Toshiba’s CarbonZero Scheme

As part of Toshiba’s CarbonZero MFD Scheme they are offsetting a percentage of their machine’s carbon footprint through co2balance’s African Energy Efficient Stove Project. The project reduces the release of carbon dioxide by building energy saving cooking stoves to families in Kenya.

As well as saving carbon emissions, the project has social and financial benefits to the community as well as an environmental one. The stoves reduce the amount of time spent collecting firewood, are built locally and the reduced need for firewood helps prevent deforestation. They are a cleaner and easier way of cooking, as well as a healthier way of cooking, due to the significant decrease in smoke inhalation.

“I am very happy and thankful for my stove. It is a very good stove. It can cook much better than my old stove and it is very much quicker. When all of my children and all of their children come home, I can put the stove on and when they are finished with their chores and their talking, the food is already finished. So quickly! And the food is very good and very hot. I can feed them all with so little firewood. They are happy and they are not hungry. And I am happy too.”
Mamma Mzee, recipient of one of co2balance’s Energy Efficient Stoves