Trees are one of the most iconic symbols of climate action. They pull carbon from the atmosphere, provide oxygen, restore biodiversity, and improve livelihoods. Afforestation (planting trees where none existed) and reforestation (restoring degraded forests) together are known as ARR projects.
Globally, ARR is one of the most widely adopted pathways in carbon markets. In India, with its vast degraded lands and dependence on agriculture and forests, ARR has immense potential.
But ARR also faces heavy scrutiny. Many projects promise more than they deliver: trees that never survive, monoculture plantations that harm biodiversity, or communities left out of benefits.
The 2025 Criteria for High-Quality CDR stress that ARR projects must be measured, durable, and just. That’s where Anaxee steps in—with last-mile reach, dMRV tools, and community-first models.
What Is ARR (Afforestation and Reforestation)?
ARR projects include:
-Afforestation: Establishing forests on land that has not been forested for decades.
-Reforestation: Restoring forests on degraded or recently deforested lands.
-Agroforestry & Bund Plantations: Integrating trees into farms, hedges, and bunds.
Done right, ARR not only removes carbon but delivers ecosystem resilience, biodiversity, and livelihoods.
Why ARR Matters for India
1. Huge Degraded Land Base
India has over 30 million hectares of degraded land—an untapped opportunity for carbon removal and ecosystem restoration.
2. Rural Livelihoods
Tree planting provides fuel, fodder, fruits, and timber—direct benefits for farmers and communities. With carbon finance, ARR becomes a long-term income stream.
3. Climate Targets
India’s NDCs under the Paris Agreement call for creating an additional 2.5–3 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalent carbon sink by 2030 through forests and trees. ARR is central to this goal.
What Makes High-Quality ARR Projects?
The 2025 Criteria define key principles:
1. Social and Environmental Justice
-Avoid land grabs.
-Secure community consent and benefits.
-Respect Indigenous rights and cultural landscapes.
2. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Integrity
-No monoculture plantations in natural ecosystems.
-Native species, mixed forests, and landscape restoration.
3. Additionality and Baselines
-Projects must prove trees would not have grown without carbon finance.
-Conservative baselines for carbon stock.
4. MRV and Transparency
-Geotagged planting data.
-Satellite and ground verification.
-Independent third-party audits.
5. Durability
-Fire, drought, pests—ARR faces reversal risks. Projects must plan long-term maintenance and insurance buffers.
6. Leakage Control
-Ensure planting here doesn’t drive deforestation elsewhere.
The Challenges of ARR
-Low Survival Rates: Many plantation drives see <30% survival after a few years.
-Monocultures: Quick-growing species like eucalyptus harm ecosystems.
-Short-Termism: Projects collapse after initial funding.
-Community Exclusion: Farmers and locals often see no benefits.
This is why ARR projects face skepticism. To be credible, they must deliver quality, not just quantity.
Anaxee’s Approach to High-Quality ARR
Anaxee ensures ARR projects meet global standards while delivering local value.
1. Last-Mile Reach
-40,000+ Digital Runners mobilize communities across 26 states.
-Farmers are trained and incentivized for long-term tree care.
-Projects aligned with Verra (ARR methodologies), Gold Standard, and 2025 Criteria.
-Buyers receive auditable, traceable credits.
Case Example: Bund Plantations in Madhya Pradesh
Anaxee has pioneered bund plantations—trees planted along farm bunds:
-Carbon Removal: Sequesters carbon in biomass + soils.
-Farmer Benefits: Provides fodder, shade, and reduced erosion.
-Traceability: Each tree is geotagged and tracked in dMRV.
-Durability: Farmers protect trees because they share in revenue.
This model combines climate action, community income, and transparent reporting—a blueprint for scaling ARR in India.
India’s Global ARR Opportunity
Global buyers are looking for high-quality ARR credits:
-Microsoft, Shell, and major corporates invest in forest carbon.
-ARR credits trade actively in voluntary markets.
-Compliance markets (like India’s CCTS) may also integrate ARR soon.
If ARR in India meets quality benchmarks, it can:
-Unlock billions in carbon finance.
-Restore degraded landscapes.
-Create millions of rural jobs.
