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Re-assessment pendingGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticEthiopiaRegistry: RegisteredGS-SIMPLIFIED-COOKSTOVES

GS5658 VPA 12: Improved Cookstoves for Environmental Conservation in Southern Ethiopia

Developer: Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.)

GS-2061 ↗ · current registry ID: GS7556

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#1584of 1735 in Industrial#44of 50 in Ethiopia#2017of 2172 in Gold Standard (GS)#198of 202 in GS-SIMPLIFIED-COOKSTOVES

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 4 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 3.9 / 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

Scored2026-09-04medium confidenceLatest monitoring period ends: 2023-11-23

evidence: 25/27 registry documents analyzed · 5 red flags

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Analysis

This Gold Standard cookstove VPA in Ethiopia presents serious integrity concerns, most notably a contradiction in which the 2025 verification report does not confirm additionality (while the 2023 report did), alongside 19 material findings and over 30 corrective actions flagging data inconsistencies, implausible usage-rate claims, and missing documentation. The verified emissions reductions for the monitoring period substantially exceed the pro-rata expectation from the lifetime ex-ante estimate, raising over-crediting risk. While a 5% quantified leakage deduction and a grievance mechanism are positive, the overall evidentiary picture is weak.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 4 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 27 registry documents (25 analyzed).

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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
2019
5055050
2020
8,0218,0210
2021
10,75310,7530
2022
9,5729,5720
2023
6,2955,643652
Total35,14634,494652

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Analysis ProvenanceGS MS Simplified Methodology for Efficient Cookstoves v1
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