GS10789 GS10790 RVPA-15: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Mozambique

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard improved-cookstove project in Mozambique with VVB-confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but undermined by a 26% fNRB discrepancy between the validation and verification reports, the absence of a buffer pool for a project with inherent stove-replacement reversal risk, and a 5.3× gap between the ERR figure in the monitoring report (95,759) and the amount actually verified (18,180). The extensive list of material findings and corrective actions (over 30 items) signals ongoing documentation and methodology weaknesses that reduce confidence in the credit claims.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠fNRB value differs by 26% between the validation report (0.64) and the verification report (0.809); if the lower value is correct, the project is over-crediting by roughly a quarter
• ⚠The monitoring report claims 95,759 ERRs while the verification report verifies only 18,180 — a 5.3× gap that is not clearly reconciled in the available documents
• ⚠No buffer pool is stated for a cookstove project where stove breakage, household switching, or replacement with inefficient stoves creates genuine reversal risk
• ⚠Over 30 material findings and corrective actions remain open, including unresolved questions on stove lifetime, LPG inclusion, double-counting prevention, and additionality at the PoA level
• ⚠Crediting period dates differ between the verification report (2023-02-22 to 2028-02-21) and the validation report (2024-10-02 to 2029-10-01), creating ambiguity about the valid claim window

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.