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ScoredGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticKenyaRegistry: RegisteredGS-SIMPLIFIED-COOKSTOVES

Voluntary Gold Standard multi-country improved cookstove PoA

Developer: South Pole Ltd

GS-393 ↗ · current registry ID: GS2504

#224of 1735 in Industrial#44of 192 in Kenya#383of 2172 in Gold Standard (GS)#20of 202 in GS-SIMPLIFIED-COOKSTOVES

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.2 / 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

Voluntary Gold Standard multi-country improved cookstove PoA (Kenya) distributes efficient cookstoves (Gold Standard simplified methodology) (efficient wood cookstoves) under The Gold Standard Simplified Methodology for Efficient Cookstoves Version 1.1; registry status Registered (GS), 83,874 credits issued (vintages 2013–2022). The documents name China Classification Society Certification Company as validation / verification body. Credits were issued per the registry; no monitoring or verification report is among the documents read.

Red Flags

No red flags detected.

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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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 rejected for some versionsGS The Gold Standard Simplified Methodology

    The Integrity Council rejected some versions of this protocol; other versions are still under assessment: check which version the project uses.

    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

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2013
3,3643,3640
2014
13,90113,9010
2015
16,63416,61816
2016
13,72813,456272
2017
10,26110,060201
2018
9,4148,916498
2019
6,4826,4820
2020
8,2798,126153
2021
3763697
2022
1,4351,40728
Total83,87482,6991,175

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceThe Gold Standard Simplified Methodology for Efficient Cookstoves Version 1.1

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