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ScoredGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticZambiaVintage 2023, 2024Registry: Registered

GS7591 VPA 37 Zambia Western Province Safe Water Project

Developer: CO2balance UK ltd

GS-2969 ↗ · current registry ID: GS11010

#1of 1735 in Industrial#1of 39 in Zambia#6of 2171 in Gold Standard (GS)

Assessment

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01020304 Overall 8.1 / 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%.

Analysis

GS7591 VPA 37 Zambia Western Province Safe Water Project (Zambia) provides safe drinking water that avoids boiling water with fuel under Emissions Reductions from Safe Drinking Water Supply v.1.0; registry status Registered (GS), 224,481 credits issued (vintages 2020–2025). The documents name 4K Earth Science Private Limited as validation / verification body. The latest verification report (2024-06-01 – 2025-05-11) verifies 50,595 tCO2e.

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Findings

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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:2026-10-04

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2020
7,7297,7290
2021
33,39233,3920
2022
47,94339,3958,548
2023
60,00058,8011,199
2024
55,40213,86841,534
2025
20,015020,015
Total224,481153,18571,296

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records. (+195)

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.2

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