Scaling ARR: Quality over Hype
The world has seen too many “plant a billion trees” campaigns with little impact. The future is not about numbers—it’s about verified, durable, community-led ARR projects.
Scaling ARR requires:
-Quality-first design.
-Digital MRV for transparency.
-Farmer and community partnerships.
-Long-term management and durability planning.
Anaxee is building exactly this system in India.
Conclusion: Planting Trust Alongside Trees
ARR has the potential to be India’s most powerful carbon removal tool. But only if done right. The 2025 Criteria for High-Quality CDR provide the guardrails.
Anaxee ensures ARR projects are transparent, durable, and community-driven. By planting trust alongside trees, we create climate solutions that endure.
👉 Call to Action Partner with Anaxee to build high-quality afforestation and reforestation projects in India. Together, we can restore ecosystems, empower communities, and deliver credible carbon removals. Connect with us at sales@anaxee.com
Introduction: Why MRV Is the Backbone of Carbon Markets
Every carbon credit is supposed to represent one tonne of CO₂ removed or avoided. But how do we know that tonne is real? How do we ensure it isn’t double-counted, exaggerated, or reversed?
The answer is MRV—Measurement, Reporting, and Verification. Without MRV, carbon markets collapse into greenwashing and mistrust. With MRV, they become a credible climate solution.
The 2025 Criteria for High-Quality Carbon Dioxide Removal makes MRV one of its central pillars. High-quality projects must measure transparently, report consistently, and verify independently.
In India, where projects span millions of smallholders and diverse landscapes, this is even more critical. Traditional MRV methods—paper-based surveys, occasional audits—are too slow and prone to error. What’s needed is digital MRV (dMRV): scalable, transparent, and cost-effective.
That’s where Anaxee comes in.
What Is MRV in Carbon Projects?
MRV stands for:
Measurement – collecting accurate data on carbon removal or emissions reduction.
Reporting – documenting and sharing the data in a standardized format.
Verification – independent auditing to ensure credibility.
For example:
-In a soil carbon project, measurement involves soil sampling and remote sensing.
-Reporting involves compiling data into methodologies like Verra’s VM0047.
-Verification means third-party auditors checking data integrity.
Without these steps, credits are just promises on paper.
Why MRV Is So Challenging in India
India’s carbon opportunity is massive—but so are the MRV challenges:
-Scale: Millions of farmers across thousands of villages.
-Diversity: Crops, soils, and practices vary by region.
-Data Gaps: Smallholders often lack records or connectivity.
-Cost: Traditional MRV can eat up 30–40% of project revenues.
-Timeliness: Manual audits take months or years, delaying credits.
These challenges risk excluding smallholders or creating low-quality credits.
Digital MRV (dMRV): The Next Generation
Digital MRV uses technology to make monitoring real-time, scalable, and verifiable. Tools include:
-Remote Sensing: Satellite and drone imagery for land-use tracking.
-IoT Sensors: Soil moisture, carbon flux, and weather data.
-Mobile Apps: Farmer surveys, geotagged photos, and activity logs.
-AI & Machine Learning: Pattern recognition for crop and forest growth.
-Blockchain: Immutable reporting and transparent registries.
Together, these make MRV faster, cheaper, and more credible.
Why MRV Is a Pillar of High-Quality Carbon Removal
The 2025 Criteria for High-Quality CDR stress MRV for three reasons:
Integrity – ensuring every claimed tonne is real.
Transparency – buyers, auditors, and communities see the same data.
Durability – tracking projects over decades to prevent reversals.
MRV isn’t just a technical box to tick—it’s what separates a market built on trust from one riddled with greenwashing.
Anaxee’s dMRV: Tech-Enabled Trust at Scale
Anaxee has built a digital MRV ecosystem designed for India’s unique challenges:
-Reversal blind spots: missing when carbon is re-released.
Weak MRV undermines market trust. Buyers walk away, farmers lose out, and the climate suffers.
India’s Opportunity: Becoming a Hub for Transparent Credits
If India can solve MRV at scale, it can become the world’s hub for credible NbS credits. Global buyers increasingly demand transparency: Microsoft, Stripe, and Frontier all require rigorous MRV.
With dMRV, India can:
-Unlock farmer participation.
