AVOIDANCE OF METHANE EMISSION THROUGH VERMICOMPOST GENERATION IN THE TEA ESTATES OF AMALGAMATED PLANTATIONS PVT LTD (APPL), ASSAM AND NORTH BENGAL, INDIA

Audit Analysis

A VCS waste-avoidance project (vermicompost from tea estate waste) with VVB-confirmed investment-test additionality and no material findings, but weakened by a 0% leakage deduction that the VVB itself flagged as 'not addressed,' the absence of a buffer pool, and a project-specific modeled baseline. Multiple contradictions across the PDD and monitoring report introduce data-reliability concerns that temper confidence in the 142 tCO₂e verified figure.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with the VVB's verification report stating the issue was 'not addressed' rather than justified as negligible — a gap in a project where diverted or mismanaged compost could generate uncounted emissions
• ⚠No buffer pool or permanence mechanism identified in any available document, leaving no financial backstop against potential reversal
• ⚠Seven contradictions across the PDD (2024 vs 2025 versions) and the monitoring report, including a shift in additionality test type (common-practice → investment) and a 41% reduction in claimed ERR (243 → 142), raising questions about the stability of the project's quantification basis

Credit Vintages

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