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ScoredGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticLao People's Democratic RepublicRegistry: RegisteredGS-TPDDTEC

Improved Cookstove Program in Lao PDR

Developer: ASSOCIATION FOR RURAL MOBILISATION AND IMPROVEMENT (ARMI)

GS-717 ↗ · current registry ID: GS4233

#34of 1735 in Industrial#2of 36 in Laos#50of 2172 in Gold Standard (GS)#11of 313 in GS-TPDDTEC

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 8.1 / 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

Improved Cookstove Program in Lao PDR (Lao People's Democratic Republic) distributes improved cookstoves or other technologies that reduce household thermal energy use (charcoal ICS and dual-fuel ICS) under Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption version 2.0; registry status Registered (GS), 560,760 credits issued (vintages 2014–2023). The documents name TÜV NORD CERT GmbH as validation / verification body. The latest verification report (2023-07-01 – 2025-12-31) verifies 282,615 tCO2e.

Red Flags

No red flags detected.

Findings

Risk Indicators

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Permanence

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Leakage

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Baseline

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Safeguards

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Evidence

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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 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

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2014
4,8714,8710
2015
18,50018,5000
2016
34,55334,256297
2017
32,36332,3630
2018
44,03344,0330
2019
51,17150,929242
2020
63,75163,7510
2021
95,53711,38884,149
2022
136,84429,920106,924
2023
79,13777,5551,582
Total560,760367,566193,194

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceTechnologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption version 2.0

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