-Build buyer confidence.
-Reduce project costs.
-Position itself as a global leader in carbon credit quality.
Case Example: Bund Plantations + dMRV
In Anaxee’s bund plantation projects in Madhya Pradesh:
-Digital Runners record tree planting with geotagged photos.
-Satellites confirm survival and growth.
-AI models estimate biomass accumulation.
-Dashboards show transparent progress to buyers.
The result: credits that are traceable, auditable, and trusted.
Future of MRV: Beyond Compliance
MRV will evolve from being a compliance burden to a value creator:
-Farmers can use data for better crop management.
-Corporates gain brand trust through transparent offsets.
-Communities build resilience through shared monitoring.
Anaxee’s Climate Command Centre is already pioneering this future—linking MRV with community development, financial flows, and SDG impacts.
Conclusion: MRV as the Engine of Trust
Carbon markets live or die by trust. MRV is the engine of that trust. Without it, credits are empty promises. With it, credits become real climate action.
The 2025 Criteria for High-Quality CDR made this clear. For India, the challenge is scale and credibility. Anaxee’s dMRV shows how to bridge that gap—combining last-mile reach, digital tools, and transparent systems.
The future of carbon removal will be digital, transparent, and community-driven. Anaxee is already building it.
Partner with Anaxee to deploy scalable, transparent dMRV solutions in India’s carbon projects. Let’s build trust, credibility, and impact together.
About Anaxee:
Anaxee drives/develops large-scale, country-wide Climate and Carbon Credit projects across India. We specialize in Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) and community-driven initiatives, providing the technology and on-ground network needed to execute, monitor, and ensure transparency in projects like agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, improved cookstoves, solar devices, water filters and more. Our systems are designed to maintain integrity and verifiable impact in carbon methodologies.
Beyond climate, Anaxee is India’s Reach Engine- building the nation’s largest last-mile outreach network of 100,000 Digital Runners (shared, tech-enabled field force). We help corporates, agri-focused companies, and social organizations scale to rural and semi-urban India by executing projects in 26 states, 540+ districts, and 11,000+ pin codes, ensuring both scale and 100% transparency in last-mile operations. Connect with Anaxee at sales@anaxee.com
When we talk about climate solutions, the focus often goes to trees, solar panels, or electric vehicles. But there’s a silent climate ally right beneath us: soil.
Globally, soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined. Healthy soils are not just the backbone of agriculture; they are also a massive carbon sink. By adopting the right practices, farmers can draw down atmospheric carbon into soils—locking it away while boosting fertility, water retention, and resilience.
The 2025 Criteria for High-Quality CDR recognizes soil carbon as a key pathway, but with important caveats: measurement, durability, and community justice are critical.
For India—a country with over 150 million smallholder farmers—soil carbon is not just about climate. It’s about livelihoods, food security, and creating a new income stream through carbon finance.
What Is Soil Carbon Removal?
Soil carbon removal involves changing land management practices so that more carbon is stored in soils. This can be achieved through:
-Organic soil amendments – compost, biochar, or enhanced rock weathering.
-Pasture management – rotational grazing that enhances soil cover.
These changes help soils absorb and retain more organic carbon, turning farms into climate-positive landscapes.
Why Soil Carbon Matters for India
1. Agriculture Is Both Vulnerable and Powerful
Agriculture contributes to India’s emissions (methane, nitrous oxide), but it is also extremely vulnerable to climate change. Soil carbon projects can reverse degradation, improve yields, and build resilience.
2. Rural Livelihoods
Most Indian farmers operate on marginal lands with tight incomes. Soil carbon credits offer new revenue streams through global carbon markets—helping farmers while fighting climate change.
3. Scale
With millions of hectares of farmland, even modest improvements in soil carbon storage can translate into gigatonne-scale removals.
What Makes a High-Quality Soil Carbon Project?
According to the 2025 Criteria, soil carbon projects must meet strict benchmarks:
1. Social and Environmental Justice
-Ensure farmers are not locked into harmful contracts.
-Guarantee fair benefit-sharing from carbon revenues.
-Protect communities from risks like rising input costs.
2. Environmental Integrity
-Avoid overuse of fertilizers or chemicals that harm ecosystems.
