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ScoredVCSEnergy demandIndiaRegistry: RegisteredVMR0006

Clean Cookstoves for Rural India

Developer: EKI Energy Services Limited

VCS-2944 ↗

Worked comparison example (English)

#15of 279 in Cookstoves#110of 2796 in India#151of 1612 in Verra (VCS)#11of 107 in VMR0006

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.8 / 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%.

Scored2026-10-12medium confidenceLatest verified period ends: 2023-12-31

evidence:15/15registry documents read · 0red flags

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Analysis

Clean Cookstoves for Rural India (India) distributes high-efficiency firewood cookstoves (improved cookstove) under VMR0006: Methodology for Installation of High Efficiency Firewood Cookstoves, Version 1.1; registry status Registered (VCS), 870,015 credits issued (vintages 2022–2023). The documents name VKU Certification Pvt. Ltd as validation / verification body. The documents report 151,154 households (till the end of this monitoring period). The latest verification report (01-January-2023 – 31-December-2023) verifies 705,715 tCO2e.

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)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentVMR0006

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: methodology

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

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:2026-10-11

Credit Vintages Exhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2022
164,300164,3000
2023
705,715705,7150
Total870,015870,0150

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2022VMR0006 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2023VMR0006 v1.1since replaced by v1.2

    monitoring report + verification report + issuance document

    official page · verified on

  • VMR0006: Withdrawn (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · replaced byVM0050 · official page · verified on

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

Documents on the registry

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceVMR0006: Methodology for Installation of High Efficiency Firewood Cookstoves, Version 1.1
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