GS11935 GS11934 RVPA-36 Promoting sustainable use of biomass energy resources in targeted communities
GS-4712 ↗ · current registry ID: GS12736
#506of 1329 in Industrial#47of 101 in Nepal#804of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard cookstove project in Nepal with VVB-confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but undermined by a 100% usage-rate assumption, a contradictory FPIC record, no stated buffer pool, and a low-confidence extraction that leaves key monitoring and permanence data absent. The ERR figures across documents are reconcilable (likely per-year vs. lifetime), but the safeguards and over-crediting risks warrant caution.
Red Flags
- FPIC status is contradictory: the 2023 validation report records FPIC as conducted, while the more recent 2024 validation report records it as not conducted — the later document is privileged, leaving a safeguards gap.
- A 100% usage-rate assumption for rural cookstoves is aggressive and creates meaningful over-crediting risk, especially with no verified usage-rate data to corroborate it.
- Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable and some facts may be incomplete or misread.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2,963 | 0 | 2,963 | |
| 2024 | 2,407 | 0 | 2,407 | |
| Total | 5,370 | 0 | 5,370 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
5-yr period
5% quantified deduction
Project-specific; no reassessment date
FPIC not conducted (2024 VR); grievance mechanism present
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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