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ScoredVCSEnergy demandZambiaRegistry: RegisteredVMR0006

Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Saharan Africa-Zambia-CPA-007

Developer: Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Limited

VCS-2713 ↗

Worked comparison example (English)

#5of 279 in Cookstoves#1of 39 in Zambia#45of 1608 in Verra (VCS)#4of 106 in VMR0006

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 7.1 / 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%.

Scored2026-10-11medium confidenceLatest verified period ends: 2022-12-31

evidence:13/13registry documents read · 0red flags

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Analysis

Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Saharan Africa-Zambia-CPA-007 (Zambia) distributes high-efficiency firewood cookstoves (improved cookstoves) under VMR0006 version 1.1; registry status Registered (VCS), 1,346,381 credits issued (vintages 2021–2022). The documents name LGAI Technological Center, S.A. (Applus+ Certification) as validation / verification body. A verification is recorded (registry or documents).

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No red flags detected.

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)

    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
640,6010640,601
2022
705,7800705,780
Total1,346,38101,346,381

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2021–2022VMR0006 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  • VMR0006: Withdrawn (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · replaced byVM0050 · official page · verified on

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Analysis ProvenanceVMR0006 version 1.1
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