GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking Stoves Programme in Ghana - VPA004 (Central region)

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard improved-cooking-stove project in Ghana with a well-established methodology (AMS-II.G) and VVB-verified additionality, but undermined by a heavy load of clarification and corrective-action requests (17 CLs, 8 CARs, 3 FARs) and eight cross-document contradictions in key parameters. Verified emissions reductions for 2024 are only about 2% of the pro-rata annual expectation, suggesting either a very slow distribution ramp-up or an overly optimistic ex-ante estimate.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠17 clarification requests, 8 corrective actions, and 3 forward action requests were raised during validation, indicating systemic data-quality and consistency problems across the project documentation.
• ⚠Verified ERR of 40,415 tCO₂e for 2024 represents only ~2% of the pro-rata annual expectation (~1.96 M tCO₂e), raising questions about the realism of the 9.79 M tCO₂e lifetime ex-ante estimate.
• ⚠FPIC status is contradictory: the monitoring report (June 2024) states it was not conducted, while the validation report (February 2026) states it was conducted.
• ⚠fNRB method is inconsistent between the verification report (local field measurement) and the monitoring report (national default), which could materially affect emission-factor accuracy.

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