Recently a team from Envirofit Mexico delivered on our commitment to sustainability by volunteering their time on a reforestation effort organized by the State of Mexico Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.… read more
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
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
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
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