-Promote biodiversity, soil health, and water retention.
3. Additionality and Baselines
-Show that soil practices would not have been adopted without carbon finance.
-Set conservative baselines that account for natural regeneration.
4. MRV (Measurement, Reporting, Verification)
-Use peer-reviewed models and direct sampling.
-Monitor soil carbon changes with scientific rigor.
-Combine field sampling with remote sensing for accuracy.
5. Durability
-Soil carbon is reversible—droughts, floods, or practice abandonment can release carbon. Projects must plan for long-term adoption and risk mitigation.
6. Leakage
-Prevent displacement of practices—e.g., if reduced tillage here leads to over-tillage elsewhere.
The Challenges in Soil Carbon
Soil carbon is powerful but tricky:
-Measurement Uncertainty – detecting small year-to-year changes is scientifically challenging.
-Permanence Risks – carbon can be re-released if practices stop.
-Farmer Adoption – smallholders may hesitate without upfront support.
-Market Trust – buyers worry about inflated or unverifiable credits.
This is why soil carbon must be implemented with robust MRV, long-term planning, and community-first approaches.
Anaxee’s Approach to Soil Carbon in India
Anaxee is working to make soil carbon projects credible, scalable, and farmer-friendly. Here’s how:
1. Farmer-Centric Model
-Farmers are partners, not just participants.
-We ensure clear contracts and transparent revenue sharing.
-We provide training in regenerative practices so benefits last beyond credits.
2. Digital MRV
-Our dMRV system combines:
Soil sampling protocols.
Remote sensing and satellite data.
Mobile-based farmer reporting (via Digital Runners).
-This ensures every tonne of soil carbon is traceable and verifiable.
3. Risk Mitigation
-Long-term engagement: multi-year contracts to prevent reversals.
-Blended portfolios: combining soil projects with agroforestry for durability.
-Early warning systems for risks like droughts.
4. Scale and Reach
-With 40,000+ Digital Runners across 26 states, we can engage farmers at scale.
-From Bund plantations in central India to regenerative farming in Punjab, Anaxee ensures projects are grounded in local context.
Soil Carbon and Global Carbon Markets
Buyers like Microsoft, Stripe, and Frontier are seeking high-quality removals—not just offsets. Soil carbon, if implemented well, can meet this demand.
However, buyers demand:
-Transparency in MRV.
-Durability guarantees.
-Clear community benefits.
By embedding the 2025 Criteria, Anaxee ensures Indian soil carbon projects meet global expectations while delivering local impact.
Case Example: Bund Plantations with Soil Benefits
In Madhya Pradesh, Anaxee has been implementing bund plantations (tree planting along farm bunds). These projects not only sequester carbon in trees but also:
-Reduce soil erosion.
-Improve water retention.
-Enhance soil organic matter.
Farmers see higher yields, lower risks, and additional carbon revenue—a model that aligns with soil carbon criteria while benefiting communities.
India’s Role in Scaling Soil Carbon
Globally, soil carbon is seen as one of the most scalable and affordable CDR solutions. For India:
-The sheer scale of agriculture makes it a climate opportunity.
-Programs like National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture can align with soil carbon.
-Carbon finance can create new rural economies.
The challenge is ensuring projects are high-quality, transparent, and durable. That’s the gap Anaxee fills.
Conclusion: Soil Carbon as India’s Climate and Rural Opportunity
Soil carbon is more than a climate tool—it’s a bridge between global carbon markets and local livelihoods. Done right, it improves soils, strengthens food systems, and rewards farmers while delivering credible removals.
But the “done right” is key. Without robust MRV, durability, and justice, soil carbon risks becoming another failed promise. With frameworks like the 2025 Criteria for High-Quality CDR, we now have the roadmap.
Anaxee is bringing that roadmap to life in India—combining tech, trust, and last-mile execution to ensure soil carbon projects are globally credible and locally transformative.
The future of climate action lies beneath our feet. It’s time we nurture it.
👉 Call to Action Partner with Anaxee to unlock India’s soil carbon potential. Together, we can build credible, farmer-first, and globally trusted carbon projects.
