GS10789 GS10790 RVPA-11: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Mozambique

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard cookstove project in Mozambique has the core integrity elements in place — VVB-verified additionality, FPIC, a grievance mechanism, and a quantified 5% leakage deduction — but is undermined by an extraordinary volume of material findings (40+) and corrective actions (50+), 13 cross-document contradictions on key parameters, and a project-specific baseline with no stated buffer pool. The verified ERR for a three-month monitoring period (14,302 tCO₂e) represents roughly 55% of the five-year ex-ante claim (25,966 tCO₂e), raising serious over-crediting concerns that are not adequately explained in the available documents.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Verified ERR of 14,302 tCO₂e for a 3-month monitoring period equals ~55% of the 5-year ex-ante claim of 25,966 tCO₂e, suggesting either a data error or significant over-crediting
• ⚠A previous verification report (Aug 2025) reported verified ERR of 27,158 tCO₂e, which exceeds the lifetime ex-ante claim of 25,966 tCO₂e — a fundamental inconsistency
• ⚠fNRB value contradicts itself within verification reports: 0.38 (Dec 2025) vs 80.9 (Aug 2025); the latter is not a valid fraction and likely a data-entry or unit error
• ⚠50+ corrective actions and 40+ material findings across validation and verification reports indicate systemic documentation and methodology gaps
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage is stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk unquantified

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