GS1247 VPA 100 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Kasungu Boreholes, Malawi

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard improved cookstove project in Malawi with VVB-confirmed additionality and consistent usage-rate data, but weakened by a project-specific baseline, a 0% leakage deduction with contradictory justifications across documents, self-reported monitoring, and nine inter-document contradictions that raise data-reliability concerns. No verified ERR figure was found in the extracted record, limiting the ability to confirm over- or under-delivery.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Nine contradictions between documents (leakage justification, usage rate, FNRB method, crediting period, monitoring method, etc.) indicate inconsistent data management across the project's reporting cycle.
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% with the verification report calling it 'quantified' while the more recent monitoring report calls it 'deemed negligible' — the basis for the zero deduction is unclear.
• ⚠Total verified ERR is not found in the extracted record, so the claimed 99,056 tCO₂e cannot be independently cross-checked against a verified figure.
• ⚠Usage monitoring is described as self-reported in the verification report but as an annual survey in the monitoring report, creating ambiguity about the actual data-collection method.

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