Grouped projects for water purifiers for climate and community action
#24of 25 in Vietnam#605of 629 in Verra (VCS)#15of 23 in AMS-II.I
Audit Analysis
This grouped water-purifier project in Vietnam carries an extraordinary volume of material findings (over 40), 12 cross-document contradictions, and a roughly 90-fold discrepancy between the PDD ex-ante estimate and the verified monitoring-period ERR, raising serious over-crediting concerns. Safeguards documentation is effectively absent in the most recent verification report (no FPIC, no grievance mechanism, no benefit-sharing description), and the project description was found to incorrectly reference stoves rather than water purifiers. While additionality was VVB-confirmed and a 5% leakage deduction was applied, the overall evidentiary base is weak and internally inconsistent.
Red Flags
- The PDD ex-ante estimate of 59,152 tCO2e over the full 10-year crediting period implies a pro-rata expectation of roughly 2,958 tCO2e for the 6-month monitoring period, yet the monitoring report (2025-03-18) claims 266,631 tCO2e — a ratio of approximately 90×, which is not explained in any available document.
- Over 40 material findings were raised during verification, including a missing leakage calculation, an incorrect project description referencing stoves instead of water purifiers, missing VVB assessments for grievance redress and natural capital monitoring, and inconsistencies in monitoring parameters and formulas.
- The most recent verification report (2025-04-01) records FPIC as not conducted, no grievance mechanism, no benefit-sharing description, and safeguards not mentioned — a critical gap for a project explicitly framed as 'community action.'
- Twelve contradictions across documents span key parameters including FNRB value (0.6522 vs 0.9403), additionality test type (investment vs barrier), usage monitoring method (self-report vs annual survey), and leakage justification (quantified vs not addressed), undermining data reliability.
- The extraction notes indicate that some structured facts were populated with placeholder or estimated values from a KML route file, and the minimum extraction confidence is only 'medium,' reducing confidence in the accuracy of the extracted record.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 95,318 | 14,257 | 81,061 | |
| 2022 | 43,060 | 5,159 | 37,901 | |
| 2023 | 560,248 | 0 | 560,248 | |
| 2024 | 274,174 | 0 | 274,174 | |
| Total | 972,800 | 19,416 | 953,384 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed but test type contradicted across documents
Non-AFOUL (no reversal risk) but no buffer pool stated
5% deduction stated but material finding flags missing calcu
Project-specific baseline, no reassessment date recorded
No FPIC, no grievance mechanism, no benefit sharing in lates
Not CORSIA-eligible; CCP status not stated
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