GS1729 - Myanmar Stoves Campaign - Soneva in Myanmar - VPA No. 005
GS-1495 ↗ · current registry ID: GS5661
#901of 1329 in Industrial#20of 25 in Myanmar#1319of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard cookstove project in Myanmar with confirmed additionality and quantified leakage, but undermined by a significant usage-rate gap (100% assumed vs 60% verified), a material finding of 118 ineligible stoves, absence of FPIC, no buffer pool, and multiple cross-document contradictions. The project carries moderate over-crediting risk and documentation gaps that limit confidence in the claimed reductions.
Red Flags
- Usage rate assumed at 100% in the PDD but verified at only 60% in the 2019 monitoring report, implying roughly 40% of claimed reductions may be unsupported
- Material finding: 118 stoves were found ineligible for crediting because they did not use three-stone fires and wood in the baseline scenario
- Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) was not conducted despite the project directly affecting local cooking practices in Myanmar
- Thirteen corrective actions were required by the VVB, many relating to stakeholder consultation documentation gaps
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4,217 | 3,842 | 375 | |
| 2017 | 5,036 | 5,034 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3,583 | 3,567 | 16 | |
| 2019 | 549 | 549 | 0 | |
| Total | 13,385 | 12,992 | 393 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed investment test (2023)
no reversal data
5% quantified deduction with justification
Project-specific baseline; reassessment timing not stated
Grievance mechanism and benefit sharing present; FPIC not conducted
CORSIA and CCP status both unstated
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