Our Journey
Carbon Zero
We are on a journey to eliminate any negative impact we have on the environment. Since 2008, we’ve been working with a carbon management company to calculate and offset our corporate carbon footprint to become carbon zero.
Carbon management since 2008
Taking responsibility for our footprint
Since 2008, Refreshment Systems has worked with a carbon-management partner to calculate our corporate carbon footprint and support projects that help compensate for unavoidable emissions.
At the same time, our focus continues to shift towards directly reducing the emissions generated by our operations, from vehicles and energy use to technology, logistics and our supply chain.
We have established a carbon baseline through detailed audits and continue to monitor our progress against our reduction targets.
- Carbon reduction
- Responsible operations
- Community impact
Carbon Zero
Our impact
- tonnes of CO₂e saved
- 6,799+
- tonnes of Wood saved
- 5,528
- Energy-efficient stoves built
- 2,188
- People positively impacted
- 11,438
- Children impacted
- 6,566
- Hours of Working time saved
- 142,343
These figures demonstrate that our environmental commitments can also create wider social benefits for communities.
Carbon Zero
Supporting the Kenyan Stove Project
Reducing carbon while improving lives
Since 2008, Refreshment Systems has supported an energy-efficient stove project in Kenya.
The programme provides families with improved cooking stoves that require significantly less firewood than traditional cooking methods.
The impact:
- Up to 50% reduction in firewood use
- Reduced carbon emissions
- Less time spent collecting wood
- Reduced household cooking costs
- Improved conditions for families
- Wider benefits for children and communities
The project
Kenyan Energy Efficient Stove Project
As a company, we chose to support the Kenyan Energy Efficient Stove Project. The project builds energy-saving cooking stoves for villages in Kenya. Resulting in a 50% reduction in the need for firewood, preventing carbon from being emitted from the stoves. In addition to carbon prevention, it also provides families with a cost and time effective method to cook with.
The reduced need for firewood helps to prevent deforestation, in turn benefitting the wildlife in terms of their habitat. It is also a healthier method of cooking as it reduces indoor smoke by half. Indoor smoke is a serious problem in Africa and is dubbed the “kitchen killer”, as it is responsible for 1.6 million deaths in the country every year.
Kisumu project
There are numerous project locations within the Kenyan Energy Efficient Stove Project; one of the project location linked to Refreshment Systems support of the stove project in Kenya is the “Kisumu” project, which is located near the city of Kisumu (opens in a new tab) to the East of Kenya.
Stoves have been distributed in the communities of East and West Kajulu, outside Kisumu in the Nyanza Province. Kisumu is Kenya’s third largest city and is one of the poorest areas in Kenya characterized by high incidences of maternal and infant mortality, with most of its people suffering from unemployment, poor health and poverty.
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