About Anaxee:
Anaxee drives/develops large-scale, country-wide Climate and Carbon Credit projects across India. We specialize in Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) and community-driven initiatives, providing the technology and on-ground network needed to execute, monitor, and ensure transparency in projects like agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, improved cookstoves, solar devices, water filters and more. Our systems are designed to maintain integrity and verifiable impact in carbon methodologies.
Beyond climate, Anaxee is India’s Reach Engine- building the nation’s largest last-mile outreach network of 100,000 Digital Runners (shared, tech-enabled field force). We help corporates, agri-focused companies, and social organizations scale to rural and semi-urban India by executing projects in 26 states, 540+ districts, and 11,000+ pin codes, ensuring both scale and 100% transparency in last-mile operations. Connect with Anaxee at sales@anaxee.com
India has emerged as a global pioneer in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by making it mandatory under the Companies Act, 2013. Each year, thousands of crores flow into CSR initiatives, touching lives across education, health, livelihood, environment, and community development.
But when it comes to climate and carbon-linked CSR projects, the picture is less inspiring. While companies are increasingly allocating funds to environmental projects, questions persist:
-Do corporates have real-time visibility into how projects are performing?
-Are NGOs empowered enough to implement long-term, carbon-accounted projects?
The reality is stark. Most CSR projects struggle with short-term focus, dependency on NGOs with limited resources, and lack of robust monitoring systems. As a result, transparency and credibility—the two pillars of impactful climate action—are often missing.
This is where Anaxee Digital Runners Pvt. Ltd. is changing the narrative. Positioned at the intersection of tech, community reach, and climate action, Anaxee offers a new model of CSR execution—one that makes climate projects transparent, scalable, and accountable.
The Shift: From Welfare CSR to Climate CSR
Traditionally, CSR in India has been focused on welfare projects—schools, hospitals, skill training, community services. These are important, but with the mounting urgency of the climate crisis, the corporate focus is shifting.
-Companies are expected to go beyond welfare and invest in sustainability.
-Climate-linked CSR is becoming part of ESG reporting and net-zero commitments.
-Regulators and stakeholders are pushing for measurable outcomes—not just good intentions.
Yet, many corporates face a gap. They want to invest CSR money into climate projects but lack credible, transparent partners who can bridge the gap between corporate boardrooms and rural landscapes where these projects take root.
Anaxee fills this gap.
Anaxee’s Unique Position in the CSR-Climate Space
Anaxee is not just another implementation partner. It is a tech-enabled climate execution engine with unmatched last-mile reach across India.
Here’s what sets Anaxee apart:
Nationwide Reach
With a network of 40,000+ Digital Runners, Anaxee has the capacity to execute projects in remote villages, tribal areas, and Tier-3 towns—where climate action truly matters.
This grassroots presence ensures authentic community engagement and trusted local participation.
Tech-Driven Execution
Anaxee integrates digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) tools into every CSR project.
Real-time dashboards give corporates visibility into where their funds are going and what impact is being created.
Proven Track Record
From Clean cooking initiatives to agroforestry bund plantations under VM0047, Anaxee has delivered climate impact with social co-benefits.
Unlike NGOs struggling with scale, Anaxee can run multiple large-scale projects simultaneously.
Bridging NGO Gaps
NGOs bring local trust and mobilization power, but lack tech, carbon expertise, and roadmaps.
Anaxee empowers NGOs with technology, training, and transparent processes—making them more effective partners.
In short, Anaxee is the missing link between corporate CSR funds, NGOs, and transparent carbon outcomes.
Bringing Transparency with Tech
The biggest challenge in CSR is trust. Companies often struggle to prove that:
-CSR funds were used as intended.
-The claimed impact is real and measurable.
-The benefits go beyond tokenism to long-term climate goals.
Anaxee addresses this through technology.
1. dMRV Tools for CSR and Carbon Projects
-Digital data collection through mobile apps.
-Geo-tagged photos, videos, and records.
-Automated carbon accounting integrated with project data.
2. Real-Time Dashboards for Corporates
-Corporates can log in and see project progress in real-time.
-Metrics like trees planted, survival rates, carbon sequestered, households impacted are visible at a click.
3. GIS and Satellite Integration
-Projects are cross-verified with remote sensing data.
