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Improved cook stoves and sustainable charcoal initiative, CPA 1

Standard
GS
Methodology
AMS-II.G (CDM)
Registry
GS-2674 ↗ · current registry ID: GS10716 · Registered
Country
India
Credit type
Energy Efficiency - Domestic
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Improved cook stoves and sustainable charcoal initiative, CPA 1 (GS-2674) 3.4 out of 10 (Very low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 7 Nov 2026. The analysis read 33 of the 33 registry documents. It is CarbonMeld's own assessment, not a rating given by the registry or the standard.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based rating

010203 Document-based rating 3.4 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
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Document-based rating

3.4/10

Very low rating (under 3.5)

Evidence coverage: high

How solid the credit is, as far as the registry's public documents show. Additionality and quantification start from a public grade; permanence starts at 5.0, the neutral point, where none applies, and claim safety always does.

Methodology v3 · documents read on 7 Nov 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Quantification: CCQI's score for this type of project (CCQI grades version 12 of this methodology)
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that lowered the number: 2

Each rule, with the fact and the source it rests on, is in the Premium analysis.

Not counted in the number

  • The oldest vintage still on sale, the content of the safeguards and the verifier's quality: not among the facts read

Analysed on 7 Nov 2026Latest verified period ends:

evidence: 33/33 registry documents read

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How this analysis was made

Standard
Gold Standard (GS) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology
AMS-II.G. ver. 10 - Energy efficiency measures in thermal applications of non-renewable biomass; AMS-III.BG. ver. 3 - Emission reduction through sustainable charcoal production and consumption How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 7 Nov 2026 · 33/33 registry documents read

Analysis

Improved cook stoves and sustainable charcoal initiative, CPA 1 (India) introduces energy-efficient cookstoves that use less non-renewable biomass (TLUD) under AMS-II.G. ver. 10 - Energy efficiency measures in thermal applications of non-renewable biomass; AMS-III.BG. ver. 3 - Emission reduction through sustainable charcoal production and consumption; registry status Registered (GS), 1,961,493 credits issued (vintages 2020–2023). The documents name EPIC Sustainability Services Private Limited as validation body. The documents report 165,140 stoves (MP5). The documents estimate 628,768 tCO2e per year. The latest verification read (2023-01-01 – 2023-12-31) verifies 642,578 tCO2e (3 verification periods read). A verification is recorded (registry or documents).

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 · read on 15 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMAMS-II.G

    The Integrity Council assessed this methodology as not meeting the Core Carbon Principles.

    Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Nov 2026

    Covers: the methodology (every project using it), not this project's credits

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: registry label · read on 15 Nov 2026

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • 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.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2020
131,6940131,694
2021
533,392472,89860,494
2022
653,82974,351579,478
2023
642,5780642,578
Total1,961,493547,2491,414,244

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2020AMS-II.Gthe documents for this period state different versions (v10.0, v12.0)

    monitoring report + verification report

  2. 2020AMS-III.BG v3.0since replaced by v5.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2021AMS-II.G v12.0since replaced by v14.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2021AMS-III.BG v3.0since replaced by v5.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  5. 2022AMS-II.G v12.0since replaced by v14.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  6. 2022AMS-III.BG v3.0since replaced by v5.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  7. 2023AMS-II.G v12.0since replaced by v14.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  8. 2023AMS-III.BG v3.0since replaced by v5.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  9. Period not statedAMS-II.G v12.0since replaced by v14.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  10. Period not statedAMS-III.BG v3.0since replaced by v5.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  • AMS-II.G: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on
  • AMS-III.BG: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

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CarbonMeld (2026). Improved cook stoves and sustainable charcoal initiative, CPA 1 (GS-2674): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 7 Nov 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/improved-cook-stoves-and-sustainable-charcoal-initiative-cpa-1/.

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