Our Energy Access Program

Around the world, many communities face challenges in securing clean and safe energy solutions for daily use.

Globally, an estimated 2.1 billion people¹ continue to rely on hazardous fuels — such as firewood, charcoal, crop waste, kerosene, and coal — for most of their daily cooking. 

Our Energy Access Program works to help change this. 

Launched in 2023, the program focuses on working to empower the current generation, and create a positive legacy for future ones, by providing modern, safe, and energy-efficient cooking stoves to communities in need. 

Between the start of the program in September 2023 and our most recent impact assessment at the end of May 2025, we’ve so far reached approximately 1.2 million beneficiaries in schools and homes across both India and Ghana.

Cleaner cooking solutions for underserved communities

The Energy Access Program focuses on schools as a platform for progressing community development by introducing these cleaner cooking solutions to underserved communities.

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), “The reliance on gathering or purchasing wood, charcoal and other biomass for cooking dramatically damages health and impairs productivity. Inhaling hazardous smoke from traditional stoves and open fires causes millions of premature deaths annually, disproportionately affecting women and children. The arduous task of collecting firewood also hinders educational and employment opportunities and strains natural resources — compounding costs for vulnerable populations.”

While the percentage of the population with access to clean fuels² for cooking reached 74% in 2023 — up from 64% in 2015 — there’s still a lot more to do. By supplying ‘cleaner cooking’ equipment we’re taking steps to support the communities we work in and serve, and furthering our corporate social responsibility impact, at home and globally.