Biodiesel Project by Rajputana Biodiesel Private Limited

Audit Analysis

This VCS biodiesel project (AMS-III.AK.) in India is registered with RINA as VVB, but the verification process surfaced 19 material findings and 20 corrective actions, indicating significant quality-control weaknesses. The project delivered only about 7% of the pro-rata emissions-reduction expectation for the elapsed monitoring period relative to the PDD's lifetime claim, raising serious over-crediting concerns. FPIC was not conducted, no buffer pool is documented, and reversal risk was not addressed, leaving integrity and permanence protections thin.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠19 material findings in the verification report, including methodology deviations, missing QA/QC procedures, and inconsistent GHG calculation parameters, all requiring corrective action before registration
• ⚠Verified ERR of 22,643 tCO2e for the 22-month monitoring period is only ~6.8% of the pro-rata expectation (~330,700 tCO2e) derived from the PDD's lifetime claim of 1,265,587 tCO2e over 7 years
• ⚠FPIC was not conducted (per the most recent verification report, April 2025), and benefit-sharing arrangements are not described
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage is documented and reversal events are explicitly 'not addressed' in the available records
• ⚠Multiple contradictions between the 2024 and 2025 verification reports on FPIC, grievance mechanism, safeguards, and benefit-sharing status

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