Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) has verified South Asia’s first certified emissions reductions (CERs) under the UN’s Programme of Activities (PoA) framework.

The nine-month first phase of the project, Improved Cooking Stoves in Bangladesh, prevented more than 28,500 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere and improved the living environment for the families who received 57,000 new energy-efficient stoves.

“This programme clearly illustrates the direct benefits of the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism [CDM] in real terms. It is a great example of how technical expertise, a rigorous auditing process and an established funding mechanism can be combined to benefit society, and support future projects,” Krishna Nair, LRQA Business Manager, South West Asia, said. “We drew upon the collective expertise of our global team to assure the viability of the project for the developers and subsequently helped to improve the living environment for several thousand people in the developing world and beyond.”

Improved Cooking Stoves (ICS) is being developed by Gramin Shakti, a Dhaka-based not-for-profit organisation established to promote, develop and popularise renewable energy in rural Bangladesh.

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