CO2focus is a leading provider of climate management services in Scandinavia where we have about 140 corporations, municipalities and regional county administrations as our clients. Our company is specialized within the field of climate management services with a highly qualified staff. Our services include energy and carbon footprint analysis, carbon disclosure project (CDP) consulting, CDM project development with special focus on projects that provide cheap, clean, and renewable energy to poor households. This include the production of biomass briquettes and local stoves (stoves produce by our partners, biogas production from animal manure, oil crop cultivation, and tree planting.
One of our main tasks is to help poor families gain access to clean energy and avoid indoor air pollution, assist corporations to enhance their focus on climate change issues and to become more transparent in their stakeholder’s reporting.
We work according to international standards like the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and ISO. The former is used for reporting greenhouse gas emissions according to e.g. GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) and the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project).
CO2focus is a limited company (AS) owned by the employees. The staff counts today 8 highly qualified experts and we are located in Oslo and Gothenburg.
Contact Information
Our Focus
We are currently working with about 1000 smallholder farmers in the Meru region of Tanzania to cultivate jatropha. The seeds when harvested will be pressed to produce oil. The oil will be used to run diesel generators to produce and supply off-grid electricity to the local community. The waset seed cake will be further pressed into briquettes for use by the smallholder farmers displacing firewood usage. Proceeds from anticipated carbon credits from this project will finance the purchase of efficient biomass stoves for the smallholder farmers.
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
Our main partner GTZ has been active in Eastern Africa now for about 30 years producing and disseminating stoves. They have acquired appropriate skills over these years dealing with local communities' skepticism about new fuels and stoves.
Sustainable firewood production is forecast to decline in Kenya during the next 20 years. This will lead to an increase in the distance people have to trek to get firewood. The production of briquettes and stoves package will appeal to the local market and we are on the ground developing this market.
We at CO2focus are not very familiar with technology standardisation, but our partner GTZ does have this experience.
We are wanting in this aspect.
Relevant Publications or Studies
None noted
Our Contribution to the Partnership
We will like to participate in the capacity of CDM (carbon credit originating) projects facilitator and developer.
