The World's Leading Cookstove Company

Africa’s Largest Cookstove Company

Africa’s Largest Cookstove Company

2.8M+ cookstoves distributed, with the capacity to place 5M+ stoves over the next 2 years

The World’s Most Fuel-efficient Biomass Stoves

The World’s Most Fuel-efficient Biomass Stoves

Our biomass stoves have the highest lifetime and performance – at an 18% average lower price point – as compared to our competitors’ stoves

Africa’s Only Modern Cookstove Manufacturer

Africa’s Only Modern Cookstove Manufacturer

The largest distributional footprint of all cookstove companies in Africa, spanning 20+ countries

Independent Third-party Verification

Independent Third-party Verification

Independent market and academic research have validated BURN’s products as the most fuel-efficient natural-draft biomass stoves in the world

The Best Carbon Cookstove Investment

BURN generates clean cooking carbon credits to fight against deforestation and improve livelihoods in Sub-saharan Africa. As a social enterprise, we reinvest all our revenue to create a better world.

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Fully Integrated Solutions

From product conceptualization to credit issuance, BURN is the only fully integrated modern cookstove carbon developer in the world.

Design

Design

50,000 hours invested in market research, design, durability and performance testing since 2011. 30-member new product development team and a budget of $1 million annually for new product design.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

The first and only company to establish a modern cookstove manufacturing facility in Africa at scale. The 50,000 ft2 solar-powered facility can make a stove every 20 seconds.

Distribution

Distribution

Largest cookstove distribution network in Africa with over 1,500 distribution partners. Diversified channels including wholesale, MFI, Corporate, and B2C.

Project Creation

Project Creation

4 established POAs covering 21 countries with 8 ongoing projects. Carbon projects are overseen by a team with over 75 years of cumulative carbon experience.

Monitoring

Monitoring

30 member-market research and monitoring team and 20 member-customer service team. Network of over 60 service stations in countries of operations supported by real-time, cloud-based data capture technology.

Credit Issuance/Sale

Credit Issuance/Sale

Proven track record of credit issuance under Gold Standard and CDM and planned pipeline of 15 million carbon credits available annually.

Save forests. Improve lives. Make a difference!
Save forests. Improve lives. Make a difference!
Independently Verified Impact
Giving Green

Giving Green exclusively recommends BURN clean cooking carbon projects.

UC Berkeley & the University of Chicago

Independent studies by UC Berkeley & the University of Chicago and YSB validated the efficiency and savings of BURN’s products.

Gold Standard

Our carbon projects are validated by Gold Standard.

Sustainable Development Goals

BURN’s stoves are verified contributors towards the realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) through Clean Cooking

SDGs
Our High Impact Carbon Projects
Africa
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