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ScoredVCSEnergy demandMalawiRegistry: RegisteredVMR0006

Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Saharan Africa-Malawi-CPA-002

Developer: Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Limited

VCS-2711 ↗

Worked comparison example (English)

#8of 279 in Cookstoves#1of 99 in Malawi#66of 1612 in Verra (VCS)#6of 107 in VMR0006

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 7.3 / 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%.

Scored2026-10-12medium confidenceLatest verified period ends: 2022-10-31

evidence: 17/18 registry documents read · 1 red flags

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Analysis

Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Saharan Africa-Malawi-CPA-002 (Malawi) distributes high-efficiency firewood cookstoves (improved cook stove) under VMR0006, version 1.1; registry status Registered (VCS), 707,458 credits issued (vintages 2021–2022). The documents name LGAI Technological Center, S.A. (Applus+ Certification) as validation / verification body. The documents report 100,000 TLCRS installations (project lifetime). The latest verification report (01-January-2021 – 31-October-2022) verifies 707,458 tCO2e. The monitoring report for the same period reports 616,196 tCO2e. The registry determined an excess issuance of 91,262 credits (its review completion letter of 2024-10-17); it records all of it as remedied by cancellation.

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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)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its 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:2026-10-11

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2021
386,735180,000115,473
2022
320,7230320,723
Total707,458180,000436,196

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2021–2022VMR0006the documents for this period state different versions (v1.1, v1.12)

    monitoring report + verification report + issuance document

  • VMR0006: Withdrawn (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · replaced byVM0050 · official page · verified on

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceVMR0006, version 1.1
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