GS10789 VPA2: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Kenya

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard cookstove project in Kenya with VVB-confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but undermined by an extensive list of material findings (40+ items) spanning fNRB inconsistencies, double-counting concerns, and numerous data discrepancies across documents. The project delivered roughly 92% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation, which is reassuring, yet the fNRB was revised downward from 0.9188 to 0.29 between monitoring periods, raising questions about the robustness of earlier credit calculations.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠fNRB value changed from 0.9188 (local field, 2024 verification) to 0.29 (national default, 2026 verification) — a 68% reduction that materially affects credit volume and suggests the earlier value may have been unsupported
• ⚠40+ material findings and 50+ corrective actions identified by the VVB, including stove specification inconsistencies, double-counting risks for households with multiple stoves, and data-source discrepancies in baseline fuel consumption
• ⚠247 stoves removed from the database for failing quality-control checks and 25 additional stoves removed for potential double-counting in other GHG projects, indicating significant data-integrity issues in the project's records

Credit Vintages