OUR IMPACT
The 180.works Tri-Impact Model:
Scaling Verified Climate Impact
At 180.works, our mission is to regenerate forests and empower communities while ensuring the highest level of transparency and verification in carbon credit generation. Our holistic Tri-Impact Model is designed to create long-term, scalable, and measurable impact by integrating three core pillars:
Forest
Assisted Natural Regeneration through fuel-efficient cooking solutions.
Families
Economic empowerment, health benefits, and community well-being.
High-Premium
Carbon Credits
Fully verified, IoT-monitored carbon credits with Gold Standard certification.
This model ensures that our cookstove projects go beyond emissions reductions, creating a sustainable cycle of environmental restoration, family empowerment, and verified financial sustainability through carbon markets.
The Root Problem:
Deforestation Driven by Inefficient Cooking
Across Africa, 250 million families rely on inefficient wood-burning stoves, leading to massive deforestation. Globally, 2.3 billion people still depend on open fires or inefficient cookstoves, driving unsustainable wood harvesting and CO₂ emissions.
Our solution?
Tackling the root cause—inefficient cooking.
By introducing fuel-efficient cookstoves, we drastically reduce firewood consumption and enable forest regeneration. But cookstoves are just the first step—our model integrates real-time IoT data monitoring to ensure full transparency, accountability, and long-term impact.
The 180.works Tri-Impact Model
How It Works
Forest
Assisted Natural
Regeneration
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67% Less Firewood Use – Our cookstoves significantly reduce household wood consumption, allowing forests to regrow naturally.
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Long-Term Regeneration – By cutting firewood demand, degraded areas recover without artificial replanting efforts.
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Deforestation Prevention – Scaling our solution ensures that large forest areas remain protected over decades.
"By reducing firewood usage by over 70%, our cookstove projects actively regenerate forests and slow climate change."
Families
Empowering Households
& Communities
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Health Benefits – Less smoke exposure reduces respiratory diseases, improving family well-being.
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Time Savings – Women and children spend less time collecting firewood, allowing more focus on education and income generation.
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Income Growth – Families receive a share of carbon credit revenues, supporting economic stability and sustainable livelihoods.
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Food Security – Less reliance on firewood allows households to focus on farming, business, and other productive activities.
"Empowering women with clean cooking solutions enhances economic opportunities, improves health, and increases food security."
High-Premium
Carbon Credits
Verified & Transparent
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IoT Monitoring – Every stove is equipped with LoRaWAN IoT sensors, providing real-time data on cookstove usage.
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Gold Standard Certification – We follow the most advanced metered methodology, ensuring carbon credit transparency and eliminating greenwashing.
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Blockchain Security – All data is stored on Hedera Blockchain, offering tamper-proof verification for carbon buyers.
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Corporate-Grade Data Integrity – SAS Institute, a Fortune 500-trusted partner, ensures all data meets the highest verification standards.
"Our cookstoves generate verified, high-premium carbon credits—each backed by real-time IoT data, blockchain transparency, and third-party audits."