This document lists the founding funders and founding UN partners of an organization focused on clean cookstoves. Some of the founding funders listed include the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Government of Norway, Government of Peru, Morgan Stanley, Shell, Shell Foundation, Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), United Nations Foundation, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The founding UN partners listed include UN-Energy, UN Environment Programme, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Industrial Development Organization, World Food Programme, and World Health Organization

2. founding funders founding un partners
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH • UN-Energy
• German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development • UN Environment Programme
• Government of Norway • UN High Commissioner for Refugees
• Government of Peru • UN Industrial Development Organization
• Morgan Stanley • World Food Programme
• Shell • World Health Organization
• Shell Foundation
• Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV)
• United Nations Foundation
• U.S. Agency for International Development
• U.S. Department of Energy
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (National Institutes of
Health, and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
• U.S. Department of State
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

3. Clean cookstoves save
families fuel and money
Photo Credit: GTZ

4. Girls spend as much as 20
hours per week collecting fuel
Photo Credit: Nigel Bruce/Practical Action

5. Stove
companies
create local
jobs and
improve
livelihoods
Photo Credit: Stephen McGee

6. Exposure to cookstove
smoke doubles a child’s risk
of contracting pneumonia
Photo Credit: Michael Benanav

7. Nearly 3 billion
people use polluting,
inefficient stoves or
open flames to cook
their food
Photo Credit: GTZ