-This eliminates false claims and ensures verifiable impact.
4. AI-Powered Monitoring
-Predictive analytics help corporates understand long-term project impact.
-Issues like sapling survival, resource gaps, or community participation can be addressed proactively.
This tech backbone makes Anaxee’s CSR projects auditable, transparent, and investor-grade.
Empowering NGOs Through Capacity Building
NGOs remain critical in India’s climate story. They are the ones who connect with communities, mobilize local participation, and create awareness. But they face limitations:
-Limited resources and manpower.
-Minimal exposure to carbon methodologies like VM0047.
-No 15–20-year roadmap planning.
-Lack of tech-enabled monitoring.
Anaxee doesn’t bypass NGOs—it empowers them.
-Training programs on climate project implementation.
-Digital tools to record and report their activities.
-Capacity building for long-term planning.
-Integration into carbon markets where NGOs couldn’t participate alone.
By partnering with Anaxee, NGOs are strengthened, not sidelined. They continue to bring local trust while Anaxee ensures transparency and scalability.
Corporates can communicate authentic stories to stakeholders.
Builds credibility with investors, regulators, and customers.
Carbon Credit Potential
CSR funds can unlock long-term carbon credits for corporates.
This positions them ahead of compliance requirements like India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS).
Long-Term Vision: Anaxee as India’s Climate Execution Engine
Anaxee is not solving for one CSR cycle. It is building the execution backbone for India’s climate action.
-Scaling CSR into carbon markets: Turning CSR spends into verified carbon assets.
-Aligning with India’s Net Zero 2070: Supporting corporates in meeting national targets.
-Global recognition: Positioning Indian CSR projects as credible contributors in the voluntary carbon market.
With its blend of tech, grassroots execution, and NGO empowerment, Anaxee is uniquely placed to become India’s climate execution engine.
Conclusion: Partner with Anaxee for Transparent CSR Climate Projects
The future of CSR is climate-linked, transparent, and accountable. Corporates can no longer afford token projects—they need real impact backed by data.
NGOs alone cannot ensure this. Corporates alone cannot reach villages. But with Anaxee, CSR funds can:
-Empower NGOs.
-Deliver measurable climate outcomes.
-Align with ESG and net-zero goals.
-Build credibility in carbon markets.
Anaxee is where CSR meets transparency, where technology meets community, and where corporates meet climate action.
About Anaxee: Anaxee drives large-scale, country-wide Climate and Carbon Credit projects across India. We specialize in Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) and community-driven initiatives, providing the technology and on-ground network needed to execute, monitor, and ensure transparency in projects like agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, improved cookstoves, solar devices, water filters and more. Our systems are designed to maintain integrity and verifiable impact in carbon methodologies.
Beyond climate, Anaxee is India’s Reach Engine- building the nation’s largest last-mile outreach network of 100,000 Digital Runners (shared, tech-enabled field force). We help corporates, agri-focused companies, and social organizations scale to rural and semi-urban India by executing projects in 26 states, 540+ districts, and 11,000+ pin codes, ensuring both scale and 100% transparency in last-mile operations. Connect with Anaxee at sales@anaxee.com
In a hillside village near Kigali, Aisha stirs beans on a shiny metal stove. Smoke no longer burns her eyes. Meanwhile, in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district, Sunita still cooks on an open fire that blackens her thatch roof. The difference isn’t technology alone; it is finance.
Rwanda’s project earned Article 6 authorized carbon credits, sold them to premium buyers, and used the money to scale factory jobs and distribution. Malawi followed next. India- home to 100 million biomass-dependent households can be third, bigger, and faster. This blog picks apart the African playbook and maps each lesson to the Indian reality, with Anaxee’s last-mile network as the execution engine.
Photo Credit- Gold Standard
2. Quick Recap: Article 6 in Kitchen-Table English
– Old days: Anyone could buy a voluntary credit, retire it, and claim “carbon neutral,” even if the host nation also counted the same reduction in its NDC. – New days: Host governments can grant or withhold a Letter of Authorization. If granted, they promise a corresponding adjustment—so no double counting. – Result: Buyers wanting bullet-proof claims now pay more for these authorized units. Projects that secure LOAs early win big.
