GS1247 VPA 160 Improved Kitchen Regimes Manica Province Safe Water (Mozambique)

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard energy-efficiency project in Mozambique has a verified additionality assessment and no reported reversal events, but is undermined by 17 corrective action requests, a contradictory leakage justification within the same verification report, a project-specific baseline, and no buffer pool. Data quality issues in monitoring (missing signatures, photos, and borehole details) and low extraction confidence across 39 documents limit confidence in the verified figures.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠17 corrective action requests and 2 clarifications raised by the VVB, including missing signatures on survey forms, absent photos of water containers, and unrecorded borehole details
• ⚠Leakage justification is internally contradictory within the same verification report (2023-06-19): stated as both 'quantified' and 'deemed negligible' with a 0% deduction
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the 39-document record, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable
• ⚠Crediting period inconsistent between the verification report (2021-07-01 to 2022-06-30) and the monitoring report (2019-04-10 to 2024-10-01)

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