Cookstove Distribution by Infosys in Meghalaya

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard cookstove distribution project in Meghalaya with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and standard safeguards, but undermined by a critical contradiction in the leakage deduction (95% vs 5% across documents), unaddressed reversal risk for distributed cookstoves, and a project-specific baseline with no documented reassessment. The low extraction confidence and multiple unit-representation inconsistencies in the record further erode confidence in the underlying data.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction contradicts itself across documents: the 2023 verification report states 95% while the 2025 monitoring report states 5% — a 90-percentage-point discrepancy that, if unresolved, could invalidate the credit volume
• ⚠Reversal events are explicitly 'not addressed' in the verification report and no buffer pool percentage is stated, leaving the cookstove project exposed to cookstove loss, damage, or replacement with less-efficient alternatives
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated 'low', indicating at least one key document was poorly readable, which undermines confidence in all extracted figures
• ⚠Baseline last reassessed date is not found in any available document, and the baseline is project-specific rather than jurisdictional

Credit Vintages