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ScoredGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticMalawiRegistry: RegisteredGeneral Methodologyv2.1

GS1247 VPA 103 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Kasungu Boreholes, Malawi

Developer: CO2balance UK ltd

GS-1478 ↗ · current registry ID: GS5343

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#1256of 1294 in Industrial#76of 78 in Malawi#1693of 1725 in Gold Standard (GS)

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 3.0 / 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%.

Scored2026-09-03medium confidence

evidence:30/32registry documents analyzed · 5red flags

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Analysis

This Gold Standard borehole/safe-water project under a multi-country kitchen-regimes PoA in Malawi has a verified additionality assessment and no reported reversals, but is undermined by an extraordinary volume of material findings (over 50), numerous open corrective actions, contradictory leakage and fNRB reporting across documents, a 0% leakage deduction that conflicts with the PDD's 5% figure, and temporary parameter caps imposed during a GS grievance review. The data quality and verification issues are severe enough to cast serious doubt on the reliability of the claimed emission reductions.

Red Flags

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Findings

Risk Indicators

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Evidence

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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
2016
2,7952,7950
2017
10,0009,98713
2018
10,00010,0000
2019
10,0008,0061,994
2020
9,4969,4960
2021
8,8098,634175
2022
9,4359,248187
2023
1,8771,84037
Total62,41260,0062,406

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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