DSK Composting Project

Audit Analysis

The DSK Composting Project is a CDM methane-avoidance project in the Philippines with VVB-confirmed additionality, but the validation report raised 20 corrective action requests covering baseline calculations, leakage justification, and monitoring plan gaps. A direct contradiction exists between the validation report's 'negligible' leakage claim and an appendix describing quantified leakage, and the project-specific modeled baseline adds uncertainty. Overall, the project is functional but carries moderate quality and data-reliability concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠20 corrective action requests raised during validation, including incorrect emission-reduction formulae, unjustified parameter values (Kj, NCV, EFfuel, AF, CEFelec), and an incomplete monitoring plan
• ⚠Contradiction on leakage: validation report states 'deemed negligible' while an appendix describes it as 'quantified'; CAR 19 specifically flags that transportation leakage justification was incorrect
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.4503 tCO2/MWh is from 2009 and no updated value is documented
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, limiting assurance that all key parameters were correctly captured

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.