Efficient Cook Stoves in the Bahian Reconcavo region
GS-1626 ↗ · current registry ID: GS832
#818of 1329 in Industrial#129of 211 in Brazil#1220of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard cookstove project in Brazil with verified additionality and locally measured FNRB, but significant durability and usage-rate concerns. The verified usage rate (42%) is only 55% of the assumed rate (76%), and stove component degradation led to exclusions from ER accounting. No buffer pool or permanence mechanism is documented, and reversal risk is unaddressed.
Red Flags
- Verified usage rate of 42% is only 55% of the 76% assumed in the PDD, indicating substantial over-crediting risk in the ex-ante estimate
- No buffer pool or permanence mechanism documented; reversal events explicitly 'not addressed' in available records
- Material findings report combustion chambers in poor or missing condition in a significant number of households, with stove component degradation reducing actual usage
- 30+ corrective actions required across PDD and monitoring, including stove repair, manufacturing improvements, and documentation gaps
- Crediting period dates inconsistent across monitoring reports (2011–2021 vs 2010–2020)
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,749 | 1,715 | 34 | |
| 2012 | 5,019 | 5,019 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 10,000 | 9,951 | 49 | |
| 2014 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 8,065 | 8,065 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5,426 | 5,426 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 4,510 | 4,510 | 0 | |
| Total | 54,769 | 54,686 | 83 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
reversal unaddressed; stove degradation
Quantified as negligible (<0.05%)
Project-specific; no reassessment date documented
FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing documented
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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