According to the company, more than 4,000 women have taken part in the training courses as part of the Clean Cookstoves Initiative. In the process, the women have learned how to use local materials to build safer and more efficient alternatives to traditional stoves. They have also learned how to protect their valuable source of income by managing the shea parklands, with 5,000 seedlings of the shea tree planted to date.
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In 2022, the company enlisted support from further competent partners, First Climate and SustainCERT, in order to add another element to its existing commitment: “Carbon Insetting.”
This reduces the need for firewood and the related emissions. With a total of 11,000 cookstoves produced and used, the overall expected emission reduction – including private use of the cookstoves – amounts to approximately 53,000 metric tons over a period of five years. A total of 2,890 metric tons are expected to be reduced through the more efficient processing of the shea nut kernels alone within the same period.
“The results of this project are very promising and provide us with valuable guidance on how to achieve our ambitious climate target, which aims to reduce Scope 3 emissions by 30% in absolute terms by 2025,” said Jean-Francois Pascal, vice president sustainability at Beiersdorf AG.
