Everyone who saw the SuperSaver Charcoal admired it. When I say everyone, I mean everyone - anyone who saw it would stop and ask about it. This includes soldiers, drivers, street vendors, hotel and project staff, cooks, and even other local improved cookstove manufacturers.… read more
Earlier this year in August, Envirofit Mexico donated two wood-saving stoves to the Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) in support of the community of Xaltepec, Huauchinango, which was severely affected by Storm Earl. Heavy rains from the storm triggered landslides in the mountains of the northern state of Puebla, near… read more
Priya Thyagaraj, Envirofit India's Director of Communications & Social Media, was recently profiled in Women At Work magazine.… read more
After two years of rigorous research, and months of focus group tests surveying over 2,000 customers, the new Envirofit SuperSaver Charcoal Stove went on sale throughout Nairobi in July. Our team in Kenya hit the ground running with demand for the new stove pouring in from partners, distributors and customers. … read more
Humility and well-earned pride in accomplishment are both emotions that shine through in Mangesh Ayawale. Mangesh moved to Pune and joined Envirofit India four years ago, and in that time he has worked his way forward from an office boy to a skilled salesman.… read more
Paithan is a city of contrast. Relatively urban homes and markets are set against small homes with herds of buffaloes tethered outside, and hand-operated looms with rich silks in the dark interior. This city is known for its glorious, hand-woven silks, with silk sarees from Paithan often selling for tens of thousands of rupees, and… read more
For businesses wanting to a make a social impact, the best place to begin is by taking a closer look at the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs provide a framework to address the root causes of poverty and ensure that global social challenges are solved inclusively. … read more
Reaching wood cookstove users at the base of the economic pyramid is the greatest challenge for the cookstove industry. How do you create a new cookstove market in rural areas to target customers who live below the poverty line? … read more
Social enterprises understand that everyone is united by the desire to live well. One of the amazing things that social enterprises can do is help give a voice to the voiceless by working with underserved communities to develop life-improving goods and services. The clean cookstove sector exists to address a problem that is global in… read more
Regardless of how much money you have, people don’t like being patronized. Eight years into running a social enterprise, I have seen first-hand the good that business can do in alleviating global problems. It was only after meeting our customers first-hand to listen to their needs and design a cookstove that fit their lifestyle that… read more
