Our 15-Week
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Every week for 15 weeks, iRise Carbon publishes three new in-depth articles across three dedicated series — Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Read them here first, before anywhere else.
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Campaign Progress — 28 of 45 articles published
Runs until 10 July 2026 · Monday, Wednesday & Friday
The SDG Series
Aligning with Global Goals
Every Monday for 15 weeks, iRise Carbon connects its verified work to one of the 15 UN Sustainable Development Goals — from SDG 13 Climate Action to No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health, and Life on Land.
SDG 13: The Carbon Credit Integrity Gap
Why most carbon credits are failing the goal they claim to serve — and what the alternative looks like.
SDG 15: Life on Land — Malawi's Forest Carbon Story
How iRise Carbon is rebuilding land, restoring ecosystems, and creating verified carbon credits in the process.
SDG 7: Toward 2 Million Cookstoves — Malawi's Clean Energy Transformation
With a target of 2 million cookstoves across rural communities, what began as a carbon project is becoming a catalyst for achieving SDG 7 — energy access for all.
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption — What Your Carbon Credits Are Really Saying
SDG 12 asks corporations to take responsibility for the full impact of their production and consumption. The carbon credit is one of the most direct tools available — when it is real.
SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation — The Co-Benefit Carbon Credits Don't Talk About
Restore the land and you restore the water. Here is how iRise Carbon delivers SDG 6 outcomes through every carbon credit it issues.
SDG 1: No Poverty — Carbon Finance as the World's Most Direct Anti-Poverty Tool
How iRise Carbon delivers formal employment, fuel savings, revenue sharing, and financial inclusion through verified carbon credits in Malawi.
SDG 2: Zero Hunger — Carbon and Food Security Are the Same Work
When iRise Carbon restores land and distributes cookstoves, it is not just capturing carbon. It is protecting the food systems that millions of Malawians depend on.
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being — The Climate Credit That Saves Lives
Indoor air pollution from cooking kills 4 million people a year. Every iRise Carbon cookstove credit is also a public health intervention — and the health outcomes are documented, verifiable, and available to every buyer.
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth — Carbon Finance as Africa's Job Creation Engine
Over 85% of employment in sub-Saharan Africa is informal. Every iRise Carbon project creates formal jobs, documented skills, and lasting economic multipliers in the communities that need them most.
SDG 4: Quality Education — The Carbon Credit That Keeps Girls in School
Revenue sharing builds classrooms. Cookstoves free girls from firewood duty. Field training creates transferable skills. SDG 4 is embedded in iRise Carbon's programme design — not bolted on.
Episode 11
Coming Monday 8 June.
The SDG Series — Episode 12
Publishes 15 June 2026
The SDG Series — Episode 13
Publishes 22 June 2026
The SDG Series — Episode 14
Publishes 29 June 2026
The SDG Series — Episode 15
Publishes 6 July 2026
The Integrity Series
Carbon Market Integrity
Every Wednesday for 15 weeks, iRise Carbon shows exactly what its integrity framework looks like in practice — covering verification standards, independent auditing, additionality, and how to ask the right questions of any carbon credit supplier.
Your Integrity, Our Focus — Why We Built iRise Carbon
On Monday we named the problem. Today we explain the answer — and what our verification framework actually looks like on the ground.
The Cookstove Integrity Standard — Why Our Numbers Are Different
Every stove. Every household. Verified on the day — not months later. This is how the iRise Carbon crediting model works.
The Cookstove Revolution — 2 Million Stoves. Every One Verified.
Two million clean cookstoves is a remarkable number. What makes it meaningful is the verification behind each one. Today we explain what that actually looks like.
What Does Responsible Look Like? The iRise Carbon Buyer Standard
SDG 12 has set the framework. Four questions will tell you whether your carbon credit supplier actually meets it — and why iRise Carbon has a documented answer to all four.
The Geotagging Difference — Why Location Data Makes Carbon Credits Real
A carbon credit without a location is a number without a proof. Here is why GPS data is the foundation of every iRise Carbon credit — and what its absence tells you about the rest of the market.
