Global Alliance for Clean Cooking


Field Notes – Handwoven silks and cookstoves in Paithan, India

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


Envirofit and Biolite selected to receive first funding from Clean Cooking Working Capital Fund

The Clean Cooking Working Capital Fund (Fund) has awarded its first round of funding to two social enterprise firms – Envirofit International and BioLite. The USD 4 million Fund is designed to accelerate development of the clean cooking supply chain in low-income communities by supporting enterprises that face difficulty accessing traditional sources of capital.… read more


ENVIROFIT INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER – SPRING 2016

I am happy to report solid growth in the first quarter of 2016 across the multiple geographies where Envirofit operates. We’re excited to announce that we’ve added another assembly and distribution site to our operations in Western Africa, as the doors of our facility in Accra, Ghana opened earlier this month. … read more


PRESS RELEASE – ENVIROFIT AWARDED GRANT TO EXPAND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM AND INCREASE CLEAN ENERGY ADOPTION IN RURAL KENYA – SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Envirofit, a social enterprise that designs, develops and delivers the highest performing, lowest cost clean energy cookstoves, announced today that it has been awarded a grant from the Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) Program in Southern and East Africa to expand their Women’s Empowerment Programs in Kenya.… read more


ENVIROFIT INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER-WINTER 2014

I recently returned from the Cookstove Futures Summit, hosted by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves in New York, where I was impressed by the response from the international community to commit 4 billion dollars to the clean cookstove sector. This support marks a monumental change in raising the voice for the clean cookstoves movement… read more