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

Aberdares Improved Cook Stoves

Developer: CO2balance UK ltd

GS-1245 ↗ · current registry ID: GS883

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#50of 1716 in Industrial#9of 179 in Kenya#112of 2181 in Gold Standard (GS)#1of 17 in GS-ICS-KR

The project's documents changed since this analysis (analysis of 5 Oct 2026). Re-assessment pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.3 / 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 · v2.2

Scored2026-10-05medium confidenceLatest verified monitoring: 2016-03-31

evidence:12/14registry documents analyzed · 0red flags

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Analysis

Aberdares Improved Cook Stoves (Kenya) introduces improved cookstoves, water-treatment technologies or kitchen practices to reduce household or institutional energy emissions (CZK stove) under Methodology for improved cook-stoves and kitchen regimes V.02; registry status Registered (GS), 101,776 credits issued (vintages 2010–2016). The documents name VVS GS as validation / verification body. The documents report 7,946 stoves (Monitoring Period 3 (End Mar-14)). The latest monitoring report (01/04/2014 – 31/03/2016) reports 27,679 tCO2e achieved.

Red Flags

No red flags detected.

Findings

Risk Indicators

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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)

    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
35350
2011
19,51317,2292,284
2012
24,06024,0600
2013
24,37914,9249,455
2014
16,49016,4900
2015
13,83913,563276
2016
3,4603,39169
Total101,77689,69212,084

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceDomestic Energy Efficiency – Methodology for improved cook-stoves and kitchen regimes
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