People Are the Project — How Community Co-Benefits Make Carbon Credits Real
A carbon credit that is not accountable to the community it comes from is not a credible carbon credit. Here is how iRise Carbon builds that accountability in.
Reporting You Can Stand Behind — What Full Transparency Actually Looks Like
A sustainability report is only as credible as the data behind it. Here is what iRise Carbon's reporting standard means for every buyer — and why the ability to show your work is not optional.
The Buyer Who Chooses iRise — What Serious Buyers Ask, and Every Answer We Can Prove
The voluntary carbon market has a credibility problem. The buyers who choose iRise Carbon are the ones who have decided to solve it.
Africa: The Opportunity and the Obligation — Why iRise Carbon Exists
Africa holds 60% of the world's developable land, the youngest workforce on earth, and the highest vulnerability to climate change it did the least to cause. Carbon markets are one of the most powerful tools available to address all three. They must be built with integrity.
Regulation: Ahead of the Curve — Why Standards Built Before Mandates Matter
The voluntary carbon market is about to get a lot less voluntary. iRise Carbon has been meeting the standards that regulators are now moving toward — not because it had to, but because integrity required it.
The Integrity Series — Episode 11
Publishes 10 June 2026
The Integrity Series — Episode 12
Publishes 17 June 2026
The Integrity Series — Episode 13
Publishes 24 June 2026
The Integrity Series — Episode 14
Publishes 1 July 2026
The Integrity Series — Episode 15
Publishes 8 July 2026
Meet the Team
The People Powering iRise
Every Friday for 15 weeks, iRise Carbon introduces a member of its team — from CEO to field staff — the professionals, community workers, and climate champions behind every tree planted and every carbon credit generated across Malawi.
Meet Alexander Pettefer — CEO of iRise Carbon
Leading the team that's building the standard. In his own words — what drew him to this space, what integrity really means, and why the Article 6 Letter of Approval from Malawi is the milestone he's most proud of.
In Conversation with Mussa Kamanula — Director of Carbon, Nature Based Solutions
"iRise demonstrates that effective climate solutions are not just about carbon credits — they are about building resilience." Mussa Kamanula on integrity, land health, and what it takes to build credible carbon projects in Malawi.
Meet Doreen Asimenye Ndovi — National Planning Officer, iRise Carbon
The person who makes the field operations run. In her own words — what drew her to clean cooking, what she sees in the field, and what communities have taught iRise Carbon.
Meet Yvonne Lusungu Ng'oma — Projects Manager, iRise Carbon
The person who coordinates the portfolio. In her own words — what drew her to climate justice, what a real win looks like, and why integrity must be non-negotiable for the five-year vision to hold.
On the ground in Kasungu — Nelihno Zimba, District Clean Cooking Officer
Nelihno Emmanuel Zimba leads cookstove distributions across Kasungu, where community trust is built one stove at a time — and where 7,647 verified credits tell the story of what integrity really looks like.
Meet Leslie Waliko — District Clean Cooking Officer, iRise Carbon
Getting cookstoves into communities is not just logistics. It is conversation, trust, and showing up every day with the same standard.
Meet Joseph Msuku — Head of IT, iRise Carbon
The person who built the system that makes every carbon credit traceable. In his own words — what drew him to the climate space, what integrity means in daily technical decisions, and why geotagging changed everything.
Meet Noel Phuka Chinyama — The Doctor of the Earth
He coordinates clean cooking programmes across Mchinji District. In his own words — the field officer whose daily work creates the data that makes every buyer answer possible.
Meet Gibby Musukwa — The Engine Room of iRise Carbon
He has built iRise Carbon's HR infrastructure across 12 districts in three months. His standard: he would not put anyone through a process he could not defend to them face to face.
Episode 10
Coming Friday 5 June.
Meet the Team — Episode 11
Publishes 12 June 2026
Meet the Team — Episode 12
Publishes 19 June 2026
Meet the Team — Episode 13
Publishes 26 June 2026
Meet the Team — Episode 14
Publishes 3 July 2026
Meet the Team — Episode 15
Publishes 10 July 2026
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