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Re-assessment pendingVCSEnergy demandRwandaRegistry: RegisteredVMR0006

BioLite Africa Improved Stove Program

Developer: BioLite

VCS-4151 ↗

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#63of 148 in Rwanda#1149of 1609 in Verra (VCS)#67of 106 in VMR0006

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 1 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.7 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-01medium confidence

evidence:17/26registry documents analyzed · 5red flags

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Analysis

The BioLite Africa Improved Stove Program in Rwanda has a verified investment-test additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but the project delivered only about 14% of its pro-rata expected emissions reductions for the two-year monitoring period, raising serious over-crediting concerns. Six contradictions across documents—including conflicting usage rates, FPIC status, and leakage treatment—undermine confidence in the data. The project also carries a 0% buffer pool and a project-specific baseline, with 30+ material findings and 15 corrective actions logged at validation.

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Findings

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentVMR0006

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: methodology

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Authorized by the host countryIntl mitigation purposes

    Comes with a corresponding adjustment: the reduction is not also counted towards the host country's own target.

    Source: registry label

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-10-04

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2022
22,102011,051
2023
192,696096,348
2024
375,2940262,079
2025
332,8100332,810
Total922,9020702,288

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2022–2024VMR0006 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    monitoring report + verification report + issuance document

    official page · verified on

  • VMR0006: Withdrawn (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · replaced byVM0050 · official page · verified on

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Analysis ProvenanceVMR0006
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