3. Case Study #1: Atmosfair’s Rwanda Clean-Cooking Programme
Metric
Detail
Technology
Rural cookstove with 50 % fuel savings, 10-year warranty
Local Impact
300 manufacturing jobs (70 % women) since 2022 factory shift
Carbon Issuance
2023: 540 000 tCO₂e labeled as Article 6 authorized via Gold Standard
Premium Buyers
European corporates seeking CORSIA-ready supply
Key Success Factor
Early dialogue with Rwanda’s DNA + clear SDG reporting
3.1 The Production Pivot
Atmosfair first assembled stoves in Germany. Shipping costs ate margin. With projected premium revenue, they risked moving tooling to Kigali. The gamble worked: local value-add impressed the government and sped up LOA approval.
Photo Credit- Gold Standard
Lesson for India: Domestic manufacturing- say in Jabalpur or Guwahati- signals long-term commitment and aligns with Make-in-India goals, smoothing state-level clearances.
3.2 Data Discipline
Each Rwandan household answers periodic mobile surveys, backed by sensor data (temperature and usage). Gold Standard auditors loved the hard evidence, cutting questions about over-crediting.
Anaxee angle: Digital Runners can replicate this by embedding Bluetooth stove loggers and using the Anaxee app for survey sync.
4. Case Study #2: Hestian’s Malawi Rural Stove Network
Metric
Detail
Households Reached
1.4 million since 2008
Authorization Timeline
4 months (July–Dec 2023) from first draft to LOA
Driver
Buyer demand: airlines needed Article 6 units
Key Enabler
Malawi Carbon Market Initiative launched by presidential decree
Malawi lacked a formal Article 6 law, yet officials showed readiness. Hestian offered full transparency—open PDD drafts, community letters, financial projections. Trust, not bureaucracy, closed the gap.
Take-away for India: Even if national CCTS rules are pending, project developers can start dialogues today with state environment departments and the re-notified DNA.
4.2 Scale and Equitable Split
Hestian built in a share-of-proceeds mechanism: 2 % of gross revenue funds Malawi’s national cleaner-cooking roadmap. The proposal boosted political goodwill. India could mirror this by committing a slice of revenue to district health missions or women’s self-help groups- an alignment bureaucrats value.
5. Five Big Takeaways for India’s Cookstove & Agroforestry Space
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African Lesson
Indian Application
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Early Government Engagement
Use Anaxee’s network to organise joint site visits for MoEFCC & state climate units.
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Transparent MRV
Deploy low-cost IoT sensors + Digital Runner surveys for real-time dashboards.
3
Local Jobs Matter
Showcase assembly units in rural industrial parks; invite MPs & media.
4
Share of Proceeds
Pre-commit 2–3 % of sales to local development boards; bake it into your LOA request.
5
Premium Buyer Mapping
Target India-origin airlines under CORSIA (IndiGo, Air India Express) plus Singapore-based traders.
6. How Anaxee Can Replicate- and Improve
Hyper-granular Baseline. Digital Runners already conduct socio-economic surveys; add fuel-use metrics and GIS tags for stronger baseline accuracy.
Drone Fly-overs Every Quarter. Confirm canopy growth in agroforestry corridors; footage auto-idles into IPFS (immutable ledger).
Distributed Warehouse Model. 25 regional hubs store stoves/seeds, cutting logistics cost and emissions (extra SDG credit!).
Immutable Ledger Sync. Sensor and drone data hashed to blockchain; auditable trail reduces verifier time and cost.
Pay-per-Performance App. Household receives ₹ mobile top-ups when sensors prove daily stove usage—locks in behaviour change, slashes non-usage risk discounts.
7. Where the Money Will Come From in 2025-2028
– Airlines: Each tonne they emit above baseline must be offset; Phase 1 cap gets tighter in 2026. Authorized units are their only allowed currency.
– Singapore Inc.: DBS Bank, Temasek portfolio firms, and regulated power plants can use Article 6 credits to cover 5 % of emissions.
– EU-based Firms: Many now commit to “Beyond Value Chain Mitigation” with Article 6 alignment—think IKEA, H&M.
– Indian Corporates: New BRSR Core reporting norms push big listed companies toward verifiable, adjustment-backed tonnes for net-zero claims.
