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Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Malawi

Developer: Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Limited

VCS-2342 ↗

#11of 279 in Cookstoves#1of 99 in Malawi#115of 1608 in Verra (VCS)#6of 106 in VMR0006

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.7 / 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%.

Analysis

Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Malawi (Malawi) distributes high-efficiency firewood cookstoves under VMR0006 v1.1; registry status Registered (VCS), 2,803,221 credits issued (vintages 2020–2023). The documents name Carbon Check (India) Private Ltd as validation body and Carbon Check (India) Private Ltd (2020-12-01 – 2021-04-15, 2021-10-16 – 2022-02-28, 2022-03-01 – 2022-09-15, 2022-09-16 – 2023-02-28), Earthood Services Private Limited (2021-04-16 – 2021-10-15), SustainCERT S.A (2023-03-01 – 2026-04-30) as verification bodies. The documents estimate 118,832 tCO2e per year. The latest verification report (01-March-2023 – 30-April-2026) verifies 362,641 tCO2e. The registry determined an excess issuance of 1,307,556 credits (its review completion letter of 2024-10-17); it records all of it as remedied by cancellation.

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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:2026-10-11

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2020
7137130
2021
651,20270,244489,388
2022
1,771,12194,592823,407
2023
380,18500
Total2,803,221165,5491,312,795

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2020–2021VMR0006the documents for this period state different versions (v1.1, v1.11)

    monitoring report + verification report

  2. 2020–2023VMR0006 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2021VMR0006the documents for this period state different versions (v1.1, v1.11)

    monitoring report + verification report

  4. 2021–2022VMR0006the documents for this period state different versions (v1.1, v1.11)

    monitoring report + verification report

  5. 2022VMR0006the documents for this period state different versions (v1.1, v1.11)

    monitoring report + verification report

  6. 2022–2023VMR0006the documents for this period state different versions (v1.1, v1.11)

    monitoring report + verification report

  7. 2023–2026VM0050 v1.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 1.0) · official page · verified on

  • VM0050: Active (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · official page · verified on
  • VMR0006: Withdrawn (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · replaced byVM0050 · official page · verified on

Being within an ICVCM-approved version range is information only: it does not mean these credits carry the CCP label, which the registry assigns to each issuance.

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

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Analysis ProvenanceVMR0006 v1.1

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