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Msambweni Improved Cook Stoves

Standard
GS
Methodology
GS-ICS-KR (GS)
Registry
GS-1287 ↗ · current registry ID: GS977 · Registered
Country
Kenya
Credit type
Energy Efficiency - Domestic
Developer
CO2balance UK ltd
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Msambweni Improved Cook Stoves (GS-1287) 3.5 out of 10 (Low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 6 Nov 2026. The analysis read 21 of the 21 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 3.5 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
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Document-based rating

3.5/10

Low rating (3.5 to 4.9)

Evidence coverage: medium

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 6 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 3.1 of this methodology)
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that raised the number: 1

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 6 Nov 2026Latest verified period ends:

evidence: 21/21 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
Gold Standard Methodology for improved cook-stoves and kitchen regimes V.02 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 6 Nov 2026 · 21/21 registry documents read

Analysis

Msambweni Improved Cook Stoves (Kenya) distributes improved cookstoves or other technologies that reduce household thermal energy use (stove) under Gold Standard Methodology for improved cook-stoves and kitchen regimes V.02; registry status Registered (GS), 16,261 credits issued (vintages 2011–2016). The documents name DET NORSKE VERITAS as validation body. The documents estimate 68,030 tCO2e per year. The latest verification report (2015-10-01 – 2016-03-31) verifies 1,481 tCO2e. The latest monitoring period achieved 73% of its ex-ante estimate (per the monitoring report).

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 12 Nov 2026

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

  • 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 · 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 12 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 VintagesExhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2011
2,0082,0080
2012
3,4153,4150
2013
3,4053,4050
2014
3,4053,4050
2015
3,2923,2920
2016
7367360
Total16,26116,2610

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CarbonMeld (2026). Msambweni Improved Cook Stoves (GS-1287): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 6 Nov 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/msambweni-improved-cook-stoves/.

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