News from our Ghana cookstoves program
4 March 2021
Aera announces a double success for its efficient cookstoves program in Ghana
-The first success is the confirmation of the program’s registration to the Korean Offset Credits (KOC). It is now possible to convert CDM credits (Certified Emission Reduction units) to Korean Carbon Units (KCUs) in order to be used for compliance.
-The second success is the issuance of 71,934 CO2 certificates under the CDM standard.
About the project :
Man & Man Enterprise (M&M) was founded in 2007 by Michael Yaw Agyei. To date more than 175,000 families have benefited from M&M improved cookstoves. M&M is succesfully running 2 carbon programs yielding more than 400,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions reduction per year.
Their factory is located in Kumasi. The site employs 175 staff (for both sales and production), and can produce 30,000 stoves per month.
