EcoZoom

EcoZoom
Private
Website ecozoomstove.com

EcoZoom is a certified B Corporation that makes biomass cook stoves. The company has offices in Portland, Oregon and Nairobi, Kenya. EcoZoom holds the exclusive license to distribute stove technology designed by Aprovecho in developing countries and a second license to distribute in the United States.[1]

History

EcoZoom was started in April 2011 by Ben West to increase the distribution of improved cookstoves in developing nations.[2] The company’s mission is to bring ecological products to the world.

Timeline

2011

2012

2013

Product design

EcoZoom stoves use a rocket stove design for efficient combustion of fuel. As a result less fuel is used compared to an open fire with less smoke emitted, helping cooks from inhaling harmful smoke while using less natural resources.[9]

Business model

EcoZoom sells stoves direct-to-consumer in the US while completing multiple international projects in Haiti, Kenya, Mexico, Rwanda, Somalia, and South Africa. [9]

See also

References

  1. "EcoZoom works to clean the air". Sustainable Business Oregon. 16 November 2012.
  2. "Cooking clean". Oregon Business. 5 November 2012.
  3. "EcoZoom". B Corporation. January 2012.
  4. "Profit with purpose". Portland State University. 31 May 2012.
  5. "EcoZoom installs 10,000 cookstoves in Mexico". Sustainable Business Oregon. 21 February 2012.
  6. "SBO announces finalists for Innovation in Sustainability awards". Sustainable Business Oregon. 18 October 2012.
  7. "EcoZoom cooks up Kenya office plans". Sustainable Business Oregon. 20 May 2013.
  8. "Scaling adoption of clean cooking solutions through women's empowerment" (PDF). Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. 25 September 2013.
  9. 1 2 "EcoZoom: a model for selling clean cookstoves in Africa". The Christian Science Monitor. 29 November 2013.

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