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ScoredGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticSouth AfricaRegistry: RegisteredGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Maluti Air Quality Project - West

Developer: Nova Institute

GS-35 ↗ · current registry ID: GS1039

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#1273of 1294 in Industrial#72of 75 in South Africa#1711of 1725 in Gold Standard (GS)

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 2.7 / 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%.

Scored2026-09-05low confidenceLatest verified monitoring: 2012-04-30

evidence:8/10registry documents analyzed · 4red flags

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Analysis

The Maluti Air Quality Project – West is a Gold Standard domestic coal-efficiency project in Lesotho whose verification report identified over 50 material findings, required a 10% downward adjustment to emission reductions, and left critical data gaps (306 households with missing baseline data, no VVB name, no buffer pool). While the project delivered only ~80% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation (a conservative signal), the sheer volume of calculation errors, missing records, and contradictory figures across documents severely undermines confidence in the integrity and reliability of the claimed credits.

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Findings

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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 Exhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2010
1,3701,3700
2011
5,0005,0000
2012
62620
Total6,4326,4320

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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