GS1247 VPA 309 - Togo Safe Water

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard safe-water project in Togo has a VVB-confirmed additionality assessment and no reversal events, but is severely undermined by an extraordinary volume of material findings (over 50), corrective actions (over 60), and nine cross-document contradictions affecting key parameters such as leakage, fNRB, usage rate, and crediting period. The low extraction confidence and numerous open forward action requests indicate that the project's monitoring and reporting quality is well below the standard expected for verified carbon credits.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Over 50 material findings and 60+ corrective actions identified in the verification report, including errors in ER calculation parameters (Cj, Xboil) that directly affect credit quantities
• ⚠Nine contradictions across documents on key parameters: leakage deduction (0% vs 5%), fNRB (0.87 vs 0.97), usage rate (0.9 vs 15), crediting period (2022–2028 vs 2025–2030), and additionality test type
• ⚠Water quality failures (nitrates, nitrites, coliforms) caused non-functioning days at the start of the monitoring period, and monitoring surveys were delayed beyond 12 months
• ⚠Multiple forward action requests (FAR 01–05) remain open, including VPA-level SDG indicator evaluation and fNRB reporting
• ⚠Low extraction confidence indicates at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing reliability of the extracted data

Credit Vintages