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Re-assessment pendingGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticMalawiRegistry: Registered

GS1247 VPA 24 Improved Kitchen Regimes - Dowa Boreholes, Malawi

Developer: CO2balance UK ltd

GS-497 ↗ · current registry ID: GS3105

#1346of 1735 in Industrial#75of 99 in Malawi#1753of 2172 in Gold Standard (GS)

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 3 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.4 / 10 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

Analysis

This Gold Standard borehole/improved-kitchen project in Malawi has confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but is undermined by extensive operational failures (multiple boreholes non-functional, water-quality test failures, 25 boreholes retired), a project-specific baseline, a leakage deduction that dropped from 5% in the PDD to 0% in the latest verification, and a very long list of corrective actions and data inconsistencies across documents. The overall picture is of a project with a sound design framework but significant execution and data-quality problems that erode confidence in the claimed reductions.

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Findings

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Leakage

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Baseline

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On this page: the analysis of 3 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 51 registry documents (49 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

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  • 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
2014
45450
2015
9,3389,3380
2016
10,00010,0000
2017
10,00010,0000
2018
9,9738,0901,883
2019
8,8427,6431,199
2020
6,5074,6001,907
2021
6,1025,981121
2022
10,0009,800200
2023
7,70407,704
2024
10,000010,000
Total88,51165,49723,014

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1

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