GS12792 VPA-1 Hygiene and Environmental Care for Tanks and Overhead Reservoirs (HECTOR)

Audit Analysis

The HECTOR project (safe drinking water supply in India) has VVB-verified additionality and a conservative emission claim that appears significantly over-delivered in the first monitoring period. However, the project carries notable integrity concerns: 12 corrective actions were raised, FPIC was not confirmed in the validation report despite being claimed in the PDD, and the baseline is project-specific with no reassessment date recorded. Documentation quality is further weakened by five cross-document contradictions.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠12 corrective actions required in the verification report, including corrections to the Cb value, baseline emission alignment, and fNRB update after December 2025
• ⚠FPIC contradiction: the PDD (June 2023) states FPIC was conducted, but the validation report (December 2025) records it as not conducted
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with a 'quantified' justification in the latest verification report, yet the earlier version of the same report described it as 'deemed negligible' — the basis for the zero deduction is unclear

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