- Standard
- Gold Standard · GS12069
- Crediting period
- 2023–2038
- Labels
- ICVCM CCP · CORSIA eligible
Certifications
- Gold Standard for the Global Goals (GS12069)
- ICVCM Core Carbon Principles label
- Registered under Gold Standard for the Global Goals (GS12069).
- ICVCM Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label; CORSIA eligible; "AAA project rating" (the rating agency is not named).
- Permanence: not applicable to avoided emissions. Crediting 2023–2038; fNRB 46%; a second issuance is due June 2026.
What the project does
Most rural families in Togo cook over an open fire, indoors. The project has produced and distributed 100,000 efficient cookstoves, which burn about a sixth of the wood an open fire needs. Kitchens fill with less smoke, families spend about US$250 a year less on fuel, and the pressure on 250,000 hectares of local forest falls.
The project is certified by Gold Standard (GS12069), carries the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles label and is eligible under CORSIA, the aviation scheme. It runs from 2023 to 2038.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from these documents and is reproduced as stated; Lignum & Bloom has not independently verified it.
- Arborify Togo Cookstoves teaser (Togo_teaser 2026.pdf) · 2026