GSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticNepalGeneral Methodologyv2.1

GS11935 GS11934 RVPA-22 Promoting sustainable use of biomass energy resources in targeted communities

GS-4698 ↗ · current registry ID: GS12722

#1054of 1329 in Industrial#93of 101 in Nepal#1496of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)

4.2/ 10
Integrity
4.5
Transparency
4.0
Claim Safety
4.5
Documentation
3.5

Scored2026-09-02medium confidence

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Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard cookstove project in Nepal with VVB-verified additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but significant gaps in permanence safeguards (no buffer pool stated), an aggressive 100% usage-rate assumption with no verified usage data, and a critical contradiction on whether Free, Prior and Informed Consent was conducted. The absence of any monitoring report and low extraction confidence across documents limit confidence in the project's ongoing performance.

Red Flags

  • FPIC contradiction: the 2024-09-27 validation report states FPIC was NOT conducted, while an earlier 2023-11-30 validation report states it was — the more recent document is privileged, leaving a serious safeguard gap for a community-level project in Nepal
  • 100% usage rate assumed with no verified usage data available; no monitoring report exists to confirm actual stove utilisation
  • Low extraction confidence across the document set, with one evidence document listed as 'unknown' and no monitoring report available
  • No LCA, no carbon-content testing, and no feedstock sustainability data found in the extracted record

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2023
5,26105,261
2024
2,34702,347
Total7,60807,608

Risk Indicators

Additionality

VVB-verified combined test

Permanence

mixed evidence / unresolved risk

Leakage

5% quantified deduction

Baseline

Project-specific, no reassessment date

Safeguards

Grievance mechanism present but FPIC not conducted per latest report

Double-claim

CORSIA and CCP status both not stated

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Analysis ProvenanceScored2026-09-02General Methodology v2.1
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