BURN Issues Our First-Ever CCP-Labelled Carbon Credits!

Scrutiny in today’s carbon market is higher than ever — and not all credits stand up to it. For buyers and investors under pressure to demonstrate real climate impact and verified community benefits, the ICVCM’s Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) for clean cooking set a globally recognized integrity benchmark.

BURN is among the first clean-cooking project developers to issue CCP-labelled credits, with initial supply coming to market this November through projects GS12350 and GS12285. These credits reflect the latest science, the most rigorous methodologies, and independent assurance of climate and social impact.

And CCP labelling is only the beginning. BURN delivers the highest-integrity clean-cooking projects — from world-leading 70% efficiency stoves produced in our solar-powered Kenyan factory to independent peer-reviewed RCT evidence of impact to pioneering electric cooking and dMRV innovations.

With VCMI, SBTi, and the UK gov endorsements, many leading companies have committed to only use CCP-labelled credits and have been eagerly awaiting cookstove projects to achieve this milestone.  But why should you act on CCP-labelled cookstove credits now?  Here’s why they matter more than ever.

Real Climate Impact – Verified

Cooking with wood and charcoal is still the norm for 950 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, generating over 600 million tonnes of CO₂ annually — more than the emissions of Germany. Beyond CO₂, open fires emit black carbon (a short-lived climate pollutant that is up to 1,500 times more potent than CO₂ over a 20-year period) and toxic levels of PM2.5 and carbon monoxide that are responsible for over 3 million premature deaths annually.

The total number of sub-Saharan African homes relying on biomass to cook is only projected to increase through 2040. But BURN is on a mission to change this and bring a cooking energy transition that will impact over 103M lives over the next decade.

BURN’s projects reduce wood and charcoal use by up to 70%, cutting both CO₂ and black carbon emissions and driving economic benefit to local communities, and when combined with the CCP label, guarantee that reductions are:

• Real and additional

• Conservatively estimated and science-based

• Monitored and verified with transparent, ICVCM-approved methodologies

In other words: credits that stand up to scrutiny in the face of an evolving carbon market.

Integrity Backed by the ICVCM

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has established a global quality benchmark through the Core Carbon Principles using the latest scientific research on greenhouse gas reductions from clean cookstoves. Credits that earn the CCP label have passed a rigorous assessment of the underlying carbon program, methodology, and specific activity type.

For clean cooking credits, this means:

• Credible, science-based baseline cooking practices established through the required use of annual Kitchen Performance Tests

• More conservative fNRB (fraction of non-renewable biomass) baselines established through the latest research via MoFuSS

• Employing the latest and most conservative cookstove methodologies (e.g., Gold Standard’s TPDDTECC and MMECD), shown in peer-reviewed research to best mitigate over-crediting risk

• Application of more conservative direct charcoal emission factors and proper leakage accounting

In short, the CCP label represents real, science-based emission reductions.

Building Trust in African Clean Cooking Projects

The voluntary carbon market has faced criticism in recent years.  Greenwashing fears, opaque claims, and uneven credit quality have created hesitation.

By choosing CCP-labelled clean cooking credits, you send a clear signal:

“We are investing in real climate solutions that improve lives and protect ecosystems — and we care about quality over quantity.”

In this new world, integrity is now non-negotiable. CCP-labelled clean cooking credits set the new benchmark for these types of credits offering you a credible, impactful, and scalable path to support both mitigation and sustainable development.

BURN’s Approach to Integrity

BURN is Africa’s leading clean cooking carbon project developer, specializing in the manufacture and distribution of affordable, modern, and energy-efficient cookstoves — and leading the energy transition for electric cooking across the continent.

Since 2013, BURN has distributed over 6 million durable, high-quality stoves across 12 African countries, positively impacting over 27 million lives and saving 30 million tons of wood.

We don’t wait for integrity standards — we lead them. BURN adopted Kitchen Performance Tests more than two years ago and has always used ICVCM-approved Gold Standard methodologies. That’s why our path to CCP certification was seamless: integrity has been built into our projects from day one.

If you're buying carbon credits, insist on the CCP label. BURN delivers the highest-integrity CCP-certified projects — reach out to learn more at carbon.sales@burnmfg.com