Khmer Green Charcoal Co., Ltd., OTAGO’s char-briquettes factory in Cambodia, was awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification for Quality Management During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, which determined an inevitable slow-down in business and international projects, OTAGO’s management decided to invest the available time and resources on internal improvements. One of the goals was to be recognized globally as the company that redefines…
In October 2018, OTAGO will participate as a speaker at the convening event AScHES (Advanced Sustainable cHarcoal Enterprise at Scale) organized by the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). The AScHES convening will be held in Naivasha, Kenya. MITD-Lab AScHES Convening for Charcoal Briquette Fuel Producers The topics and the goals of the conference will be: • Cultivate the community of…
Deforestation is a major environmental threat in Cambodia. According to a World Bank report, 73 per cent of the country was under forest cover in 1990, but by 2010 that had fallen to 57 per cent. Now Cambodia’s forests have found support from an unlikely group of activists: Buddhist monks, who have united in organizations, such as the Monks Community…