1. ICCO West Africa
Towards carbon credit schemes in shea value chains
a programmatic approach in Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana.
Presented by:
V.L. van der Linden
Consultant at F&S WA
Victor.van.der.linden@fairandsustainable.nl
+223 76 910 933
Skype id: vl.vanderlinden

2. • ICCO is the interchurch organization for development
cooperation, partner to enterprising people
• In 44 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America we
support programs that contribute to a dignified human
existence and a strong local economy.
• ICCO works with 7 programs to alleviate poverty:
• Fair Economic Development
• Food and Nutrition Security
• Education
• WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
• Fair Climate
• Democracy and Peace
• Emergency Aid
• For more information: http://www.icco-international.com/int/
ICCO Global

3. ICCO West Africa
• http://www.icco-
international.com/int/about-
us/regions/west-africa/
• http://m.icco.nl/west-africa/home
• Office based in Bamako. Programs in
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia,
Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone

4. FED Program – West
Africa

5. Approach / main themes
• Sustainable production, processing,
marketing activities in chains
• Organisation of farmers
• Access to finance, BDS and other services
• Developing sustainable business
relationships
• Enabling environment, i.e. regulatory
frameworks, access to land, good
governance, accountability

6. Approach / main themes
• Connect4Change Alliance adds ICT
component to our value chain interventions
• Multi stakeholder processes in shea and
sesame sectors (ML and BF, Ghana starting
up)
– Started August 2012
– Programmatic Approach
– Regular stakeholder meetings
– Systemic change through joined forces
– Joint financing and learning

7. The Fair Climate Fund
• Fairclimate Fund:
• Fair Climate flyer
• FairClimateFund
The Fair Climate Fund
was established by ICCO
in 2009 to buy and sell
the carbon credits
generated by these
projects on the voluntary
Dutch and European
markets. Revenue from
these credits flows back
to the people in the
developing countries
where the credits were
generated.

8. The Fair Climate Fund
• Scale-up goals are:
• Development of existing and new Fair Climate
Networks
• Development of capacity and business
approaches among NGOs and other social entities
• Increased expertise in carbon credit development.
• Development and implementation of carbon credit-
generating projects
• Financing of carbon project registration processes.
• Participation of European companies in carbon-
neutral value chains

9. State of the art 2013
• ICCO is taking a more regional approach
to shea value chain development
– Strategic collaboration with Global Shea
Alliance
– Expansion of program to Ghana, open for
exploring interventions in other shea countries
– Capitalising on experiences / programmatic
approach
– More focus on environmental aspect of the
shea chain (see case study)

10. Carbon Footprint of Hand-Crafted Shea Butter
in Cosmetic Products
Commissioned by: ICCO West Africa
Researcher: David Glew
Company: The Savannah Fruits Company Ltd.
www.savannahfruits.com
CASE (executive
summary):

11. • The aim of the study is to provide a picture of GHG
emissions across the shea butter supply chain to
highlight where emissions savings can most effectively
be made, specifically regarding the use of efficient
stoves.
• This information will be useful in providing the shea
industry with a platform on which to reduce its
environmental impacts.
Justification and Aim

12. Method
• This research uses the British Standard
PAS2050.
• The functional unit is set as: “GHG (kgCO2eq) of
1kg Shea in a cosmetic product”.
• Mass allocation is used to distribute emissions
among Shea butter’s co-products such as the
husks and kernel residue that can be used as a
biofuel or compost.

13. System Boundary
Hand collected sheanuts
Shea kernels
Husks
Kernel Residue
Unrefined hand-crafted shea
butter
Boiling, Drying and De-husking,
Transport
Roasting, Milling Boiling, Kneading,
Filtering, Packaging, Transport
Refined shea butter
Refining, Packaging, Transport
Shea butter in cosmetics
Formulation, Packaging, Storage,
Transport
Input
Supply chain
Output

14. 49.5%
25.9%
0.6%
1.1%
19.6%
3.3%
Harvesting and Dehusking
Butter Extraction
Refining
Formulation
Final product Packaging
Transport
• Burning woody biofuels to pre-treat the nut for de-husking and
to extract butter are by far the largest emitting processes.
• The focus of carbon reduction effort in the Shea supply chain
should address the source and use of wood in the extraction
process as a priority.
Results

15. Reducing GHG using Stoves
10.37
8.44
6.50
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Traditional Stove 25% Wood Saving Stove 50% Wood Saving
kgCO2eq of 1 kg Shea Butter in Cosmetics Comparing Traditional Extraction and Stoves
• Stoves could reduce Shea butter’s carbon footprint
though Shea may still lag behind other conventional
vegetable oils.

16. • The GHG emissions of traditionally produced shea butter
may generally be expected to exceed that of other
vegetable oil.
• The use of woody biofuels on open fires are mostly
responsible for this.
• Efficient stoves can reduce shea’s GHG by as much as
40%.
• Future research may be directed into reducing the
consumption of wood and sourcing from sustainable
sources.
Conclusions

17. Contact researcher
• We would be very grateful to any companies who are
willing to provide energy data on the extraction and
refining stages of Shea’s life cycle.
• We are happy receive any feedback or questions on
the data presented here.
• This report will be published in spring or summer
2013.
• For further information please contact David Glew
dwg501@york.ac.uk

18. • To develop interventions / programs to reduce
emissions and promote carbon neutral shea
value chain in Ghana, BF and ML. We intend to
do carbon footprints in BF (done already) and ML
as well.
Follow up

19. Contacts ICCO
Manon Stravens
Program Officer FED
Ghana and Sierra Leone
Office phone: 00223 20 29 3113
Cell phone: 00223 76536764
Skype: manon.stravens1
Manon.Stravens@iccokia.org
Mamadou Diarrah
Program Officer FED
Mali and Burkina Faso
+22375122172
Mamadou.Diarrah@iccokia.org
Fair Climate Fund:
Gert de Gans
gert.de.gans@fairclimatefund.nl
ICCO West Africa: