Largest Carbon Credit for Cookstoves by the Gold Standard Registry IssuedTo Relief International/EnterpriseWorks (RI/EW)

Accra, Ghana (February 23, 2012) – The largest single issuance for all cookstove projects under the Gold Standard Registry – a carbon finance authority of the Voluntary Market – has been issued to Relief International’s EnterpriseWorks (RI/EW) division. At a quarter million Verified Emission Reductions (VERs) generated and sold through the Registry, this transaction firmly places RI/EW as the leader in applying innovative finance to the power of entrepreneurship as a business model to combat poverty. The success of this ongoing project comes as a result of years of innovative work by RI/EW