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ScoredGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticKenyaRegistry: RegisteredGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Msambweni Improved Cook Stoves

Developer: CO2balance UK ltd

GS-1287 ↗ · current registry ID: GS977

#1539of 1610 in Industrial#157of 161 in Kenya#2047of 2124 in Gold Standard (GS)

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 3.5 / 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%.

Scored2026-09-05medium confidenceLatest verified monitoring: 2016-03-31

evidence:19/21registry documents analyzed · 4red flags

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

The Msambweni Improved Cook Stoves project has VVB-confirmed additionality and a locally measured fNRB, but is undermined by a project-specific baseline, a 0% leakage deduction that contradicts the validation report, no stated buffer pool, and an extraordinary volume of material findings and corrective actions (over 60 combined) that raise serious concerns about the robustness of the underlying data and calculations. The ERR figures present an unresolved contradiction between two verification reports, and critical monitoring gaps (no survey in 2013, missing raw data, missing questionnaires) weaken confidence in the verified reductions.

Red Flags

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Permanence

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Double-claim

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Evidence

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 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

  • 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 Exhausted

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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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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