Insights.
Communication.
Leadership.
Our Work
Improve market intelligence and communication around bioethanol for household energy in developing countries
Strengthen the supply infrastructure (e.g. production, transport, storage, and trade) of bioethanol to meet household energy demands
Engage and align the bioethanol and agricultural industries with the broader clean cooking strategy and opportunity
Grow the engagement of the health community to further advance the positive health benefits from cooking with bioethanol
Catalyze funding to support early stage bioethanol enterprises, and development organizations in developing markets
Create enabling environments in developing countries with smart policy that provides greater access to safe and affordable bioethanol solutions
Clean Cooking
By The Numbers
*Source: Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). 2020. The State of Access to Modern Energy Cooking Services. Washington, DC: World Bank. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO
4 BILLION
people use solid or fossil fuels regularly for cooking
$2.4 TRILLION
the cost of inaction from now until 2030
$1.4 trillion attributed to health
$.8 trillion associated with gender
$.2 trillion affecting climate
4 MILLION
people die annually from Household Air Pollution (HAP)
$1.5 TRILLION
required to reach universal access to Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) by 2030
$150 billion required annually
$11 billion required annually from the private sector
"The enormity of the global household energy challenge warrants an equal response from industry to capture the opportunity of universal access to clean energy by 2030."
— Dan Seals, Pivot Board President