8. Frequently Asked Questions (Quick-Fire)
Q1. Does India already allow LOAs? Draft template exists; final notification expected late 2025. Early pilots may use provisional letters via MoEFCC.
Q2. What if the government revokes the LOA? Gold Standard rules hold back equivalent credits in an insurance pool; buyers refunded or replaced.
Q3. Are authorized credits double the price? Current spot data shows 20–40 % uplift. As supply grows, premium may narrow but should remain >10 %.
Q4. Can agroforestry bundles qualify? Yes, if permanence (>30 years) and leakage controls meet DNA guidelines. Anaxee’s drone monitoring helps.
Q5. Are sensors mandatory? Not legally, but they slash uncertainty deductions and impress auditors—cheap insurance in practice.
9. Closing Call
Africa proved that even small countries with limited resources can release Article 6 authorized credits in under six months. India has bigger talent, bigger markets, and bigger climate needs. All it takes is organised data, honest partnerships, and smart field logistics—the things Anaxee does every day.
Ready to turn smoky kitchens into verifiable climate finance? Scedule a 30 minute call with us at sales@anaxee-wp-aug25-wordpress.dock.anaxee.com Let’s cook up India’s next carbon success- one authorized credit at a time.
About Anaxee: Anaxee is India’s Reach Engine! we are building India’s largest last-mile outreach network of 100,000 Digital Runners (shared feet-on-street, tech-enabled) to help Businesses and Social Organizations scale to rural and semi-urban India, We operate in 26 states, 540+ districts, and 11,000+ pin codes in India.We Help in last-mile execution of projects for (1) Corporates, (2) Agri-focused companies, (3) Climate, and (4) Social organizations. Using technology and people on-the-ground (our Digital Runners), we help in scale and execute projects across 100s of cities and bring 100% transparency in groundwork. We also work in the Tech for Climate domain, providing technology for the execution and monitoring of Nature-Based (NbS) and Community projects. Our technology & processes bring transparency and integrity into carbon projects across various methodologies (Agroforestry, Regen Agriculture, Solar devices, Improved Cookstoves, Water filters, LED lamps, etc.) worldwide.
Problem with Traditional ICS Distribution Process
Most Improved Cookstove projects struggle during the distribution phase. They don’t know exactly who should get the cookstove or where to carry out the distribution. So, they just go for bulk distribution and hope it works. But to make clean cooking project successful, you need proper data, planning and technology.
Digital Intervention in ICS Distribution Process
Digital intervention should begin much before the distribution. You should already know your beneficiaries before handing over the cookstoves. This is only possible if you do a 100% baseline survey in the beginning- not just a small sample. You need complete information like how people cook, what fuel they use, their family size and whether they are actually eligible for the ICS or not.
Improved cookstoves being distributed to rural households in Bihar, with detailed digital tracking for each unit through serial numbers and GPS data.
With this data, you can filter out those who are not eligible and focus only on those who really need the stove. This is where digital intervention helps the most. Using technology, you can easily manage this large data and make better decisions.
For example- During the distribution, we do digital verification of the beneficiary using the data collected earlier. This ensures that the right person is receiving the cookstove. It avoids any fraud or duplication and keeps the process clean and transparent.
This same data also helps to decide the best locations for distribution centres. Using the GPS data, we can select the best storage and distribution points close to the beneficiaries. This saves their time and makes logistics simpler.
At the distribution site, we also take a photo of the beneficiary with the ICS. Their agreement or consent is taken in a digital format as proof. All of this becomes a proper record- easy to verify and report during audits.
This is how the distribution process should be done- planned, verified and data-backed.
Not like the way where you enter a village with a truck full of cookstoves and start giving them away on the spot. That may look easy, but it creates confusion, misuse and poor results. Instead, with the right digital intervention and proper groundwork, every stove reaches the right person. So in the end, you’re not just distributing cookstoves- you’re building trust, transparency, and accountability into every step of your project.
At Anaxee, this is the approach we follow. If you also want to structure your clean cooking/ Improved Cookstove project in India better, connect with us at sales@anaxee-wp-aug25-wordpress.dock.anaxee.com
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