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Re-assessment pendingGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticKenyaRegistry: RegisteredGS-ICS-KR

Kisumu Improved Cook Stoves

Developer: CO2balance UK ltd

GS-1220 ↗ · current registry ID: GS843

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#1397of 1735 in Industrial#161of 192 in Kenya#1828of 2172 in Gold Standard (GS)#13of 17 in GS-ICS-KR

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 5 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.4 / 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

Scored2026-09-05medium confidenceLatest monitoring period ends: 2016-03-31

evidence: 15/17 registry documents analyzed · 5 red flags

Generated by CarbonMeld Analysis Pipeline · Methodology · Editorial Policy · About the System
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Analysis

The Kisumu Improved Cook Stoves project has a VVB-confirmed additionality assessment and FPIC, but is undermined by an extensive list of 21 corrective actions, 6 compliance-list items, and 6 follow-up actions from the verification report, indicating significant MRV and monitoring weaknesses. The absence of a buffer pool, unaddressed reversal risk, and a 0% leakage deduction (deemed negligible) for a project where household reversion to old stoves is a realistic risk are material integrity concerns. The project delivered roughly 85% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the monitored period, suggesting conservative crediting but also declining stove usage (0.98 to 0.83).

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Findings

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Evidence

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On this page: the analysis of 5 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 17 registry documents (15 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)

    Stated in the project documents

    The documents claim CORSIA eligibility, but no registry label confirms it: check vintage and authorization.

    Source: project documents (not confirmed by the registry)

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • 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
2010
4,7154,390325
2011
31,67931,6709
2012
37,04637,0460
2013
37,35134,2993,052
2014
27,5903,75123,839
2015
24,31623,830486
2016
6,0795,958121
Total168,776140,94427,832

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceDomestic Energy Efficiency – Methodology for improved cook-stoves and kitchen regimes
Methodology·Editorial Policy·About the System

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