Enteric fermentation emissions' reduction program of Uruguay

Audit Analysis

This VCS enteric-fermentation project in Uruguay has a VVB-confirmed additionality test and a measured project-specific baseline, but is undermined by a 12.7-fold discrepancy in claimed ERR between PDD versions, an unaddressed leakage justification, no stated buffer pool, and 13 material findings with 13 corrective actions from the validation report. The absence of any verified monitoring data, self-reported usage tracking, and low document extraction confidence leave the project's actual performance unverified.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Claimed lifetime ERR jumped from 10,669 tCO2e (PDD, Feb 2024) to 135,428 tCO2e (PDD, Feb 2026) — a 12.7× increase with no verified monitoring data to support the higher figure
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with justification recorded as 'not addressed' in the validation report, while the later PDD claims it was 'deemed negligible' — an unresolved contradiction
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk for this avoidance-type project unquantified
• ⚠13 material findings and 13 corrective actions in the validation report, including missing baseline farm data, wrong GWP source (IPCC AR6 instead of required AR5), and incomplete methodology parameter definitions
• ⚠One of three initial farms (Del Ciruelo) withdrew, reducing the project footprint after validation

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.