Green Briquettes for Fossil Fuel Displacement in South Africa
This is regarding the PoA GSID: GS23399 titled “Green Briquettes for Fossil Fuel Displacement in South Africa” and the real case VPA GSID: GS23400 titled “GS23399 VPA-1 Renewable Biomass Briquette Production for Clean Energy.”
The Design Consultation and Local Stakeholder Consultation for both the PoA and VPA were conducted on 25/07/2025. The following documents are now publicly available as part of the Gold Standard registration process for carbon credits:
- Design Consultation Report
- Stakeholder Consultation Report
- Minutes of Meeting
- Grievance Mechanism
- Non-Technical Summary
- SDG Information
For your reference, you can access the documents via the link below:
Publicly available documents link:
https://ecolinks.kr/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Stakeholder-Feedback-Round-Documents.zip
The stakeholder consultation round for the South Africa Green Briquettes project concluded with supportive feedback; all inputs were logged and integrated into the documentation, resulting in no material changes to the project design.
During the 60-day public posting period, comments can be submitted via:
– email (subject: “EcoLinks SA Green Briquettes questions”) to stanley@ecolinks.kr and jason@groundgreens.co.za;
– in person at the Project Site Office (Ground Greens, Southbroom, Margate, KwaZulu-Natal), where the Continuous Input/Grievance Register is maintained;
– telephone at +82 10 4524 0990 (Stanley Phillipson) or 082 461 7597 (Jason Briggs);
– the Grievance Redress Officer, Ms. Lindsay Hopkins, at lindsay@onward.africa; or
– Gold Standard at help@goldstandard.org.
Please include a return contact so we can acknowledge and respond to you. All participation is important to the project’s success, and we welcome your valuable input during this period and beyond.
