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Tramontana ICS-01 - The Distribution of Improved Cookstoves to Indigenous Communities across Rural India

Standard
VCS
Methodology
VM0050 (VCS)
Registry
VCS-4457 ↗ · Registered
Country
India
Credit type
Energy demand

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 30 Aug 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 3.4 / 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%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

How this analysis was made

Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v2.1 · analysed on 30 Aug 2026 · 18/18 registry documents analyzed · re-assessment under v2.2 pending

Analysis

This cookstove distribution project targeting indigenous communities in rural India has a verified additionality test and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but is severely undermined by a critical fNRB discrepancy (0.894 in the verification report versus 0.556 in the monitoring report), a large unexplained gap between two ERR figures (29,133 vs 172,045) in verification reports dated one day apart, 26 outstanding corrective actions, and a low extraction confidence rating. The absence of a stated buffer pool and the reliance on an assumed rather than measured usage rate further weaken the project's integrity and claim safety profile.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

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On this page: the analysis of 30 Aug 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 4 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 18 registry documents (18 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

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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 · read on 1 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology approved by ICVCMVM0050

    The methodology meets the Core Carbon Principles; this project's credits do not carry the CCP label yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Oct 2026

    Covers: the methodology (every project using it), not this project's credits

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: methodology

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • 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 · read on 1 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

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.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2023
128,650165,907
2024
135,2700135,270
Total263,9201201,177

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2023VM0050 v1.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report + issuance document

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 1.0) · official page · verified on

  2. 2023VMR0006 v1.2last published version

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2023–2024VM0050 v1.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 1.0) · official page · verified on

  • VM0050: Active (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · official page · verified on
  • VMR0006: Inactive (Verra / Verified Carbon Standard) · replaced by VM0050 · official page · verified on

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