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Re-assessment pendingGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticMexicoRegistry: RegisteredGS-TPDDTEC

ECOLIFE Conservation Patsari Improved Cookstove project Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve Mexico

Developer: ECOLIFE Conservation

GS-2626 ↗ · current registry ID: GS7783

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#710of 1734 in Industrial#297of 504 in Mexico#980of 2180 in Gold Standard (GS)#96of 313 in GS-TPDDTEC

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

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.0 / 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:19/25registry documents analyzed · 4red flags

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Analysis

The ECOLIFE cookstove project in Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve has a solid additionality foundation (combined test, VVB-verified) and good social safeguards (FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing). However, the verification report (February 2025) flagged 30 corrective actions, 7 compliance logs, and a Finding of Audit Relevance, indicating widespread errors in the monitoring report. The project-specific baseline, absence of a stated buffer pool, an 8-percentage-point gap between assumed (90%) and verified (82%) usage rates, and contradictory leakage treatment across documents collectively moderate the project's credibility.

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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 approved by ICVCMGS TPDDTEC

    The methodology meets the Core Carbon Principles; this project's credits do not carry the CCP label yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: registry label

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

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:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2019
1,4461,4460
2020
9,4969,4960
2021
20,72320,064659
2022
31,58231,082500
2023
50,15650,1560
2024
14,80514,634171
Total128,208126,8781,330

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records. (+4)

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Analysis ProvenanceTechnologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption
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