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ScoredGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticKenyaRegistry: RegisteredGS-SIMPLIFIED-COOKSTOVES

GS2504 Voluntary Gold Standard Multi-country Improved Cookstove PoA-Flamingo Cookstove Project VPA5

Developer: South Pole Ltd

GS-1012 ↗ · current registry ID: GS5780

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#210of 1735 in Industrial#37of 192 in Kenya#383of 2172 in Gold Standard (GS)#15of 202 in GS-SIMPLIFIED-COOKSTOVES

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%.

Scored2026-10-28medium confidenceLatest verified period ends: 2022-12-31

evidence: 20/20 registry documents read · 0 red flags

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Analysis

GS2504 Voluntary Gold Standard Multi-country Improved Cookstove PoA-Flamingo Cookstove Project VPA5 (Kenya) distributes efficient cookstoves (Gold Standard simplified methodology) (fuel-efficient Zoom Dura firewood cookstoves) under The Gold Standard simplified Methodology for Efficient Cookstoves, Version 1.0; registry status Registered (GS), 5,469 credits issued (vintages 2017–2022). The documents name SustainCERT as validation / verification body. The documents report 1,200 stoves (initially distributed (July and September 2017)). The latest verification report (2022-04-01 – 2022-12-31) verifies 657 tCO2e.

Red Flags

No red flags detected.

Findings

Risk Indicators

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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 rejected for some versionsGS The Gold Standard Simplified Methodology

    The Integrity Council rejected some versions of this protocol; other versions are still under assessment: check which version the project uses.

    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
2017
5155150
2018
1,3941,3940
2019
1,1671,1670
2020
5825820
2021
3763697
2022
1,4351,40728
Total5,4695,43435

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceThe Gold Standard simplified Methodology for Efficient Cookstoves, Version 1.0
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