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
Solar Sister's video "Sister to Sister, Stove by Stove" shows the positive impacts that clean cookstoves have on individuals, households and communities.… read more
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s Development Finance Institution, today announced a $4 million financing commitment to Envirofit International, a social enterprise that innovates smart energy products to improve lives on a global scale.… read more
Global leaders are meeting in France at the COP21 conference to debate how countries can curb pollution by businesses and households in order to mitigate the effects of climate change. Discussion is expected to center on the recurring goals of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from industrial manufacturing and fossil fuels.… read more
This past quarter marked a major milestone for Envirofit with the announcement of our 1 millionth household reached. Through these 1 million stoves we impacted 5 million people, prevented the release of 17 million tons of CO2, saved consumers 138 million dollars in fuel costs, saved wood collectors 18 million working weeks of time, and… read more
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and First Lady Ana Garcia Hernandez have continued their commitment to preserving the Honduran environment and helping lift their people out of poverty through their ongoing fight against deforestation, pollution, and climate change.… read more
Envirofit International announced today that it has reached its one-millionth clean cookstove customer. As a first in the industry, this milestone represents not only the growing global demand for clean cookstoves but also the company’s ability to scale.… read more
It is estimated that about three billion people worldwide are exposed to smoke from domestic open burners inside households. In developing countries smoke intoxication takes the lives of four million people, six times more than malaria and three times more than tuberculosis and AIDS.… read more
Over the past eight years, we have learned from practical experiences, and through sharing our journey we aim to highlight areas where governments, development agencies, NGOs, social investors, private companies, and fellow cookstove manufacturers can accelerate the expansion of the clean cookstove sector.… read more
The simple act of cooking a meal kills more than 15,000 people in Mexico each year. To combat this health epidemic, Envirofit International - a social enterprise that designs, develops and delivers the highest performing, lowest cost clean energy cookstoves - announced the opening of a modern, improved-cookstove factory in Mexico City, Mexico.… read more
