Expanding Access to LPG in Haiti Through Microfinance Services

Audit Analysis

This is a certified Gold Standard cookstove project with VVB-confirmed additionality and a project-specific baseline, which supports moderate integrity. However, the record has several reliability issues, including low extraction confidence, contradictory source values, and a very large gap between claimed and verified emission reductions, which weakens confidence in the claims.

Project Description

In Haiti, 90% of the population relies on firewood and charcoal for cooking. The poorest spend a large portion of their budgets on these fuels and suffer from harmful fumes. Women are particularly affected because they are in charge of collecting or buying firewood and charcoal and cooking, exposing them to exhaustion and toxic fumes. The practice also leads to significant deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. LPG (liquefied gas) offers a cleaner alternative for the needs of households and street food vendors, but its adoption is hindered by: • Limited distribution networks for cooking kits and refilling points. • Financial constraints that prevent the purchase of gas stoves and refills. Palmis Enèji (A Haitian social enterprise created by the French NGO Entrepreneurs du Monde) helps fuel-poor populations transition from firewood and charcoal to gas cooking through key activities: Equipment distribution: Provides quality gas stoves, trains distributors and partners to expand distribution networks across urban and semi-urban areas. Financial services: In partnership with MFIs, offers financial solutions (microfinance) to make clean cooking technologies available and affordable for vulnerable households. Training and support: Educates beneficiaries on the safe and efficient use of the equipment and ensures that the beneficiaries do not encounter any difficulties in long-term use. Awareness campaigns: Promotes the benefits of clean cooking through awareness campaigns. The project has already facilitated access to gas for more than 25,000 households via quality equipment.  Palmis Enèji not only improves the quality of life for thousands of families but also contributes significantly to sustainable development in Haiti. Our approach stands out by implementing a local and sustainable distribution system designed to operate independently in the long term, even without the involvement of Entrepreneurs du Monde. All profits are r

Red Flags

• ⚠ Verified emission reductions are far below the amount claimed, suggesting a major over-claim or unit/recording inconsistency.
• ⚠ Leakage treatment, permanence handling, and some safeguards are only partially documented, with contradictions across source documents.

Credit Vintages

Cosa migliorerebbe questo punteggio

• Publish a clear reconciliation of claimed versus verified emission reductions, including units, calculation steps, and any corrections made.
• Provide explicit, up-to-date documentation for leakage, reversal risk, safeguards, and market-eligibility status, with consistent values across all project documents.

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