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Re-assessment pendingVCSEnergy demandMalawiRegistry: RegisteredVMR0006

Improved Cookstove Distribution in Malawi by EKI Phase 01

Developer: EKI Energy Services Limited

VCS-4058 ↗

#205of 278 in Cookstoves#64of 99 in Malawi#1341of 1608 in Verra (VCS)#83of 107 in VMR0006

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 9 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.7 / 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

The EKI cookstove project in Malawi has a confirmed additionality assessment and documented safeguards (FPIC, grievance mechanism), but the verification report lists 22 material findings and 9 corrective action requests covering baseline data, fNRB calculation, monitoring methodology, and project boundary gaps. A contradiction between the verification report (0% leakage) and the monitoring report (5% leakage) introduces uncertainty in the credit quantity, and the project-specific baseline with no stated reassessment date adds conservatism concerns. Overall, the project is functional but carries moderate quality and data-reliability risks.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Permanence

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Leakage

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Baseline

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Safeguards

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Double-claim

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Evidence

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On this page: the analysis of 9 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 4 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 14 registry documents (14 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 under ICVCM assessmentVMR0006

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: methodology

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

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:2026-10-25

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2023
101
2024
101
Total202

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2023–2024VMR0006 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2023–2024VMR0006 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  • VMR0006: Withdrawn (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · replaced byVM0050 · official page · verified on

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Analysis ProvenanceVMR0006

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