Khmer Green Charcoal (KGC)

Company overview
Headquarters: Cambodia
Countries of Operations: Cambodia
Women owned /led: Information not available
Year of founding: 2018
Number of FTEs : 20 to 50 FTEs
Legal status of the organization : For-profit
Company overview
Headquarters: Mexico
Countries of Operations: Mexico
Legal status of the organization : For-profit
Year of founding: 2018
Number of FTEs : 5 to 20 FTEs
Women owned / led: Founder
Care economy activities and business model
About the organization:
Khmer Green Charcoal (KGC) is a for-profit entity in Cambodia. KGC manufactures, distributes and sells high-quality char-briquettes that are made of biomass/agricultural residue. These char-briquettes are a safe and sustainable alternative to traditional charcoal. The entity's customers are mainly women and those belonging to the base of the pyramid that use these char-briquettes as a clean cooking fuel. KGC's products reduce the drudgery associated with wood collection and cooking for women.
Activities in the care economy: Provision of affordable time and labour saving technology and products (e.g. product that makes washing
Stage of growth: Mass roll-out/Expansion
Type of services: Labour saving solutions
Number of customers (2020): Information not available
Number of customers (2019): Information not available
Number of customers (2018): Information not available
Financials
Profitability status: Not profitable yet but planning to become profitable within 3 years
Revenue USD (2020): Information not available
Revenue USD (2019): Information not available
Revenue USD (2018): Information not available
Pathways to impact
Challenge addressed: Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work (Reduce)
Pathway to impact - 4 Rs: Reduce
Populations affected: Unpaid care workers Paid care workers Unpaid domestic workers Paid domestic workers
Number of people served (2020): Information not available
Number of people served (2019): Information not available
Number of people served (2018): Information not available