Composting of municipal organic waste in Lome

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard composting project in Lomé, Togo, using the well-established AMS.III-F methodology, with a barrier additionality test and FPIC/grievance mechanisms in place. However, the absence of a named VVB, a project-specific modeled baseline with no recorded reassessment, unaddressed reversal risk, and a 0% leakage deduction justified only as 'deemed negligible' leave meaningful gaps in the integrity and transparency record. The project over-delivered relative to its PDD estimate (251% of the claimed figure for the 2020 period), which is reassuring for claim safety but highlights calibration uncertainty.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠No VVB name found in any extracted document, making independent verification of additionality and MRV unverifiable
• ⚠Reversal risk explicitly 'not addressed' and no buffer pool percentage stated, despite the project relying on waste diversion that could be reversed if the composting facility closes
• ⚠Material finding: weighbridge calibration and systematic documentation were deficient, requiring a corrective action
• ⚠Safeguards documentation is inconsistent between the 2018 verification report (mentioned) and the 2021 monitoring report (not mentioned)
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable

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